Last month, the current legal framework survived a close vote (217 to 205) in the House of Representatives.

A ranking prepared for the City Corporation in London shows New York and London still neck and neck at the top of the league.

Operational and humanitarian concerns are not opposed to one another, but must be able to coexist more closely.

Another possibility, very obvious, is homophily, or, birds of a feather flock together here, I form my tie to you because you and I share a similar body size.

Unfortunately, the compact is likely to be another example of Europe s subordination of economic reality to politicians desire for bragging rights about progress toward ever closer union.

Thus, the two candidates campaigns are focusing heavily on a dozen or so states in which voters are closely divided and could sway the electoral college outcome.

And what's striking though, is that in society there's almost nothing comparable, no comparable investment, no systematic experiment, in the things capitalism isn't very good at, like compassion, or empathy, or relationships or care.

For instance, in the United States, although its largest city, New York City, has more than twice the population of second place Los Angeles, the two cities' metropolitan areas (also the two largest in the country) are much closer in population.