The Age of Distraction By: Michael M. Meyer, D. Min.The Age of Distraction is one man's perspective on the times and events of nearly forty years from the death of President John F. Kennedy to September 11, 2001. It is dedicated to the memory of a 1992 graduate of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Suzanna Kondratenko died, along with thousands of others, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York. This book is simply meant to cause the reader to think and, in the end, it may lead to a more peaceful world.