Aphorism Twenty-Eight; (One of a Series; Collect the Whole Set!)

"It's really quite large-ish, i'nnit?"

Quoth Ian Dury to me, of . . .well . . . of "Phoenix," and of "Arizona," and perhaps even of Apache Junction," but obviously, apparently, evidentially, tangibly, metaphorically, of America. (Though he'd no doubt've said "the States.")

Aphorism Number Six - Urban Planning (One of a Series; Collect 'em All)

Urban planners have killed off the center of any number of major American cities in the last fifty years and Phoenix, though late for the bandwagon, has been hustling to catch up ever since.

Aphorism Number Five: American Urges (One of a series; collect 'em all!)

There's something in an American that makes the urge to save souls and cure cancer and steal votes and sell something -- anything -- all at the same time absolutely irresistible.
Bart Bull, from SPIN