by Mark Steyn
INDEX
20th June Group, 136
24 Sussex Drive, 169
1984 (Orwell), 114
A
ABC network, 41–43, 181
Abdullah (crown prince of Saudi Arabia), 407
Abdullah (king of Jordan), 212
Abingdon, 279
abortion, 65–66, 311, 315–17, 339, 374
Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade (United Kingdom), 397
Adams, John, 151, 236
Advocate, The, 312
Afghanistan
Communists in, 395
Taliban in, 184, 191–92, 226, 283
Three Cups of Tea and, 142
war, 194–201, 204, 242, 247, 283, 362, 413
winter in, 181–85, 187
Afghan National Army, 196
African-Americans, 28, 48, 101, 160, 163
After America (Birmingham), 410
After America: Get Ready for Armageddon (Steyn), x, 317, 410
After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age (Starobin), 410
Agence France-Presse, 181
AIDS, 55, 259
Aitkenhead, Decca, 156–58
Akhras, Ayat, 406
Albrechtsen, Janet, 12
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), 75, 97
Alexander, Lamar, xiii
Algosaibi, Ghazi, 405–8
Almaleki, Noor, 225–26
al-Qaeda, 183, 187, 190, 203, 210–12, 263, 283–84
Alzheimer’s disease, 318
Amazing Grace (Metaxas), 397–99
Amazon (company), 290–91
America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (Steyn), x, 315
America, American. See also United States, U.S.
bureaucracy of, 105–8, 119
coffee culture of, 6–8
constitutional rights in, 363–64
crime rates in, 69–72
culture of, xv–xvi, 19, 28–30, 43, 79–83, 143, 235, 251, 256, 264, 266, 271, 302–3, 312, 366, 368, 391, 410
decline of, 19, 46, 144, 410
demographics of, 26, 43, 280, 291–92, 294–97, 302, 313, 315, 385–86
differences with other countries, 79–82, 112, 118–19
drones and, 202–4
economy of, 44–47, 261
financial policies of, 118
as former British colony, 158, 160–61, 397
founding of, 151
hegemony of, 10–11, 196–97, 246–47
immigration in, xi, 105–8, 143, 160–65, 315
liberal criticism of, 135, 180, 184–85, 187, 189–90, 213, 225, 247–48
media in, 40–43, 153, 207, 224, 264–65, 394
military engagements of, 194–201, 203–4, 209–13, 242
police power in, 91–102
politicians in, xiv, 33–34, 88, 143, 152, 154, 170–73, 389–92, 414
race relations in, 161–64
relationship with other countries, 44, 46–47, 167, 189–90, 193, 205–8, 330–31, 415
Steyn as immigrant in, xvii, 10, 409
theatre in, 128–33
World War II and, 10–11
American College of Surgeons, 348–49
American Dream, 164, 297
American Spectator, The, 2, 6, 67
Amiel, Barbara, 406
Amman, 209, 212, 379
Amor, Roy, 358–60
“Ana wa Laila,” 254
Anglicanism, Anglicans, 162, 228, 301–2
Anglo-French settlement of 1922, 210
Anwar, Jawed, 230, 232
Apted, Michael, 398
Aravamudan, Gita, 316
Archbishop of Canterbury, 301–2
Arnold, Thomas, 351, 355
Assads, the, 151, 193
Associated Press (AP), 181
Ataka (“Attack” political party), 259
Atlantic, The, xi, 328
Attenborough, David, 329
Audacity of Hope, The, 408
Austin Powers, 7
Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, 63
Australia, 9, 14, 54, 80, 90, 198, 297, 302, 370, 372–74
media in, 67
relationship with America, 330–31
relationship with Britain, 158, 166–69
Steyn and, xvii, 11–12, 332, 403
Australian, The, xviii, 328
Australia Zoo, the, 328, 332
Austrian Freedom Party, 258, 260
“Autumn Leaves,” 373
Awlaki, Abdulrahman al-, 202–3
Awlaki, Anwar al-, 202–3
