Suzanne Harrington: 'North Korea currently looks more enticing than the USA as a destination'

Thanks to its rapid slide from jackpot to jackboot, visiting America has become about as enticing as a colposcopy. Why would you want to go there, to contribute even a single dollar to its continued existence? 

Suzanne Harrington: "As a destination, North Korea currently looks more enticing, for the simple reason that North Korea is not pretending to be anything other than what it is – a mad dictatorship overseen by a mad dictator."

Old friends of my partner invite us to stay at their beach house on Malibu – admittedly a very small beach house, but a beach house on Malibu nevertheless. The photos are breathtaking. 

Yet being of sound mind, we politely decline. Thanks, but no thanks. They laugh, nodding, rolling their eyes. They get it.