Peter Boyle Was a Funny Guy

It's weird how death can sanitize life. Nixon and Reagan are dead. Remember? Do you remember too, that after their deaths no one remembered anything about Watergate, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Iran-Contra, Savings & Loan Collapses, El Salvador, attacking Labor, yadda, yadda, yadda?

Or, if they did remember, they weren't allowed to say anything about it without being a jerk.

Why is it so difficult to remember people without mythologizing them?

Why can't we remember this:

Without forgetting this:
I'm a jerk.