My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
BEN STEINIt’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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That was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science – in my opinion, this is just an opinion – that’s where science leads you.
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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I’d say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that’s the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.
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I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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