And thank you, Spaw, for posting that. I'm not for compulsory much of anything, but I think Eisenhower's speech should be compulsory reading for every citizen -- and everyone in politics or other positions of national leadership should be required to read it at least once a day.

They say that a politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. Where have all the statesmen gone? Has the human race devolved over the past few decades?

Don Firth