Allow me to reprint an excerpt from my Impromptus of April 19 — a little sappy, but still true:

Like you, I hope, I watched Richard Brookhiser’s PBS documentary on Alexander Hamilton. Rick made the documentary with that director par excellence, Michael Pack. And, as I was watching, I felt something somewhat unusual, for me: pride. This is not my favorite quality, or emotion. In fact, it is one of my least favorite. Let me say “appreciation”: I felt appreciation.
Appreciation for what? That Rick is on our team, meaning National Review’s team. He was on it well before most of the rest of us were. What a valuable, valuable player.