Posts Tagged ‘Robert McNamara’
Open Letter To The Children Of Robert McNamara
Dear McNamara Children, This is a belated apology. I have been meaning to set things straight, but the right moment never materialized, and now it has been over 50 years. However, my guilt came flooding back as I watched the recent Ken Burn documentary on the Vietnam War. Night after night I saw your father,…
Read MoreThe Surprising Link Between Robert McNamara, Santa Claus, and Me
My first brush with greatness came in the mid-1960s on a Utah ski vacation that overlapped with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and his family. As a preteen, I was only vaguely aware of the man. My parents, who still had complete confidence in the government, never talked politics and rarely watched the evening news,…
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