10 thoughts on “What we cared about in 1970”

1. Seems like nothing has changed. Is that an indictment?

2. I think so, kevinf — isn’t it weird?

3. A few of them are called by different names. Is that progress?

4. La plus ça change . . .

5. For my last paper I wrote I read every issue of the Daily Universe 1968-1971. We are talking about the exact same issues and arguing about the exact same things (protests, dress codes, war, gender roles, liberal/conservative divide, etc.), esp in the letters to the editor section. Things haven’t changed much.

6. The reason is obvious: December 1970 was the last issue of The Improvement Era. Since then, no improvement.

   As one who was just a few years from draft age that month, I probably would have put “war” in larger type. Or else I would have arranged all the other words so the white lettering looked like a large “WAR” against the black background.

7. Tell me I’m not the only one who had this going round in my head? https://youtu.be/jB8rnZ-0dKw

8. Er, before my time. The only thing it reminds me of is Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

9. And I think KSL had those same Les Olson Company ads right after sessions of conference back then.

10. That’s the year I gradated from HS. Not much more on my mind than the upcoming draft and WAR. My number was 301, went to trade school, got active and served a mission in Spain. One reason we keep worrying about the same things is we don’t seem to learn from the past and our mistakes. I do remember most of the hits songs of the time were protest songs.

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