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March 08, 2006

Wow

http://www.gapminder.org/

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January 29, 2006

Eisenhower's Farewell Address

On the eve of the State of the Union, here's Eisenhower's farewell address. It is not long:

http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/farewell.htm

I didn't even know about this until last night, when friends and I watched Why We Fight; a new documentary, which showed excerpts from the speech. Eisenhower's words were prophetic.

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