I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?
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Global warming is a fact. Now it’s up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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