Having spent years encouraging 18-year-olds to vote, I am opposed to Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy's idea of raising the voting age to 25. What's next? Raising the driving age, in many states, from 16 to 20?
If Ramaswamy really wants to make a difference in our culture, then I urge him to talk about raising the age anyone (anywhere) can buy an AR-15-style rifle to 30.
This article ran in the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 24, 1977.