I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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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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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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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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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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