‘No’ to Star Wars

In 1975, Arthur was invited to address the US House of Representative Committee on Space Science and Applications, chaired by Don Fuqua. His and other hearings were later published as three volumes, Future Space Programmes 1975. Quoting from a futuristic character in one of his novels he implied that war fronts will move to the space.

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As others see us

One Sunday around 1785, while at church, the great Scottish poet Robert Burns noticed a head louse crawling over the headgear of the young woman sitting in front of him. She and her cranial parasite were made famous by his subsequent ode ‘To a Louse’.

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Is patriotism or nationalism ruining the world?

Let us put things in perspective. A government cannot solve our problems, it cannot set our goals and it cannot define our vision. Similarly, a government cannot eliminate poverty, increase economy, reduce inflation, cure illiteracy, provide resources or even save the world.

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