I was totally out of touch with the news this weekend and only heard about Ronald Reagan's death today.
I wasn't a big fan of him when he was in office, but as I've grown up and seen how things progressed as a result of his policies, I wish I had been.
I read this article by a fellow named Jim Lileks who writes for a Minnesota newspaper. His views of Reagan have paralleled mine in many ways. It starts after the boldfaced word "Saturday".
Yeah, good article. Nothing like a little time to temper our opinions. I don't know if history will come to call him a 'great' president, but, by gum, he set his mind to winning the Cold War, and spent communist Russia into, what? a non-threat. And, he and his administration set into motion the economic policies that enabled the next ten years of unprecedented growth.
Posted by: Jim at June 7, 2004 09:25 PM