I'll confess to being wary about nostalgia. I can remember people who said things really worked well on the Treasury Board 35 years ago; that was a golden age. I was in the Treasury Board 35 years ago and I can tell you it wasn't a golden age. Whenever something gets far enough in the past, one can lend it greater quality than it may deserve.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.