Great female group that should’ve been huge was Ace of Cups. I saw them open for Hendrix in the Panhandle in 1967. This was before women’s lib was mainstream. Blew my mind. Hendrix was a fan too.

While it is heartening to watch Mayor Pete sweeping the field of all his youthful rivals to carry on President Obama’s legacy after President Biden, I hope these promising youngsters won’t soil their career prospects by fleeing to the arms of the far Left like Castro has done. It’s foolish short-sightedness. My…

This “Bernie would’ve won” foolishness has never been anything but the age-old story of the arrogance of youth. I know that arrogance only too well, because I lived it.

We seniors are excited about Mayor Pete, but we know Joe is the best choice to carry on President Obama’s legacy in 2020. We envision Pete being groomed as Joe’s successor while serving in a cabinet position. Mayor Pete is the future of President Obama’s legacy.

You’re right — we seniors can see the long view, and we know these petty squabbles about wine caves are inconsequential. I marched against the Vietnam War and for Civil Rights arm-in-arm in solidarity with the Black Panther Party, so I know a thing or two about fighting for what really matters, and it feels like I’m…

Farewell, Splinter!

Iraq is not Vietnam, and George W. Bush is not Richard Nixon. We who once took to the streets to protest the Vietnam War know the difference and that’s why we support candidates such as Joe Biden who voted to authorize the Iraq War. Joe is not Henry Kissinger.

This is not Watergate. My generation lived through that particular scandal, so we know well the difficulty of removing a rogue President. It wasn’t until the White House’s internal taping system was revealed by Alexander Butterfield that we gained real hope of removing Nixon. Unless Trump emulated Nixon and taped his…

Has Mayor Pete seen Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973-75)?  It was the first Saturday morning show with an openly gay character(Sheldon the Sea Genie). Very socially advanced show for its day, and a landmark in the fight for gay liberation.

Why insert a gratuitous jab at us boomers? If you shun and demean us, don’t be surprised if we run to Zuckerberg. Young people have already largely abandoned Facebook. My own grandchildren ridicule me for continuing to use it. They call me a square. They say Facebook is uncool. Maybe they’re right, but Facebook is…

You young people still can’t understand why former hippies and vintage leftists like myself are lining up behind Joe and Pete. It’s because we overreached in the 60s and set the stage for the Reagan backlash. We regret that every day.

Has it occurred to any of you budding poets that a catering cart is literally “meals on wheels?” You may not be aware of this, but Meals on Wheels is a program to provide nutritious food and companionship for seniors. Senior voters certainly know this, and I’m one of them.

I met a few of the Weathermen in cell meetings, and I can tell you they were very scrupulous about setting off their bombs where nobody would be hurt by the explosion, and nobody ever was hurt. Violent revolution doesn’t have to be uncivilized.

Is fomenting armed insurrection really so awful?  Back in my radical leftist period in the 1960's almost everyone I knew favored the violent overthrow of the government of the United States. Of course our revolution came to nothing in the end, and in retrospect it was mostly harmless fun.

As fond as folks of my generation are of Joe, we can’t help reminiscing on the righteous revolutionary moment that was the Stonewall Riots in 1969. We swore then that we would do everything in our power to liberate our gay brothers and sisters. Mayor Pete, I feel, is the fulfillment of that promise. It’s probably a…

It was RFK’s and MLK’s assassinations that pushed me to believe working within the system was futile and violent revolution was the only solution, and I was not unusual in that regard. My generation became very embittered.

seeing these two side by side was weird.

What if Joe Biden has a health crisis, say a heart attack or a stroke, and is forced to drop out? Who will speak for pragmatic voters then? I saw my favorite candidate Robert F. Kennedy murdered in 1968, so I know how quickly a race can change.  Amy should stay.

You young people will accuse my generation for being apologists for political dynasties, but the truth is we are philosophically opposed to political dynasties. However, hard experience has taught us that inflexible adherence to dogma is cruel and heartless. To you, RFK is just a name in a history book. You don’t…

I remember RFK’s assassination like it was yesterday. It felt like a punch to the gut, literally a palpable sensation of bodily trauma. My generation still feels the psychic horror of that moment and always will.