Posted 5:16 PM by Gene

Woebegone cities like Detroit might start to come back if -- if -- government realizes jobs must come from business, not from government. And only business could reclaim all the newly freed-up land otherwise doomed to urban "farming" and wilderness for people who preen. But most cities will remain quarantines for poor people, with all the ills and unions and pressure groups attendant thereto; and even the most resourceful and insightful businesses may not get up the strength and mass needed to overcome that. Regardless as FDR said, "The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." Never was this truer than with the cities.