| Cities are not forever. They are delicate organisms that require a proper balance of nutrients. You don't have to be Percy Shelley to know that history is littered with the debris of dead cities, though Pompeii is one of the only big ones wiped out by a natural disaster. Most died because the civilizations they represented lost their moral bearings""their souls""and thus their ability to create, renew and rebuild...To save this city""or any city where people are hurting""requires rejecting the "glib ephemeralities" of heedless tax cuts and I-got-mine selfishness in favor of the sense of community and competence that all Americans deserve. |
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