Dear Condy,

Donald Knuth - who wrote The Art Of Computer Programming has written a letter to Condoleeza Rice. "I'm 99.99% sure that my writing this letter will have no effect, but my conscience tells me to write it anyway........ When I knew you at Stanford I had the greatest admiration for your abilities and good sense. (And I was disappointed that we never were able to get together to play four-hands music.) But now I cannot help but express to you my chagrin that the warm feelings I once had have basically evaporated. I hope you can pause to try to understand why this might be the case."