Nice: 7 wonders of the industrial world, presented to us by Peter Cresswell.
They do seem impressive to me, all seven of 'em (the SS Great Eastern, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, the Brooklyn Bridge, the London Sewers, the Transcontinental Railroad, the Panama Canal, and the Hoover Dam), although I have to agree with the commenter at Peter's blog about government subsidies (especially about the Transcontinental Railroad). But what occurred to me before that was a question: what about the Boeing 747?
I wonder if we could have a blog symposium, with entries from the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, on the topic of Seven Wonders of the Legislative World. But I don't know whether the standard should be risibility or rationality, because I haven't decided which would be more illuminating (or more amusing). For example, I don't know whether Prohibition (and the Volstead Act) should be nominated, or its repeal.
Anyway, my first nomination would probably be the Fugitive Slave Act. Anyone else?
Posted by Craig Ceely at July 27, 2007 09:52 AM