"Progressive"

[Brad DeLong]

>On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>>  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.")
>
>I wonder what Bob LaFollette meant by the term when he named his
>magazine.

Not to mention Teddy Roosevelt...

Brad DeLong