BMDPY - 'O Tempora! O Mores!' - 'Oh The Times! Oh The Manners!'
O tempora! O mores!
Oh, the times! Oh, the manners!
- Cicero
I turn, once again, to the home of the Roman Empire. It was a nation that shook the world by dominating a Continent and then, centuries later, by losing it. In their recent election, between the party on the left, and the grand coalition on the right, these two outsider groups captured approximately 69% of the Italian vote. The words echoed from the bleachers at Yankee Stadium, "Lancia fuori i barboni!" (Throw the bums out!)
The centrist party of Mr. Renzi got soundly