There’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.
AL FRANKENI also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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