Introduction -- "The league of extraordinary gentlemen" (Esquire, November 2003) -- "Tucker Carlson's diary: the aesthetic merits of British colonialism" (Spectator, March 3, 2006) -- "Pimp my ride" (The New Republic, December 31, 2007) -- "When the fun stopped" (Weekly Standard, March 7, 2015) -- "Eat, memory: bean there" (New York Times, March 26, 2006) -- "Mr. Smith goes third party" (Weekly Standard, July 26, 1999) -- "A new democrat" (Weekly Standard, August 2, 1999) -- "Donald Trump is shocking, vulgar, and right" (Politico magazine, January 28, 2016) -- "The unflappables" (Weekly Standard, December 25, 1995) -- "Eugenics, American style" (Weekly Standard, December 1, 1996) -- "Dangerous toys" (Dadly Virtues, 2015) -- "Derek Richardson, where are you?" (Weekly Standard, February 19, 1996) -- "Derek Richardson returns" (Weekly Standard, August 4, 1997) -- "Devil may care" (Talk magazine, September 1999) -- "Power host to power brokers in the power capital" (New York Times, June 5, 2002) -- "Hall of lame" (Forbes, March 8, 1999) -- "Praise the Lord and pass the spuds" (GQ magazine, November 2002) -- "Banzhaf's game" (Weekly Standard, November 13, 1995) -- "James Carville, populist plutocrat" (Weekly Standard, March 18, 1996) -- "Hired guns: inside the (not-so-) secret armies of Operation Iraqi Freedom" (Esquire, March 2004) -- "The self-revealers" (Weekly Standard, June 15, 1998) -- "On the road" (Weekly Standard, March 27, 2000) -- "One man's treasure" (Weekly Standard, October 2, 2000) -- Conclusion.