After a 10-year struggle with Alzheimers, former president Ronald Reagan dies on the same day I attend my 20-year college reunion. Not that I think he did this on purpose.

I only mention this because I spent a good part of my senior year of college as an intern for the Mondale campaign -- sure that another four years of Reagan would be the end of the world as we know it. (After graduation, I joined Mondale's campaign staff full time.) And here I am 20 years later, and again, and thinking the same thing about Bush II. But none of that really outrages me.

What outrages me is the fact that most of the news coverage surrounding RR's death tonight concerns Alzheimers and the devastating effect it has (my grandmother died of Alzheimers in 1989 so I've seen firsthand what it can do.) And Bush II talking about what a sad day it is. But not so sad that this administration will reverse its decision concerning stem cell research. It's sad alright.