Backward Cities, Or Younger Cities, Or Newly

My Mother Used To Say When We Were Children, 'when A Boy Gets A Stick In His Hand, His Brains Run Out The Other End Of It.' Power Is A Stick In The Hand, And I Have Never Heard Of Anybody Who Wielded A Very Big Stick Of Power Whose Brains Did Not Run Out The Other End. As A Nation, Our Brains Are Running Out The Other End Of Our Power Right Now.

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.

I Basically Don't Think That The Way We Do Things Is That Dependent On One Resource, Such As Oil. There Can Be Different Kinds Of Engines For Cars. I Think That Solar Heating, Wind Heating Can Substitute For A Lot Of Uses For Oil. I'd Like To See Those Things Happen Because They Are More Sustainable In Any Case. But I Do Not Think That Running Out Of Oil Is Not Going To Bother Us That Much. I Think We Have Got To Be Rescued By Something Or We Really Are Going Down A Slippery Slope.

In Wretched Outcomes, The Devil Is In The Details.

Subsidiarity Is The Principle That Government Works Best Most Responsibly And Responsively When It Is Closest To The People It Serves And The Needs It Addresses. Fiscal Accountability Is The Principle That Institutions Collecting And Disbursing Taxes Work Most Responsibly When They Are Transparent To Those Providing The Money.