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Saturday, June 05, 2004

half mast

We've known this day had to come, and really, one of the people I admire most in the world, who shaped my childhood and the world I (and we all) live in in so many ways, stopped suffering today and began rejoicing. Still, the world seems emptier without Ronald Reagan in it.

Of all the tributes I've read so far, Margaret Thatcher's says it best, in my opinion: "He will be missed not only by those who knew him and not only by the nation that he served so proudly and loved so deeply, but also by millions of men and women who live in freedom today because of the policies he pursued."

Requiescat in pace, Mr. President.