Tim: I say, farewell, farewell to you, the good and faithful servant. Your life blessed mine. You never failed to answer my e-mails. You made me proud to share our generation together. You gave a new meaning to the phrase, "public service." You showed me how to embrace and honor my father (now 85), to recognize his greatness. You did this for an entire country that is just now coming to terms with a transition of one generation (ours) to the next (our children). You demonstrated that asking tough questions of our leaders is Citizenship 101. You showed us that the truth is always better than the untruth. Or, in the words of the late Carl R. Rogers, "The facts are always friendly." I thank God that you have made me better, even as imperfect as I am. Farewell, farewell, farewell good friend.