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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 18, 2008 |
5
The Vice President will be leaving a slimy, black legacy.
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By Hobbes | Jan 1, 2008 |
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Here, we propose some resolutions for the major candidates to consider.
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By Hobbes | Dec 24, 2007 |
4
It is claimed that this boat runs on biodiesel made form the crew's fat and that it is carbon-neutral. But how is that calculated?
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By Petrarch | Dec 21, 2007 |
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With fifty states in the union, we have fifty different laboratories in which to test different approaches to a problem.
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By Petrarch | Dec 18, 2007 |
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Don't regulate campaign finance; just require disclosure.
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By Petrarch | Dec 14, 2007 |
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Can we have a little dignity please?
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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.