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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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" 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. "

" Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices. "

" Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy. "

" A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. "

" In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination. "

" Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am. "

" You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive. "

" 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. "

" Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy. "

" If the wealthy get wealthier, no one has to become one penny poorer. "

" You'll notice that for many progressives, taking from the rich is not simply a necessity of budgeting but a moral imperative and a tool to institute fairness that capitalism supposedly hasn't. "

" Faith helps many people make sense of the world around them. Faith gives them a spiritual connection to something larger. "

" Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved. "

" Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level. "

" The crusade to convince us that global warming can only be dealt with by wealth destruction and higher energy prices began with an effort to 'raise awareness,' which turned into some delicate nanny-state prodding before efforts to artificially inflate prices. "

" The Founding Fathers worried that 'some common impulse of passion' might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly. "

" If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing. "

" You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society. "

" For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous. "

" Health care in America, despite all you hear, still offers us citizens one of the most efficient and highest quality systems in the world. But it's expensive, and it's only getting worse. "

" Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only affects responsible adults who follow the law. "

" It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are divorced from objective reality and incapable of understanding what is going on in Washington. "

" 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. "

" Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism. "

" Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me. "

" 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. "

" Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending. "