Happy birthday, Mr. President

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - Today is the 100th birthday of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the man who seemed to live several lifetimes in his professional career and who arrived at his moment when his nation needed it the most. Reagan spent half of his adult life in politics, eschewing the easy, lazy liberalism of his colleagues in the entertainment industry to champion an intellectual tough brand of conservatism, picking up the banner of Barry Goldwater in the face of his 1964 defeat. Reagan spent the next three decades becoming a polarizing, controversial figure in American politics, but even before Alzheimer’s Syndrome robbed him of his last years, Reagan saw his legacy of liberty and triumph confirmed.