We know, none so well, how stained is our national record; we know with
what envious eyes our own business and military and political Ahabs regard the inheritance of Third World Naboths and take it, if necessary after bearing false witness against Naboth.
So on such trips when all the communal standard class seats are taken by people sprawled out asleep I've found myself casting
envious eyes at the welcoming doors of the Executive VIP Airport Lounges, with their plush receptions staffed by welcoming airline employees, bright -
eyed no whatever
what ungodly hour it is, and imagining the delights that lay within.