A Surreal Time
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read

As a child, it seemed living through history was a missed opportunity. This then-adolescent looked back at Watergate with envy. The Iran Contra Affair’s significance didn’t strike me at the time. Although its hearings kept me riveted. Despite his actions, which this then 9-year-old didn’t comprehend, Col. Oliver North intrigued me. I was a young and repressed gay boy. Do the math. With all that said, Watergate still loomed large.

