Let them eat cake -- How suite it is -- Speak up for Irangate -- Never again -- Ollie and Fawn -- All-American boy -- Coming attractions -- The electronic church -- Where were you? -- The story of a bike -- Crime and punishment -- Testing, testing -- PR for Imelda -- Happy hour -- Football injuries -- Yelling for news -- Hospitality suite -- A lousy $14 million -- Raising funds -- Country number ten -- The last Japanese -- The president's image -- "I did it" -- National Reconciliation Week -- Rewriting history -- We'll get back to you -- You can bank on it -- The TSF -- This is a test -- Is anyone listening? -- The house sitters -- Sex and tennis -- Pray at home -- Magnificent obsession -- #E3VLPBUT+X: $2.52 -- Walker on the right -- A born-again nonsmoker -- Up in arms -- The real thing -- Nearly all -- A seat in the royal box -- RSVP -- Mik Deavervitch -- No dumping place -- Overkill -- The stately homes of queens -- The big lie -- Peace shield -- Winnebago -- A message to Moscow -- The joy of sex? -- To catch a spy -- Two lawyers with a case -- Don't laugh at oil barons -- Seeing Halley's comet -- Computer madness -- Music appreciation -- Gramm Rudman, where's Hollings? -- Working for the government -- The Gadhafi fantasy -- Death in the afternoon -- No apologies -- The Marcos "landslide" -- Christa's legacy -- Ask the pothole man -- Bush leans right -- The reds are here, the reds are here -- The vending smashers -- Citizen's Watch Committee -- Malpractice -- "Author, author" -- Where time flies -- Hangar sale -- This I believe -- The happy freshman -- House with a view -- Hell no, we won't go -- The reason why -- Sexual harassment -- The test for adultery -- Quiet diplomacy -- See America first -- Odds on marriage -- Goodbye to jewels -- The test -- The killers -- "The burning" -- Long live SALT II -- Rich man, poor man -- Avengers of the word -- Fly away -- The constitution busters -- The brothers Hunt -- Making a buck -- "Who are you?" -- The thirty year gap -- Alumni giving -- They didn't do it -- Dear Ms. Kelley -- "Disinformation please" -- Top secret cables -- Winners and losers -- Cop a plea -- Russkie garage sale -- French fries -- He's hungry -- I am an American -- The big deal -- The crime of the century -- Inside the beltway -- Next question -- The truth but not the whole ... -- Immunity -- He's innocent -- Your money or your life -- "Bull" -- You better watch out -- Snow job -- A Trojan thou art -- Another lie -- Wrong number -- Dog talk -- The power game -- A talk with G -- Flirt with her -- War is hell -- Latkes for dollars -- Meals for wheels -- Make your bed -- A reasonable discussion -- No comment -- The last laugh.

This is not just a book dealing with sordid American politics. It is a rollicking romp through the United States for the past twenty-four months, starting in the Rose Garden of the White House and reaching far beyond the Capital Beltway.