Here is an idea for a parlour game. Each player must try to name the United States’ most unpleasant export. Chewing gum? Political correctness? Agent Orange? Nuclear bombs? With so many delights to choose from, hours of fun are guaranteed.
My own nominee would be the Phylloxera aphid. This vicious little American pest feeds on the roots of vines and quickly destroys them. During the 1860s and 70s it ravaged Europe’s vineyards and almost wiped out the entire continent’s production. The only ....

