Politicians and media will be pulling out out their hair shirts and weeping hankies, and look, it was a terrible day, an unexpected blow, a mass murder of innocents, a nasty piece of asymmetrical warfare.
So was Pearl Harbor, and we still mark the day. But December 7, 1966 was not a day-long commemoration. My Dad didn't blink when I bought a Toyota in 1977.
Remember -- by all means, remember. But don't be consumed by it. Understand the changes it, and our reaction, wrought in our country.
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