The late 1960s, early 1970s saw a dramatic shift in the American political matrix, a redefinition of competing political ideologies or belief systems. War, urban riots, campus protests and student alienation, assassinations, inter-generational mistrust, monetary inflation, the growth of the welfare-warfare state, and the “Sexual Revolution,” were the background sociopolitical issues driving this sea change. While 1968 was the pivotal year in this process, I want to focus upon 1970. This was the year I entered college as a political science student, and began my own personal ideological odyssey. In November of 1970, Republican Richard Nixon was president. He and … Continue reading From Radiclib to Libertarian