Today, we will lay to rest Ronald Reagan. He has slowly faded from our minds over the past 10 years, but reappears this week for one final drawn out farewell. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, you must admit that Reagan’s orchestration of the fall of the Soviet empire was one of the greatest events of the twentieth century. Before you read the rest of this post and come to the conclusion that I am (was) one of those liberal media whores, I would like to say that I believe that a very strong argument can be made that Reagan was our best President of the twentieth century.

Watching the events surrounding first state funeral in the United States in my lifetime has brought a thoughts to my head over the past week.

• The media has been very friendly to Reagan’s memory this week. Will the Reagan bashing start anew after the sun sets on the West coast tonight
• I’ve watched the public parade past Reagan’s casket lying in state in the Capitol dome and I have to admit that I’ve wondered what drives people to stand in line for three-to-four hours to quickly walk past the casket.
• Along the same lines as above, if you do feel a need to be quickly herded past President Reagan’s body, please dress more appropriately than shorts and a halter top.
• I really don’t see a reason for all federal (and some state and county) offices to be closed today. If you work on Capitol Hill, I understand that you would not get any work done today because of the crush of crowds in Washington, but I don’t understand why my local mailman needs an extra day today to go out and spend a day on the lake.