The Misanthrope's Corner - narrative on moving into a new apartment - Brief Article

National Review, Dec 31, 1999 by Florence King

3. Come the moment in Campaign 2000 when our fancy lightly turns to thoughts of arsenic, I'll be ready with my second-favorite (next to Lizzie Borden) murderess, Madeleine Smith, the well-bred Victorian nymphomaniac who made grand slam with Scotland's unique "Not Proven" verdict in 1857.

4. Recently I got a letter from a Gentle Reader who asked: "If you could repeal one Constitutional amendment, which would it be?" I don't know what I've done to have such cruel limitations placed on me, but I'll give it a try.

5. My most serious column will be about my new book, A Brou, Not a Ha- Ha, in which I explain why every country that fought in the War of the Spanish Succession shouldn't have.