Comments on: Centennial http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Josh Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:39:22 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1138#comment-1122 The last paragraph in this piece is very moving. Great story. The last paragraph in this piece is very moving. Great story.

]]> By: Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:04:35 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1138#comment-1115 [...] commemorated the centennial of the death of Red Cloud with a quick overview of his place in history; I’m gratified that this piece has gotten a [...] [...] commemorated the centennial of the death of Red Cloud with a quick overview of his place in history; I’m gratified that this piece has gotten a [...]

]]> By: Cos http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Cos Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:58:07 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1138#comment-1100 In 2002, then Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was in a close campaign with Republican John Thune. Tim Giago from the Pine Ridge reservation announced that he would run for the Senate as an independent candidate. Democrats in South Dakota usually get an overwhelming majority of the vote on the Lakota reservations, and in a close race, losing a big chunk of that to Giago meant Daschle would certainly lose to Thune. Shortly before the election, they worked out a deal: Giago would drop out of the race and endorse Daschle, and in exchange, Daschle would use his influence as Senate Majority Leader to get Congress to return the Black Hills to the Lakota (aka Sioux). Unfortunately, the 2002 election was a Republican wave, and Thune ended up narrowly beating Daschle anyway, so the deal came to naught. In 2002, then Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was in a close campaign with Republican John Thune. Tim Giago from the Pine Ridge reservation announced that he would run for the Senate as an independent candidate. Democrats in South Dakota usually get an overwhelming majority of the vote on the Lakota reservations, and in a close race, losing a big chunk of that to Giago meant Daschle would certainly lose to Thune. Shortly before the election, they worked out a deal: Giago would drop out of the race and endorse Daschle, and in exchange, Daschle would use his influence as Senate Majority Leader to get Congress to return the Black Hills to the Lakota (aka Sioux).

Unfortunately, the 2002 election was a Republican wave, and Thune ended up narrowly beating Daschle anyway, so the deal came to naught.

]]> By: Benkyou Burito http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Benkyou Burito Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:39:14 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1138#comment-1095 He should have bargained for access to education and capital investment. If Custer had attacked with textile machines and modern plows instead of guns there would have been fewer deaths and the Native people could have made their own blankets. He should have bargained for access to education and capital investment. If Custer had attacked with textile machines and modern plows instead of guns there would have been fewer deaths and the Native people could have made their own blankets.

]]> By: Robin Hanson http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/10/centennial/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Robin Hanson Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:02:40 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1138#comment-1089 Fascinating! :) Fascinating! :)

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