Going, Going, Gone

For all his accomplishments, Horace Greeley is known best for six words, written in The New York Tribune, of which he was editor, on this date in 1865. To get the full irony of Greeley's iconic command for today's world, it's worth looking at them in context: "Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West, and grow up with the country." Alas, we've run out of West to flee to.