An entire generation or two has grown up without knowing what it’s like to have a president leave the White House in disgrace.
A few hours later, Gerald Ford took office…
The new “era of good feeling” lasted a month. And then he pardoned the former president.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins