Lyn Nofziger passed away yesterday. He was a military man, then journalist, and then Reaganite from the California days. He was also one of that breed of Reagan conservatives many of us didn’t know as much about as we probably should have.

Peter Robinson, who did know him, said this about him:
“He’s also the only man I’ve ever known who wore a Mickey Mouse tie to the White House every day—not that he could abide government work, even in the White House, long enough to remain on the federal payroll very long.”

You can learn a lot more about the man by reading his autobiography. He also had a website, although it seems a little weak on content.