Introduction: A Former War Correspondent Experiences Frightening Vacation Fun
1 Republicans Evolving: The Galápagos Islands, April 2003
2 Monumnetal Generations: The National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., June 2004
3 Round on the Ends and “Hi!” in the Middle: Ohio Skiing, February 2005
4 Riding to the Hounds versus Going to the Dogs: Britain after the Hunting Ban, March 2005
5 My EU Vacation: Reading the European Constitution on a French Beach, Guadeloupe, May 2005
6 On First Looking into the Airbus A380: Toulouse, June 2005
7 If You Think Modern Life Is Awful, You Haven’t Seen Modern Art: Venice Biennale, July 2005
8 My Wife’s Got a Gun: Brays Island Plantation, South Carolina, February 2006
9 A Freedom Ride through China: Spring 2006
10 Side Trip Up the Yangtze: June 2006
11 A Horse of a Different Color: Kyrgyzstan, July 2006
12 Sweet-and-Sour Children and Twice-Fried Parents to Go: Hong Kong, December 2007
13 The Big Stick, or Why I Voted for John McCain: USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 2008
14 White Man Speak with Forked Tongue: The Field Museum, Chicago, May 2008
15 The Decline and Fall of Tomorrow: Disneyland, June 2008
16 A Journey to . . . Let’s Not Go There: Summer 2008
17 The Seventy-Two-Hour Afghan Expert: Kabul, July 2010