3 words for the Washington Post Editorial Page

One word from "The Graduate" (1967)

Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

Two words from "My Tutor" (1983)

Father's Friend: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Bobby: Yes, sir. Father's Friend: Are you listening? Bobby: Yes, I am. Father's Friend: Computer Chips.

Three words for the Washington Post editorial "Growth and Its Discontents" (2005)

Urban Growth Boundaries.

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Until we have such a policy in the Washington region, deconcentration and sprawling land use cannot be halted, we will continue to have "THE CHOKING aggravation and daily hassle of suburban traffic and sprawl."

County planning tools will have no impact if county planning tools in the next county over have the opposite effect. And as long as each county plans for maximum "growth" in a manner that encourages deconcentration, i.e. described in yesterday's Post article "Exurbanites Occupy an Unsettled Place in Va. Politics" things can only get much worse.

From Mother Jones.