Jimmy Carter passed away today at age 100. He was an imperfectly perfect human being who loved and served his country and was devoted to his wife and family. His service included being a naval officer, a senator in Georgia’s legislature, the governor of Georgia, and President of the United States, but he remained true to his roots as a peanut farmer and Sunday School teacher. The quiet humility of his post-presidential service, which included working to build houses for people who wouldn’t have them otherwise and on international public health is a lesson in service and public modesty that many of our leaders would do well to learn from. Although the country wasn’t quite ready for his leadership—his pro-environmentalist policies on energy were far ahead of the times—he was a good man and a solid leader, who I hope history will remember more kindly than his peers often have. I have a short personal reminiscence about President Carter at the bottom of this post.