[Red Badger]

There have been many articles and even books (See The Good Old Days, They Were Terrible, 1974) written on this same subject. George Will must be either going senile or has run out of things to write about, rehashing old subject matter.

Were the Good Old Days That Good? NYT 2005,

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/business/yourmoney/were-the-good-old-days-that-good.html?_r=0

[Gay State Conservative]

There have been many articles and even books...

OK,fair enough...I never knew that.So this *particular* topic (progress regarding the typical standard of living) is new to me but not to you and others.

Will was obviously writing for folks like me who don't get out much.