Tag Archives: Douglas Adams

Self-Satire’s Medicinal Properties

By Robin Bates | Published: October 23, 2023

In “Wonderworks,” Fletcher contends that self-satire helped Socrates deal with death.

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Read to Resist Fascism

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2022

Book bans are spreading around America. Neil Gaiman makes an impassioned plea for libraries.

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Vote for the Best Lizard

By Robin Bates | Published: July 30, 2020

Using lizards, Douglas Adams makes a memorable case for voting for the lesser to two evils.

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The Bigger Ego: Trump’s or Zaphod’s?

By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2017

If you know anyone with an “ego as big as the universe,” compare him/her to Zaphod Beeblebrox in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” In Beeblebrox’s case, it is shown to be literally true.

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Most Plagiarists Fail to “Sin Nobly”

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2010

Jason Blake’s guest column this week is on the issue of plagiarism. Jason’s experience matches my own: it takes more work to produce a successful plagiarism than to write an acceptable essay. Plagiarism is generally so obvious that the plagiarist resembles Tom Sawyer in the episode involving memorized Bible verses. As you may recall, students […]

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