Ronald Reagan was not only the 'Great Communicator', he communicated great ideas. One that hasn't gotten enough recognition is his 1983 essay Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide. My Administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land, and there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.
A culture that values human life will strive to provide for future generations. Rand Simberg describes President Reagan's role in enabling the commercial space industry that is now awakening.
As history continues to play out off the planet, the late president will indeed be remembered as a visionary pioneer in space - but not for any decisions he made with respect to new NASA programs. Rather, it will be for his much-less-publicized but more far-ranging space-policy decisions - those that affected the neglected private sector.
Meanwhile, as I've been writing this, I've been watching the motorcade approach the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, as citizens on Highway 101 and on overpasses have paused to watch and say goodbye.
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