Light, Both Noun and Verb

Grandchildren cause the lights that beam in a grandparents eyes  Caleb certainly does light up my life. Speaking of light...it can be used as a verb as well as a noun... "If you really want to light the fuse of a liberal Democrat,  compare Barack Obama's economic performance after 30  months in office with that of Ronald Reagan. It's not at all  flattering for Mr. Obama. The two presidents have a lot in  common. Both inherited an American economy in collapse.  And both applied daring, expensive remedies. Mr. Reagan  passed the biggest tax cut ever, combined with an agenda  of deregulation, monetary restraint and spending controls.  Mr. Obama, of course, has given us a $1 trillion spending  stimulus. By the end of the summer of Reagan's third year  in office, the economy was soaring. The GDP growth rate  was 5% and racing toward 7%, even 8% growth. In 1983 and  '84 output was growing so fast the biggest worry was that  the economy would 'overheat.' In the summer of 2011 we  have an economy limping along at barely 1% growth and by  some indications headed toward a 'double-dip' recession.  By the end of Reagan's first term, it was Morning in  America. Today there is gloomy talk of America in its  twilight. My purpose here is not more Reagan idolatry, but  to point out an incontrovertible truth: One program for  recovery worked, and the other hasn't."  --columnist Stephen Moore