tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post8689340179712570969..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Making Idleness EasyPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-43963115746083175772007-11-16T08:27:00.000-08:002007-11-16T08:27:00.000-08:00Sowell probably _is_ unfamiliar with the Cyrus Cyl...Sowell probably _is_ unfamiliar with the Cyrus Cylinder, and given its ancientness, I would let that go by. But he also seems to be unfamiliar with the several dozen modern nations that abolished slavery in the 1700s and pre-Civil-War part of the 1800s. That shows academic rigor at the level of Rudy Giuliani declaring that the U.S. has "the best health care system in the world" (except for the many ranked ahead of it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com