Home of the Bean, the Cod, and the Free Glass of Tap Water

As much of the Sun Belt dries up, we may have to revise our tally of regional economic advantages.

For generations we’ve been told to flee the Northeast for some air-conditioned car-ported open-shop Elysium. Today, though, the Quabbin Reservoir is making me feel like an early-’70s Alaskan. If we get our water-policy act together, the Commonwealth’s natural resources may, for the first time since the whale-oil days, actually give us a competitive edge.

Please, though: no pipelines.