Axworthy, Lloyd, 181, 185
B
Baath, 211, 247, 373
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” xviii
Baez, Joan, 263
Baghdad, 53, 212, 385
Baghdad International Airport, 413
Baldwin, Alec, 411
Baldwin, Thomas, 318
Bandar, Prince, 406
Barack on Broadway, 171
Barbie, xi, 223–27
Barfield, Deborah, 181
Barlow, Tony, 310
Barnum, P. T., 324
Barre, VT, xi, 81–82
Barry, Marion, 162, 164
Barrymore, Drew, 33–34
Bart, Lionel, 55
Battle of the Atlantic, 11
Bauer, Gary, xiii
BBC, x, 6, 36,
news, x, 36, 116, 181–82, 187, 247, 360, 379, 412
television programs, 6, 109, 135, 151, 329, 334, 357, 360, 377
BBC2, 129, 136
BBC World Service, 253–56
Beach Boys, the, 251, 337
“Beautiful Dreamer,” 238–39
Beckel, Bob, 294, 296
Belafonte, Harry, 163
Belgium, Belgians, 12, 37, 100, 138, 158, 190, 206, 244–46, 258, 262, 297, 414
“Believe,” 254
Bell, Alexander Graham, 6
Belloc, Hilaire, 197
Benghazi, 206–8, 378
Bennett, Catherine, 154
Bergman, Ingrid, x, 312
Berlin, Germany, 12, 132, 224, 361, 390
Berlin, Irving, 164, 235–36, 245, 270, 391
Berlin Wall, the, 390–91
Best, Shirley, 68
Beverly Hills, 170
Bezos, Jeff, 290–93
Bhutan, Bhutanese, 403–4
Biden, Joseph, 27, 29
Big Government, 19, 26, 79, 81, 144, 293, 297, 304
Bingham, Mark, 180
bin Laden, Osama, 172, 180, 192, 198, 208, 406
Birmingham, John, 410
black flies, 186
Blair, Tim, 33, 176, 224
Blair, Tony, 67, 107, 115, 154, 157, 169, 193, 280, 285, 307, 415
Blanchett, Cate, 32–33
Blazing Cat Fur, 230
Bloomberg, Michael, 210
Bloomberg News, 86
“Blues in the Night,” 271
Blunt, James, 279, 281
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, 8
Bobrow, Martin, 318
Boehner, John, 47
Bolivia, 12
Bond, James, 123–27, 244
Booker, David, 358
Book of Spies, The, 125
Boreman, Linda. See Lovelace, Linda
Boston Globe, The, 98, 181, 314
Boston Herald, The, 27
Bradley, James, 93, 95–96
Bragg, Melvyn, 135–37
Breyer, Stephen, 363–67
Britain, British, 34, 105, 190, 293
biological experiments in, 317–19
crime rates in, 67–72
criticisms of, 136–40, 154, 157, 254
cultural differences with the U.S., 23, 79–80, 96, 132–33, 161–63, 189–90, 198–99, 280
culture of, 23, 84, 86, 130–33, 157, 310–12, 357–61, 372, 403
demography of, 231, 378–80
economy of, xvi, 92
empire of, 10–11, 141, 157–58, 160–65, 195, 199, 209, 256, 265, 302, 398
European Union and, 258–62
Margaret Thatcher’s legacy in, 393–96
media of, 35, 106, 153, 175, 223, 369
military engagements of, 180
politicians of, xiv, 40, 102, 112, 135, 389
slavery and, 397–400
sovereigns of, 89, 154, 166–69
Steyn and, xvii–xviii, 414–15
surveillance in, 112–16
theatre in, 128–31
third sector in, 280
weather in, 186–88
welfare in, 282–84
in World War II, 10–11, 201
British army, 201
British Columbia “Human Rights” Tribunal, 347
British Imperialism, 165. See also Britain, British: empire of
British National party, 258, 260, 373
British police, the, 68–70, 112–16, 137, 359, 379
British Union of Fascists, 260
Broadway, 31, 128–33, 205, 270–71, 324, 364
Brokaw, Tom, 181
Brokest Nation in History, xi, 82, 119
Brookhiser, Richard, 398
Brophy, Colleen, 349
Brown, Amos, 179–80
Brown, Gordon, 260
Browning, Tod, 324–27
Brown, Jerry, 295
Brussels, 198, 226, 244, 247
“brutal Afghan winter,” the, 181–85, 187
“brutal Cuban winter,” the, 186–90
Bucharest, 361
Buckingham Palace, 166–67, 176
Budapest, 259, 357, 361
Bulgaria, 259, 261, 389
Bulgarian National Patriotic Party, 259
Burchill, Julie, 279
Burger, Warren, xiii
Burlington Free Press, The, 25
burqas, xi, 115, 220–25, 377
Bush Administration, the, 11
Bush, Barbara, 42
Bush, George H. W., 5, 42, 92
Bush, George W. “Dubya,” 14, 147, 166, 171, 191, 193–95, 212, 331, 351, 411–14
Bush, Jeb, 155
BuzzFeed, 142–43
Byrd, Robert C., 197
Byrds, the, 337
C
Cabaret, 12, 131
Cairo, 206, 225, 231
California, 86, 89, 152, 237, 295, 310, 312, 333, 336, 339, 392
Caliphate, the, 213
Caliphate State, 284
Cambodia, 395
Campbell, Colleen Carroll, 315–16
“Camptown Races,” 235, 237
Canada, 14, 54, 109–10, 118, 223, 399
culture of, 79–80, 351, 355–56
demography of, 12, 302, 316
economy of, xvi, 297
government services in, 225–26
human rights commissions in, 259, 370
Indians in, 285–89
media in, 152–53, 166, 181–82, 191, 256, 384, 409
military of, 10–11, 198, 246
monarchy and, 151, 156, 166–69
Muslims in, 224–25, 228–32
politics in, xvii, 79, 102, 135, 167–69, 190–91
Steyn and, xvii–xviii, 110–11, 409
weather in, 182–85
World War II and, 10–11
Capitol Police, 101–2
Carey, Miriam, 101–2
Caribbean, the, x, 156–57, 161–64, 187, 195
Carter, Jimmy, 63, 389, 395
Casino Royale, 123–27
Castro, Fidel, 263
CBC network, 286
CBS network, 42–43, 96, 211
CCTV, 112–16
Central America, 296–97
CFL light bulbs, 14–15
Chang and Eng (Siamese twins), 324–27
Chappaquiddick, 176
Charter of the Forest, 89–90
Cheney, Dick, 211, 247, 415
Cher, 254
Cherokee tribe, 27–31, 142–43
Chicago Sun Times, The, xvii, 240
Chiluba, Frederick, 157
“chimeras,” 317
Chrétien, Jean, 102, 169, 286
Christie, Chris, 82
Christmas, xvi, 51–54, 84, 130, 152, 156, 180, 273, 332, 352
Church of England, the, 358, 399
Churchill, Winston, 281
Civil War, 34, 87, 160, 236–37, 242
Clark, Wes, 414
Clinter, Billy (satirical name of fake character), 146–47
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 41, 107, 145–47, 155, 206–7, 268, 307, 314–15, 362
Clinton, William “Bill,” x–xi, xiv, 4–5, 62–66, 71, 96, 160, 175, 264, 307, 342, 408
clones, 305–8, 312–13
Clooney, George, 171
Clooney, Rosemary, 335
CNN, 141, 192
Cocoon, 340
Code of the Woosters, The, 353
Cohen, Laura Rosen, 224
Cold War, the, 125, 196–97, 201, 265
Cole, Natalie, 36
Collins, Phil, 67, 72
“combat risk,” 62, 65
Coming of Age, the, 319
Coming Apart (Murray), 301
Comita, Jenny, 32
commencement, 23–25
Communism, Communists, 5, 91, 97, 115, 180, 265, 267, 347, 361, 373, 389, 392, 395
Conservative Party (Britain), the, xiv, 71, 92
conservatives (generally), xiv–xv, 136, 329, 331, 389
conservatives (U.S.), 10, 26, 30, 62, 142–43, 193, 371
culture and, xiii, 246, 294–95, 302
constitutional monarchy, 169
Continent, the, xiv, 7, 10, 80, 82, 114, 118, 224, 260–61, 284
Muslims and, 192, 231
Cook County, 314
Coolidge, Calvin, xii, 155, 295–96
Côte d’Ivoire, 34
Couric, Katie, 224, 241
Cowger, Scott, 15
Crazy for You, 128–133
crime rates. See under America, American; Britain, British
Crocodile Hunter, the, 328–32
Cromwell, Oliver, 116
Crosby, Bing, 239, 272
Crow, Sheryl, 33–35, 239
Cruise, Tom, 68–69
cultural eclipse, 11, 13
cultural genocide, 287
