Eternal City, Chronic Trouble
May 7th, 2008 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & EconomicsA visitor to the Eternal City, even if he has been many times before, feels his jaw drop and his pulse rise. The city is still a magnificent ruin…a vast memento mori recalling every absurdity and corruption known to man. Here we begin ab ovo, as the Romans used to say – with the egg.