One Wonders At The Docility Of The

In Wretched Outcomes, The Devil Is In The Details.

[cities] Are Not Like Suburbs, Only Denser. They Differ From Towns And Suburbs In Basic Ways, And One Of These Is That Cities Are, By Definition, Full Of Strangers.

I Have Learned Yet Again (this Has Been Going On All My Life) What Folly It Is To Take Any Thing For Granted Without Examining It Skeptically.

Nations Are Political And Military Entities, And So Are Blocs Of Nations. But It Doesn't Necessarily Follow From This That They Are Also The Basic, Salient Entities Of Economic Life Or That They Are Particularly Useful For Probing The Mysteries Of Economic Structure, The Reasons For Rise And Decline Of Wealth. Indeed, The Failure Of National Governments And Blocs Of Nations To Force Economic Life To Do Their Bidding Suggests Some Sort Of Essential Irrelevance.

[if Quebec Became Sovereign] There Would Be One Level Of Government That Would Be Missing, One Less Level Of Government. The Municipality Would Become The Second Level.