Remember when?

It’s hard to understand how anyone could think it’s wrongheaded or bafflingly radical for a nation to invest in its own citizens. An implicit social contract once existed in America, and Fred Rotondaro, a coalminer’s son, looks back on those days as “a time of national wisdom, humanity, and humility.” Read his forthright post from the Patriotic Millionaires blog. (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.)