Good News
FOXNews.com - Views - Straight Talk - 2004: The Good News
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So take heart. As we head into a new year, both the U.S. and the world are growing safer, healthier, and less violent. Most of the world is getting freer. It may not seem like it, given the images we're seeing on the news, but man on the whole is making himself better.
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