I have to admit, I was teasing a bit. And we'll just say that Alger was in the top three at State.
Luck had nothing to do with us winning the cold war. Winning the cold war took a lot of lives, and the bravery of President Reagan. He taught me about confronting evil. Sheesh. and I was over 21. ;>)
/john
And I wish so much that I had been paying attention during the Reagan years, but I was still asleep--though it was hard to know what was going on before there was access to all the information that we have these days.
I understand so much more now that I did then, and so many things have been cleared up.