Posted
5:24 PM
by Gene
There is a certain melancholy in honoring a living president who is, in a very real sense, no longer among the living -- my mother has Alzheimer's, so I know -- but there was no better tribute than the words the former First Lady used to christen
the new aircraft carrier that bears Ronald Reagan's name:
Man the ship and bring her to life.
Aye aye ma'am, just as the sailors said.