https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/11/09/typical-american-style-or-lessons-from-mustang-ranch/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 11:16:50 -0400<![CDATA[For the last several days, while ferrying young master Kimball, aetat 10, from point A to point B and back again, we&#8217;ve been listening to an audio tape of Jules Verne&#8217;s classic Around the World in Eighty Days. It has been a great hit with the prop and support of our old age. Most of my readers, I expect, will recall the story of the super-phlegmatic Phileas Fogg, &#8220;one of the most noticeable members of The Reform Club&#8221; in London, who bets £20,000, half his fortune, that he can circle the globe in 80 days. Fogg sets off with his trusty servant Passepartout on an adventure that takes them on steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading-vessels, sledges, and elephants, from London to Egypt, India, Japan, San Francisco, New York, and back again to London.]]>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:19:54 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/11/09/typical-american-style-or-lessons-from-mustang-ranch-n115360