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" A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. "
David Harsanyi
You
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" Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step. "
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" In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination. "
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" Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy. "
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" If the wealthy get wealthier, no one has to become one penny poorer. "
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" Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me. "
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" Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved. "
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" As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family. "
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" My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation and any policy that intruded on our lives. "
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" Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level. "
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" A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable. "
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" We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending. "
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" The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines. "
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" Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices. "
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" Let's be honest: nothing spoils 'The Walking Dead' quite like watching 'The Walking Dead.' "
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" Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives. "
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" You will notice that the Occupy Wall Street crowds - and the progressives who support them - focus on bringing the wealthy down to earth rather than lifting the 99 percent. They have a nearly religious belief that too much wealth is fundamentally immoral and unhealthy for society. "
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" Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.' "
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" I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than it alleviates. "
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" For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous. "
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Both
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" When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. "
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Other
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" Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism. "
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More
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" The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x. "
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" If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing. "
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" Now, admittedly, Twitter can be entertaining on occasion, as it turns out that 140 characters offers a great chance to be misunderstood - and an even greater chance one will expose his inner troglodyte. "
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" We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise. "
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