THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT

Of all the times I have been wrong in my life — and there are many — I was never so wrong as I was about this man.

“And how stands the city on this winter night? After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she’s still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.” — Ronald Reagan