Lexington | Revisiting the Hoover Dam

摘要

"THAT Used To Be Us" is the title of one of the latest books to lament America's decline from its former self. With thousands of western Republicans flocking to Las Vegas this week to hear yet another debate between the presidential candidates vying to take on Barack Obama, this seemed a good moment to pay homage to the Hoover Dam, that monument to America's ability to think big even in the depths of the Great Depression.