That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I grew up with.
I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed.
What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.

