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This would have been a much more compelling post without the gratuitous swipe at the South. And yeah, yeah, I…
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Agreed. There has been a growing tendency on the part of religionists of several stripes to argue that mockery of…
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There's probably also more than a little consideration of where their money is coming from. Without backing from the insurance…
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Farming does fine without government support. It's the living history museums known as independent small farmers that would collapse without…
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I'm pretty sure that there are several members of the caucus who would be more than adequately qualified for the…
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Shakespeare? Are Muslims even allowed to read Klingon?
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That's quite depressing. If our politicians can neither lead nor tell uncomfortable truths and are limited to dishonest populism, that…
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I don't know about that. There has been a strong anti-intellectual current in our society that has lionized simple-mindedness --…
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This reminds me of an argument I had with a conservative coworker. He asked me if I was concerned about…
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Levi Johnston is white trash. If that's elitist, I'm okay with that. Observing equality before the law doesn't mean that…
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It can be safely said that I hadn't considered making a contribution to his campaign. Kos may be all about…
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I've always found it questionable that Stephanopoulos ended up on the news. He's a former (Clinton) administration figure, for crying…
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I don't think it's quite that simple. Small, poor, and deeply corrupt countries -- like much of sub-Saharan Africa, yes.…
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I hear you. I'm still getting calls from the Army recruiters after making inquiries about the maximum enlistment age right…
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Interestingly, the result of the Weathermen's bombing campaign ran exactly parallel to that of similar urban terrorism on the part…
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They do seem to be under the false impression that liberals are any less well-armed in the US than conservatives.…
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It's a bad idea because of the very nature of politics, which exists in the first place to restrain violence.…
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I'll be willing to take God's will into consideration the day He physically appears at an immigration center, gets a…
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I am far from being hostile to the idea of secession -- I am both a Southerner and an American…
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I say we invoke the nuclear option. Extreme, perhaps -- though not nearly as extreme as the option I'd prefer,…
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