Daily Archives: Thursday: July 2, 2009

“Government by Clowns”?

Posted on Thursday: July 2, 2009 by Michael Hendry

In a recent post at Chicago Boyz, David Foster asks “what the proper Greek would be for ‘government by clowns’”. There are several possibilities: A bomolochos was originally “one that waited about the altars, to beg or steal some of … Continue reading →

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