The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
AL FRANKENThere’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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