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I have no idea if I'm doing this right, so I hope somebody can fix whatever I mess up. I am so sorry for not posting sooner, but the last couple of days have been a blur. The surgery on Tuesday didn't actually start until noon even though we signed in at 7:30 am and they took Jeff to the OR around 10:30. We got our final report at 10 pm. By 11:00 pm I was able to go to his room in the ICU. He did very well during the surgery. Coming out of the anesthesia was a little...

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' -Ronald Reagan 'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Ronald Reagan 'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.' - Ronald Reagan 'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' -...

For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July. I remember it as a day almost as long-anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance in store windows of all kinds of fireworks and colorful posters advertising them with vivid pictures. No later than the third of July -- sometimes earlier -- Dad would bring home what he felt he could afford to see go up in smoke and flame. We'd count and recount the number of firecrackers, display pieces...

February 6, 2003: Somewhere in the hazy fog of Alzheimers, distant faded memories of greater times must still flicker in the aging mind of America's most distinguished Cold Warrior, Ronald Reagan. The former President of the United States, and celebrated Great Communicator, is 92 years old today. But the harsh winds of time have cheated him of most valued gifts, and he survives as a physical shadow of the great American leader he once was. Yet, on the occasion of this distinguished ex-President's 92nd birthday, and at time when America stands on the brink of war once again, it's time...