Mr. Rogers: Best Neighbor Ever
If you’re like me — coming up a bit short on faith in your neighbors, and feeling not a little sickened of the seeming trend towards rampant self-righteousness, ignorant belligerence, and all-around bellicose 
nastiness — then you owe it to yourself to take your eyes off the TV pundits for a few minutes and recalibrate your faith by tuning in to a gentleman who actually lived what he said he believed.
In other words, you owe it to yourself to check out 15 reasons Mr. Rogers was best neighbor ever.
If that warmed your heart, but didn’t quite part the clouds and let the sunshine in, check out this archival footage from 1969 in which Mr. Rogers goes to Washington, yep, and this mild-mannered wimp takes less just about six minutes to ignite an apathetic senate, crush Nixon’s funding cuts, and secure enthusiastic support to the tune of $20 million: Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate.
And finally, how about sitting back and listening to the man ramble like one of your own favorite, eccentric uncles: Fred Rogers - Archive Interview.
People who live the values they propose seem rare these days. But knowing that Mr. Rogers did, and remembering when he was here, helps me believe there must still be many good neighbors out there. Hats off to you, Mr. Rogers, and a life lived well.
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