I am old enough to remember: the Cuban missile crisis; the Kennedy assassinations and King's assassination; race riots every summer; the Viet Nam War; waves of massive antiwar demonstrations; bombings by the New Left; Watergate; Nixon's resignation; the wretched Johnson, Carter, and Clinton presidencies; the Cold War and nuclear terror; three Mid East wars; a half dozen recessions; dozens of public and private tragedies; and several personal health crises.
The country (and I) survived them all and often prospered. The Obama presidency and the current economic turmoil will be another bad patch, but I am confident that the country (and I) will get through it.
