For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
AL FRANKENI couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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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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that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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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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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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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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