Monday, September 13, 2004

Sewer Socialism

from The Los Angeles Times
Missing today from national and local agendas is anything remotely resembling the progressivism that spurred the successful evolution of U.S. cities in the last century. Sometimes dubbed "sewer socialism," this program for development started at the municipal level and aimed to repair the legacy of the Industrial Revolution.

3 comments:

gecko said...

Now that was a great article! I'm still trying to figure out "progressive" thought. Just when I thought I had figured out "liberal"...

J.R. Boyd said...

Good, maybe you can explain them to me some time...

gecko said...

Oops, I done been corrected on those already. Thanks for getting me back to avoiding labels!