That was then, this is now.

You only have to spend a few minutes on Van der Leun’s website, American Digest, to get a pretty clear idea as to his political and cultural leanings. But as these images from a 1966 issue of The Saturday Evening Post attest, it wasn’t always that way.

Of several ‘Letters to the Editor” printed in response to this article, the one that follows was written by Van der Leun’s father, and reflects the timeless concern – sigh – of parents everywhere.