Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.

Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.

I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.

I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative.