it is convenient for you that you knew Ayers years after his radical days, so you see him in the light of his day job as an "education reformer" for the University of Illinois.

But he doesn't get off that easy just because time passed and he decided to work inside the system. If Bill Ayers really was changed or "rehabilitated," he would acknowledged the error of his ways during his years as a bomber/activist. But very recently he and his wife stated they were happy to do what they did.

They set bombs at federal buildings and and also the home of John Murtagh, a child then, whose father was judge in New York trying a case with Black Panther members.

I grew up in the 60s and remember the Weather Underground, Manson, and the SLA. They were drug-oriented anti-establishment lowlifes. There is NOTHING redeeming about what they did, not matter how hard you try to romanticize it.

Bill Ayers had already turned himself in to the law almost 30 years ago. That means he has taken full responsibility for his actions, and was willing to accept any legal consequences. He did what he did, and he was willing to face the music.

In the years after he turned himself in, he has been nothing but an asset to his community. I fail to see why he needs to say anything more to applease anyone.

It depends what you call an "asset" to his community. I read that he works in education to promote his radical activism to students. If I ever found out his teachings were anywhere near my kids in their schools, I would pull them out immediately. The education system is already filled with left-leaning teachers and administrators, as our public eduction is failing year after year. Name ONE positive result of the $100s of millions of dollars Ayers and Obama gave to their left wing educational causes. Just one.