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Government and the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

April 26th, 2012

By Dan Miller Douglas Adams’ Ravenous Bugblatter Beast is a beacon lighting the way for government. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy clarifies much that would otherwise remain puzzling to sentient beings. With the explanations it provides, even carbon-based, bipedal ape-descended life forms on Earth — who are “so amazingly primitive that they still think […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, apology, bow, Hitchhiker's Guide, Obama, ROE, satire
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Reparations Squabble

June 27th, 2009

As I noted in an earlier article, Apologies and Reparations, the Senate recently passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and subsequent discrimination. Now there’s a new development. The Senate included wording to the effect that the resolution was not to be used as support for slavery reparations. In order for the apology to […]

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Tags: apology, reparations, slavery
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Apologies and Reparations

June 19th, 2009

The Senate has just passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery. The House passed their version of the apology in an earlier resolution. A major difference between the two is that the Senate resolution specifically states that the apology is not a basis for slavery reparations. The House version didn’t address reparations. There have […]

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Tags: apology, reparations, slavery
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