An American icon is gone. "When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future," Reagan wrote in a final address to the nation, "I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." Read more [...]

My heartfelt condolences to the families of those lost in the destruction of the space shuttle this morning. Your loved ones were lost in the pursuit of something greater than all of us, and they will be missed, even by those who had never heard their names before, and their memories will be honored forever. In Memorium: Shuttle Commander Rick D. Husband Pilot William C. McCool Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson Mission Specialists: David M. Brown Kalpana Chawla Laurel Clark Illan Ramon "They Read more [...]