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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Today in 1863, the United States War Department ordained a specialized bureau for the purpose of the organization of black enlisted troops, The Bureau of Colored Troops. |
It doesn’t matter how beautiful your experiment is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
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LewRockwell | Why do we bother with driver’s licenses at all? They’re certainly not a measure of even minimal competence as a driver. You take a written (now digital) test that Forrest Gump could pass, along with (maybe) a cursory “road” test that takes place in the parking lot of the DMV. A 12-year-old could pass these tests. More to the point, adults far less competent than the average 12-year-old routinely pass these tests. They have a driver’s license, alright – but calling them “drivers” is generous. The sail fawn-addled, SmoooVee doing 80 in a snowstorm, ’86 Buick in the left lane refusing to move right, double-yellow-crossing, half-blind inattentive Taco-eating marginality of the average Driver Americanus is known the world over. ... - [More]
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Articles