At least the new Newsweek will continue to feature the wisdom of George Will, who sharpens his quill this week to attack smart-growth silliness:
For many generations?before automobiles were common, but trolleys ran to the edges of towns?Americans by the scores of millions have been happily trading distance for space, living farther from their jobs in order to enjoy ample backyards and other aspects of low-density living. And long before climate change became another excuse for disparaging America’s “automobile culture,” many liberal intellectuals were bothered by the automobile. It subverted their agenda of expanding government?meaning their?supervision of other people’s lives. Drivers moving around where and when they please? Without government supervision? Depriving themselves and others of communitarian moments on mass transit? No good could come of this.
