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The nature of our Milky Way Galaxy is reexamined from an eclectic point ofview. Evidence for a central bar, for example, is not reflected in thedistribution of RR Lyrae variables in the central bulge [4,5], and it is notclear if either a 2-armed or 4-armed spiral pattern is appropriate for thespiral arms. Radial velocity mapping of the Galaxy using radio H I, H II, or COobservations is compromised by the assumptions adopted for simple Galacticrotation. The Sun's local standard of rest (LSR) velocity is $\sim 14$ kms$^{-1}$ rather than 20 km s$^{-1}$, the local circular velocity is $251 \pm 9$km s$^{-1}$ rather than 220 km s$^{-1}$, and young groups of stars exhibit a10--20 km s$^{-1}$ "kick" relative to what is expected from Galactic rotation.By implication, the same may be true for star-forming gas clouds affected bythe Galaxy's spiral density wave, raising concerns about their use for mappingspiral arms. Proper motion data in conjunction with the newly-estimatedvelocity components for the Sun's motion imply a distance to the Galacticcentre of $R_0=8.34\pm0.27$ kpc, consistent with recent estimates which average$8.24\pm0.09$ kpc. A cosinusoidal Galactic potential is not ruled out byobservations of open star clusters. The planetary nebula cluster Bica 6, forexample, has a near-escape orbit for a Newtonian potential, but a near-normalorbit in a cosinusoidal potential field. The nearby cluster Collinder 464 alsodisplays unusually large tidal effects consistent with those expected for acosinusoidal potential. A standard Newtonian version of the Virial Theorem forstar clusters yields very reasonable masses ($\sim 3 \times 10^{11}M_{\odot}$and $\sim 4 \times 10^{11}M_{\odot}$) for the Milky Way and M31 subgroups ofthe Local Group, respectively. A cosinusoidal relation should yield identicalresults.

An Eclectic View of our Milky Way Galaxy