Ronald Reagan is the president I best remember growing up. I can vaguely remember Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. I was in junior high when Reagan was elected and followed his presidency the closest.

I can remember where I was when I heard the news that he had been shot. I remember those incredible words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

I love great communicators and he was certainly one of the great 20th Century communicators.

He was a hero of a different era. And I certainly hold him as a hero in that vein.

Rest in peace.