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Memory Is Often - Perhaps Usually - A Distorting Lens: What We Think We Remember Isn't The Way It Was At All. It's What We'd Like To Remember.

Issues Such As Transparency Often Boil Down To Which Side Of -pick A Number- 40 You're On. Under 40, And Transparency Is Generally Considered A Good Thing For Society. Over 40, And One Generally Chooses Privacy Over Transparency. On Every Side Of This Issue, Hypocrisy Abounds.

Those Who Remember New York In The 1970s, As I Do, Look Back On A City That Had Hit A Very Rough Patch - Decaying, Bankrupt, And Crime-ridden. But Fun.

As Any Editor Will Tell You, Startling Newsroom Revelations Are Generally Met With Queries About Where The Information Came From And How The Reporter Got It. Seriously Startling Revelations Are Followed By The Vetting Of Libel Lawyers.

Many Of The Architects Of The Vietnam War Became Near Pariahs As They Spent The Remainder Of Their Lives In The Futile Quest To Explain Away Their Decisions At The Time.