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Change required, not Hope and Hype

Like the vast majority of teens and young adults from my generation who were the first to vote at age 18 (the 26th Amendment in effect on July 1, 1971), I was the typical youthful know-it-all full of ignorant naiveté and ideas that were in line with the liberal mindset that bordered on socialist utopianism. I argued with my father—sometimes close to the point of fist-fights—over political issues of the late 60s through the mid-70s. On several occasions, he pointed out that perhaps I should put my principles into action and flee from the obvious tyranny of living under his roof and his rules that his principles and labor had provided.

Yep, I was the typical young and principled Democrat. I was an idiot. My father understood, gritted his teeth on many occasions, and, I’m sure, continued to repress his desire to punch me out after I had deliberately worked to push his buttons. I never gave him the credit he deserved.

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