When my kids were small I moonlighted painting houses. My first customer was Stanley; a small Jewish engineer and coworker. On the estimate he asked me if I could remove a swastika that was carved into a column on his door step. Sanding out that symbol was the best lesson I’ve had in hate. Done in anger, it was carved very deep and took a long time to remove; enough time for me to not only comprehend but feel what it must mean to Stanley and his family. Because I offered value for value there was no end of houses for me to paint. Not surprisingly many of my future customers were Stanley’s Jewish friends; they were all fair, rational and treated me as a guest in their homes. From an Objective Reasoning standpoint I can think of no moral justification for this kind of act; but it happens.

A small minded person can light a match... Reagan was far from perfect, but he was honest, forthright and that is head and shoulders above what we have...

Appalling. I suspect the foOls who did this thought a metal the stature would burn? Figures.

Ms. Rand said in her last speech that Reagan stood for a mixed economy. As I recall, she said that she did not vote for him.

The damage looks to be minimal to the statue itself. More than likely young punks who don't understand what Reagan stood for and what he did for this country. Please keep us posted. Hope they get the jerks---I mean common-core educated potentially undocumented youths.

I had been reading of all the violence and nonsense going on and then realized it was also close to home.