The guns always win. Mary Ann Vecchio gestured and screamed as she knelt by the body of a student lying face down on the campus of Kent State University, Kent, Ohio on May 4, 1970. National Guardsmen had fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing four. The Associated Press Steve Wozniak is 49, the same generation as Szari, Troshane and Hatcher. Today he proclaims his faith in technology, not politics.
People act as if their candidate winning is a life and death matter.
They think things will get better if their guy wins. The cynicism bred by the Vietnam War has never dissipated. Instead, it has been deepened over the years by Watergate and all the other 'gates, and by regular disclosures of the shortcomings of our leaders. People thought, 'Hey, our government lies to us. Sometimes, you can still hear echoes of Vietnam venom.