First Post

I was living and working in Paris in 1973, three years removed from Vietnam. I was a 'Goldwater conservative' in my mid-twenties and have, for the most part, managed to retain those beliefs as my own even now. I was fascinated at what was taking place at that time in Washington. Yet as I read the 'International Herald Tribune' and European publications, then listened to friends living in the States and reading Time and Newsweek, it was almost a completely different process at work (or a completely different point of view).

I now live in San Francisco, the capital of the liberal west coast. There exist many parallels to that time; the polarized society, the 'Imperial Presidency', an unpopular war, grassroot discontent. There are also dissimularities; the main one I see is a lack of passion in beliefs, in process.

This is the first blog I have ever published. I hope to provide information, but more. I hope to stimulate passion once more.