"There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear" : so begins the Buffalo Springfield hit from the 1960's "For what it's Worth." The song became an anthem for a generation accustomed to protest, including the Viet Nam War, and Kent State shootings. While Steven Stills wrote it about a nightclub closure on Sunset Boulevard, listeners have always heard what they wanted to. It provides a haunting refrain suggesting something ominous hangs in the air. While the original author and performers would , most likely, be repelled at any conservative appropriation of the song, its lingering sense of foreboding is apropos of our current political climate. The next line "There's a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware" was written about the Los Angeles police. In a different time, at an earlier age, I could hear the same thing. But not now. My aged ears, with the volume cranked up by necessity, hear a different tune ; a warning...(Read Full Post)