30 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings

"Gene McCarthy summed up the campaign just right. Accused of being a 'spoiler,' the independent candidate said: 'If there was ever a year when it didn't matter if you spoiled things, this is it.'"

--Bill Birmingham, "Quickies"

"The old liberal panacea for solving urban transportation ills--multibillion-dollar mass transit systems--is coming into question, and market-oriented approaches to transportation are suddenly being taken seriously ... Cal Trans director Adriana Gianturco is a strong proponent of jitneys, noting their widespread use in Los Angeles early in this century, until outlawed by the state under pressure from trolley car systems."

--Robert Poole Jr...