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By Hobbes | Jan 31, 2008 |
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When Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the west, he took American and British missionaries along. In addition to translating, they also helped with education.
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By Hobbes | Jan 30, 2008 |
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This video just gave us the best news we've heard out of the Middle East in a long, long time -- Iraqis are beginning to laugh at their leaders.
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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
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George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.
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By Petrarch | Jan 8, 2008 |
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A computer can only do what it's told, or programmed, to do - it can't force people to do anything, unless they allow it to do so.
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By Petrarch | Dec 17, 2007 |
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It is time just to face up to what we know to be the case: Anything goes.
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By Petrarch | Dec 5, 2007 |
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By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.
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By Hobbes | Nov 30, 2007 |
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It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.
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By Petrarch | Nov 26, 2007 |
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Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?
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By Petrarch | Nov 22, 2007 |
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No nation in the entire history of earth has ever been so blessed as we.
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By Petrarch | Nov 21, 2007 |
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Scientific evidence is only as reasonable as it is accurate.