Guest Diary

Guest Diary• April 5, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLIV

1969. Things were heating up! The Vietnam War seemed to be escalating rather than de-escalating as President Nixon had promised! Student uprisings had disrupted many college campuses and even some returning army […]...

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLIII

Guest Diary• March 29, 2018.

I met Bob Olton at the restaurant, Soerabaja. The Saturday Evening Post magazine had just stopped publishing a short time before. It had become extremely conservative and public tastes had changed. During […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLII

Guest Diary• March 22, 2018.

We were getting used to Richard Nixon as President. So far, not so good! There were still protests everywhere and in spite of Nixon’s attempts to make good his promise to bring […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLI

Guest Diary• March 14, 2018.

What an amazing decade — the ’60s. And how amazing to be living in New York during the ’60s! When I arrived in New York in 1960 Eisenhower was for a few […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CL

Guest Diary• March 8, 2018.

Those last days of 1968! There was so much going on — aside from all the political chaos. It was as if New York was on an energetic social cultural binge […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLIX

Guest Diary• March 1, 2018.

So after 1968 and all its turmoil we were staggering into 1969 with Nixon telling us in his inaugural speech that we “should all stop shouting at one another“! That was easier said than done! […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLVIII

Guest Diary• February 22, 2018.

1968. The end of a tumultuous year! A year full of dissent, assassinations, war and certainly protest! It was frequently being said that there hadn’t been as much violent dissent since […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLVII

Guest Diary• February 15, 2018.

It was December and 1968 was boiling to a close while everyone hoped that things would calm down in the US and Nixon would make good on his promise to end the war […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLVI

Guest Diary• February 8, 2018.

December, 1968: New York City continued to roil with dissent! While there were wildly decorated hippie head shops opening uptown and downtown with even wilder merchandise, those same establishments were in full support […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLV

Guest Diary• February 1, 2018.

1968 was staggering toward 1969 with Richard Nixon elected President and the war in Vietnam continuing while cities were still seething with riots and demonstrations against the war and the drafting […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLIV

Guest Diary• January 25, 2018.

November, 1968: A very turbulent year was finally coming to an end! Protests, draft cards being burned, assassinations and then the election of Richard Nixon. The whole civilization seemed to be tottering on […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLIII

Guest Diary• January 18, 2018.

November, 1968: Richard Nixon was now the President of the United States! A staunch Democrat, my mother said, “I never liked him, I don’t trust him and I didn’t vote for […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLII

Guest Diary• January 11, 2018.

We had experienced the election of Richard Nixon earlier in the month after experiencing the most disruptive period of my life. Pundits were comparing the anti-war and political protests to the […]... READ MORE

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