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The Undocumented Mark Steyn

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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

 

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