Howard Means

“But what is in many ways most memorable about Robert Canterbury’s report are the final two items on his list: “Problem Areas and Lessons Learned” and “Recommendations.” Beside both, the highest-ranking National Guard officer at Kent State University on May 4 typed: “None.” Of all the thousands of pages of documentation spawned by the shootings, there may be no sadder testament than those two “nones.”
― Howard Means, 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence

“In 1790, the average age of first menstruation for European girls was just about eighteen, almost fifty percent older than today.”
― Howard Means, Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story