When I was living in New Rochelle, New York, in 1970–and was a lucky young editor with Arlington House, Publishers, with such authors as Mises–I read one Saturday morning a NY Times story that changed my life.

The Times heralded New Rochelle on the front page for an environmental milestone: the city government was recycling “purified” sewage back into the drinking water.

I never tasted socialist tap water again.