A little over half a century ago, a president mired in an unpopular war finally declared the beginning of the end, and the Voice covered the damage left behind.
The Voice's Albany reporter — who, according to at least one reader, should have been beatified — weighed in on the shame of not having pissed off a thin-skinned and vindictive president enough to be officially targeted for revenge.
“A government-run Post Office was provided for at the beginning of the nation's history because of Ben Franklin's influence. Presumably at one point or another the goddamn thing worked”
“It will go on, getting worse and worse until whatever losses leaving New York will entail begin to pale by comparison to the kind of life staying here will require you to live.”
