I was 14 years old shining my cavalry boots at Culver Military Academy when I heard Nixon resigned. I was sad Carter beat Ford. I was a senior at Indiana University when Reagan beat Carter; I watched into the wee hours of the morning with glee as one old line liberal after another was swept away. In my home office I have a tintype reproduction of the front page of the Bloomington Herald-Telephone of March 31, 1981, with two memorable headlines: “Hoosiers, NCAA Champs” and “Reagan Condition Excellent After Surgeons Remove Bullet.”
Did you know R. Emmett Tyrrell or the other AmSpec writers of that period?