tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post8377015782406816420..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: James Q.Wilson: More than Broken WindowsBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-32075004657528271732012-03-09T08:01:16.215-08:002012-03-09T08:01:16.215-08:00Scrooge--I would want to add de Tocqueville, L'...Scrooge--I would want to add de Tocqueville, <i>L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution</i>. But the conservatives do get a lot of the good lines, don't they?Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-26916955278865937612012-03-08T10:34:45.347-08:002012-03-08T10:34:45.347-08:00The only books I have read that compare to Wilson&...The only books I have read that compare to Wilson's "Bureaucracy" are Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France". <br /><br />He played the game so well and so cleanly that I don't care that he played for the wrong team.Ebenezer Scroogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-1467367710342306812012-03-04T20:30:33.082-08:002012-03-04T20:30:33.082-08:00oh that guy. You know, not having lived in NYC I ...oh <i>that</i> guy. You know, not having lived in NYC I totally forgot about him. I did bump into him once coming out of Japonica on University Place. I had thought he was short; imagine that. <br /><br />[He always reminded me a bit of the talking head in Monty Python's Holy Grail who says "I'll bite your legs off!"Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-57669426555455271692012-03-04T20:11:53.111-08:002012-03-04T20:11:53.111-08:00Just wondering why you ignore the long, incredibly...Just wondering why you ignore the long, incredibly corrupt administration between Beame and Dinkins. (Incredibly used advisedly; parallels between Eddie G. and Reagan abound, yet no one suggests the former was a figurehead.)Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com