So Ronald Reagan is dead. What does that mean? Not much, really, except that after big events people always say, "It'll be many years before the history books tell us what to think about such and such." Well now that Reagan is dead, the history books will being to crystalize their thoughts on the 80's. Growing up I always laughed when one of my conservative friends would say something like, "Reagan was the greatest President ever!" Back then I was a liberal by reflex. I was told by teachers and textbooks and newspapers that being liberal was good, and being conservative was evil and selfish. Now I know that's not true at all, and being liberal often means being a hypocrite, or at the least inconsistent from issue to issue. And now I know that Ronald Reagan, while not the greatest President ever, has to at least be considered the greatest President since Theodore Roosevelt. If the left is going to blame Bush for 9/11 because it happened on his term, then Reagan gets credit for the fall of the Soviet Empire, the unmasking of communism, those horrible Flock of Seagulls haircuts, and the release of those hostages from Iran. No other President has such a good list of accomplishments on his resume. Thank you, Ronald, for being the right man for the U.S. May you rest in peace.