Let me second – third – Rich and Jack in expressing how sad I was to hear about Roger Beckett’s passing and for the blow to the Ashbrook Center. Roger and I weren’t extremely close either, but I counted him a friend and I was so relieved when he took over the leadership of Ashbrook after the tragic demise of Peter Schramm. Roger was the perfect choice to continue the tradition of moral and philosophical seriousness combined with basic decency that Peter personified. Roger, like Peter, was a mensch, scholar and patriot. I am so sorry for Roger’s family and for the larger Ashbrook family.