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  • In response to those criticisms -- and to the designation of Sept. 20, 2010, as "Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day" -- Hitchens wrote a column for Vanity Fair titled "Unanswerable Prayers."

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Unanswerable questions:

    Unanswerable questions Maxine 2008

  • Is it Unanswerable Existential Question Day at the country club?

    GREEN • by Dave Macpherson 2008

  • Richard Cohen of the Washington Post has a column called "Torture's Unanswerable Questions, Torture's Ugly Debate", in which he employs the self-Socratic method to subtly argue against prosecuting America's war criminals.

    Larisa Alexandrovna: The Torture Apologist's Fallacy 2009

  • Unanswerable question: Was I already scared of clowns when I saw that, or was it that clip that made me scared of clowns?

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Most have straight yes or no answers – even on multiples and abiguities, it breaks down to Yes – 5; No – 15; Unanswerable – 5.

    Danger, Will Robinson!! 2007

  • We here at Drivl couldn't resist answering Slate Magazine's 40 Unanswerable questions.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • Unanswerable mysteries of grading, and the grade-g...

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2007

  • Unanswerable mysteries of grading, and the grade-giver

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2007

  • Unanswerable mysteries of grading, and the grade-giver

    Archive 2007-04-01 Flavia 2007

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