> We're running out of words. One important use of
> "progressive" was to name non-communists who were willing to
> work with communists. (This would have included but *not*
> been limited to those disparaged by their enemies as
> "fellow-travellers.")
Been reading too much Wm. Safire on language lately? I wonder what Bob LaFollette meant by the term when he named his magazine. He was no kind of socialist.
> As Michael suggests, however, the word seems to be losing
> its edge, being little better than a name for the more
> soulful type of liberal.
>
> Carrol
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