Curly Fry Lightbulb, 14, 17–19. See also CFL light bulb
“cybrids,” 317
Cypher, Julie, 312
D
Dacopa, 6, 8
Daffy Duck, xvi
Daily Express, The, 116
Daily Mail, The, 110, 152, 223, 260, 317
Daily Telegraph, The, ix, xvii, 23, 36, 145, 156, 179, 217, 282, 305, 339, 403, 405
Daily Telegraph, The (Australia), 176, 224
Damascus, 212
Darcy (character in What Women Want), 59–60
Daschle, Tom, 175–76
Davis Inlet, 285–89
Davis, Jefferson, 241
“Day after Day,” 335
Day, Doris, 60, 333–38
“Daydream Believer,” xi
Dean, Howard, 82, 292
debt ceiling (U.S.), 44, 46
debt (U.S.), x, 7–8, 44–46, 304, 317
Dees-Thomases, Donna, 41–43
Defense of Marriage Act, xiv
Deming, NM, 99–102
democracy, xiv, 113, 262, 370, 405
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 87
Democratic Party, Democrats, xi, 27–28, 41, 46, 63, 89, 153, 172, 175, 242, 294, 296–97, 314–16
demographics, 11
of America, 294–96
of China, 315
demographic decline of West, x, 12, 35, 157, 192, 304, 316, 383
of Japan, 381
of Tangiers, 385
Dempsey, Martin, 206–7
Dent, Grace, 154
De Palma, Brian, 247
DeParle, Jason, 296–97
Department of Environmental Protection (Maine), 15–19
Department of Indian Affairs (Canada), 289
détente, 190, 389, 391
Deutsche Welle, 210
Diaz-Balart, Mario, 89
Diaz, Cameron, 33
“Dil Dil Pakistan,” 254, 256
“Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead,” 393, 396
Disney World, 187
diversity
absurdity surrounding, 27–31, 228–29, 303, 352–53, 355, 371, 374
dangers of, 230–31, 312, 378–79
at Harvard Law School, 27–28
the Queen and, 156–58
Dixie Chicks, the, 263
Dole, Bob, xiii, 3
Dole, Elizabeth, xiii
“Don’t Tread on Me,” 79, 83
Dornan, Bob, xiii
Downton Abbey, 281, 291, 369
Dreams from My Father, 26, 142–43
Drewitt, Barrie, 310
drones, 173, 202–4, 212, 290–93
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 93–98
Duchess of Windsor, 31
Dukakis, Michael, xii
Duke of Edinburgh, 166–67, 246, 283
Duke of Windsor, 31
Durbin, Dick, 247
Dutch (Morris), 390
Dylan, Bob, 32, 249–52, 253
E
Earle, Guy, 347–48
East Anglia, 67
Eastern Europe, 136, 349, 389, 391, 395
East Midlands, 395
Eckert, David, 99–100, 102
economy, the
of America, 172, 212, 290, 293, 296–97
of Britain, 394–96
global, 261, 319
Edison, Thomas, 14
Educating Rita, 130
Education of Little Tree, The, 142
Egypt, xviii, 157, 208, 232, 377–78, 380
Eighties, the, xiii, 59, 101, 337, 393–94
Ekland, Britt, 67
Electric Prunes, the, 251
’Elf ’n’ Safety, 84–86. See also Health & Safety
Ellis, Angela, 223–24
Ellis Island, 164
Energy Independence and Security Act, 14
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, 30
Etheridge, Melissa, 312–13
Europe, 80, 100, 109, 130, 157, 303, 363, 403
Big Government in, 79, 81, 261, 317
Communists in, 190
demographics of, x, 192, 231–32, 295, 304, 317, 378, 383, 386
economies of, xvi, 118, 261, 284, 304, 317
forms of government in, 151, 158, 261, 296, 304, 317
relationship with America, 196, 246, 254, 413–15
European Parliament, 258–59, 261–62
European Union, the, 14, 259–60
euro zone, the, 118
evil empire, the, 389
F
Facebook, xiv, 171
Fain, Sammy, 239
Falklands, the, 395
Falklands War, 395–96
Faludy, George, 223
Farooq, Nada, 13
Fast & Furious, 143
FATCA Act, 118
Fatwas, 134, 138, 366