Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
P. J. O'ROURKERichard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.
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A humorist doesn’t really do that much note-taking.
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The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that’s when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no vacation. And supposedly the kids are home from school because of some vestigial throwback to our agricultural past.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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It’s better to make fun of yourself because you’ve always got someone around to make fun of, and they can’t sue you.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican, and that is the Democrats. It’s going to be hard to do a worse job running American than the Republicans have, but if anybody can do it, it’s the Democrats.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn’t exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free.
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