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I don’t think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don’t think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.

Gene Weingarten

I think Hillary Clinton will make a fine president, and (most important) I am comfortable with her making gigantic, momentous decisions.
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Decision Important Thinking
America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.
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America Country Thinking
Donald Trump is a boor, and cannot stop being a boor.
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Country People Trump
When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends’ fathers probably found Molly very cute.
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Cute Daughter Senior
My preference would have been a school that was totally diverse – half and half, or close. I wouldn’t have hesitated at all if they would have been in the racial minority. But to be the only white kids: I don’t think that would have been fair to them.
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Kids Minority School
Reporters are not merely recording devices that take down what people say and repeat it in print; we are expected to use our knowledge and experience both for triage – deciding what’s important to cover and what isn’t – and for contextualizing, analyzing and such.
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Important People Use
It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.
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Coincidence Trump White
Trump cannot change because in his mind, he has ALWAYS been rewarded for his boorish, stupid, arrogant behavior.
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Arrogant Mind Stupid
I think politics is everything.
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Everything Politics Thinking
Allowing a non-lawyer to be on the Supreme Court strikes me as a very American thing, in a good way. Another is that the speaker of the house doesn’t have to be a member of congress.
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Constitution Court House Supreme
I don’t consider Hillary Clinton to be the lesser of two evils.
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Clinton Evil Two
From the inside, creativity seems like an arduous task, often involving plebeian, imperfect choices, driven less by inspiration than by deadline.
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Arduous Choices Inside Involving
I think we too often go soft in trying to spare people the agony of confronting reality.
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Agony Reality Thinking
I believe the publisher is a member of the editorial board, and I think his vote would matter.
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Believe Matter Thinking
Politics is how you think about life itself.
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Itself Politics Thinking
You should support Israel not because it is Jewish but because it is a sane, secular democracy. You want Lebanon to be at peace. You don’t care much about Kuwait.
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Care Democracy Support

I don’t think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don’t think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.

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I don’t think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don’t think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.

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