The year was 1970. Arab guerrillas blew up three hijacked Western airliners in the Jordan desert. One of the largest brush fires in California's history raged through mountain canyons, forcing 50,000 persons in nearby San Diego to flee from their homes. President Nixon signed a bill outlawing cigarette commercials on radio and television. Four students were killed at Kent State University in Ohio as National Guard men fired their M-1 rifles into a group of antiwar demonstrators. (And now we lock the place down when someone sends a text message threatening to bring a handgun halfway across the state.)
Shucks, some things never change. If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.
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