Loved reading your blog today. I laughed out loud about your article about Tom Hayden. I met him in of all places, Chico. It was 1972 and I was senior at Chico State. I was in a group called the April Committee that was trying to get a student elected to the city council, but was mainly involved because of a girl named Debbie Drake who was unbelievably good looking, not because I was some wild-eyed political wannabe. (I never understood her interest in me). He was coming to train us how to run a political campaign. The pretend commie flew in in a private jet, had a driver with hat, and a group of no neck thugs with him. Most of us were totally intimidated, and speechless. He never mentioned how to run a campaign but did a major recruitment pitch to open an SDS chapter at CSU. And you’re right, he was an ugly dude. I’m still laughing.