Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
BEN STEINWhen Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere… There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.
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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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