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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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