Commentary
My first political memory—I had not followed politics until I was perhaps a junior in college—was the quick one-and-done invasion of the island of Grenada by Ronald Reagan in the war against communism. It seemed to me to be a beautiful victory. I was thrilled that the military action divided the campus into warring tribes and I could join one, in this case on the side of the Cold Warriors and against the worrywarts on the left in all the soft disciplines.
