P. J. O'Rourke

Acknowledgments "The Innocents Abroad, Updated" originally appeared, in somewhat different form, in the International Herald Tribune 100th Anniversary Edition. "A Ramble Through Lebanon" was commissioned (and magnanimously paid for) by Vanity Fair but appeared in the Washington, D.C., City...

IIVTROD1JCTION J\/[annEX5.-cJ^aus. ilxs. Okn^. at cT^/r? r~f he modern world is a horrid place. It lacks anything enduring and true. It is devoid of every tenable value. All existence is in disarray. Religious beliefs are no longer believed. Love is much discussed but little practiced....