Five years ago today Peter Naglik passed away. He was a great conservative activist who didn’t need to hyphenate his conservatism. His friends have set up a Facebook memorial page; if you knew Peter, share a memory or picture of him there. Here is The Interim’s obituary from 2006. As Russ Kuykendall wrote at the time, “while he didn’t wear it on his sleeve, anyone who knew Naglik for very long would discover an abiding Catholic faith that informed and fed his passion for politics as public service – something far too uncommon in political circles.” Politics is poorer for not having more people like Peter Naglik involved and it was tragic that it lost the Peter Naglik it had when it did — he was just 39 when he was called Home. On a personal note, the number of people in backroom politics that I knew/know, like, admire, and respect can be counted on one hand, and Peter was one of them.