When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
AL FRANKENI think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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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.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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They’ve had local rightwing guys who’ve become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that’s how it goes. We haven’t had that. It isn’t like we have a farm team.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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