Natural Politicians Are Skilled Actors, Recreating Reality,

Well, Here You Had A City That Was Selling More Cars Than Ever Before, That Had This Wondrous Music Being Created, That Was So Vital To The Labor And Civil Rights Of This Country, And Yet It Was Dying And Didn't See It, Except For Some Sociologist At Wayne State University Who Predicted That Detroit Was Losing Population By A Half-million By The End Of That '60s Decade, And That That Trend Would Continue Taking Away Its Tax Base.

It Is?classic Bill Clinton, Sincere And Deceptive At The Same Time, Requiring A Careful Reading Between The Lines.

It's Hard To Know Exactly How People Develop The Characters They Do. There Could Be People From Humble Beginnings That Turn Into Jerks. Some Characteristics Are Just Part Of That Special Soul Of That Human Being.

There Was A Precarious Balance During Those Crucial Months Between Composition And Decomposition - What The World Gained And What A Great City Lost. Even Then, Some Part Of Detroit Was Dying, And That Is Where The Story Begins.

It Was A Time Of Uncommon Possibility And Freedom, When Detroit Created Wondrous And Lasting Things. But Life Can Be Luminescent When It Is Most Vulnerable.