When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
AL FRANKENMinnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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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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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 Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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