Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
AL FRANKENI 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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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.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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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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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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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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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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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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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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