One of the great Conservatives of all-time perhaps said it best:
"Skepticism about life and nature is most often expressed by those who take it for granted that belief is an indulgence of the superstitious — indeed their opiate, to quote a historical cosmologist most profoundly dead. Granted, that to look up at the stars comes close to compelling disbelief — how can such a chance arrangement be other than an elaboration — near infinite — of natural impulses? Yes, on the other hand, who is to say that the arrangement of the stars is more easily traceable to nature, than to nature's molder? What is the greater miracle: the raising of the dead man in Lazarus, or the mere existence of the man who died and of the witnesses who swore to his revival?"
-- from "How Is It Possible To Believe In God?" by William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review, author of over 50 books, including God and Man at Yale, and possibly the foremost Conservative in American history.
And for good measure...
America's never had a perfect President, nor has any nation or municipality in history enjoyed a leader devoid of imperfections. Yet there's something about Ronald Reagan that puts a smile on my face. Inspired by a picture I recently came across of William F. Buckley (quoted above) at The White House with our 40th President, the following are part of a collection housed at the University of Texas:
Ronald & Nancy Reagan aboard a boat in California, August 1964 [archive catalog identifier H43-11]
Ronald Reagan celebrating is election for California Governor at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA; November 8, 1966 [H99]
President Reagan at Rancho Del Cielo in Santa Barbara, CA; August 13, 1981 [C3525-20]
President Reagan at Ashford Castle in Ireland; June 2, 1984 [C22240-34]
President Reagan poses at the White House; October 3, 1984 [C24744-22]
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