Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary union.

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.

More than the Big Mac, Coca Cola, or Levi's 501 jeans, the dollar is surely the United States' signature export.

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.

Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.

The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.

Like war, love - all kinds of love - is for men who can take it. If they dare.

I can say.. that I never said that... we never met and this never happen... How?(Good question, the answer I will leave it for later)

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste

We must take responsibility for ourselves, for who we become, for how we live each day.

Serving with love, a kind heart, and without expectations is happiness.

My drug of choice is historical research.

The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.

He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

What is this?' 'A Smart Car' It looked like an SUV took a dump and out came the Smart Car

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.