When Bond Prices Fall, Interest Rates Soar,

The Ascent Of Money Has Been Essential To The Ascent Of Man.

My Arguments For Liberal Empire Or Whatever You Want To Call It - Hegemony, Primacy, You Name It - Are Really Activated By A Sense That The Alternatives Involve More Violence, More Repression, More Hardship.

The British Press Has An Insatiable Appetite For Making Public Things That Should Be Private. It's A Prurience That I've Never Understood.

The West May Collapse Very Suddenly. Complex Civilizations Do That, Because They Operate, Most Of The Time, On The Edge Of Chaos.

I Think The Condition Of Imperial Denial Is A Handicap Because If You Do Not Recognize That You Are Essentially Performing The Functions Of An Empire, You Are Incapable Of Learning From The Mistakes Of Past Empires.