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" For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch. "
Timothy Noah
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" Cable television and the Internet have created an unending demand for information, and there simply isn't enough truth to go around. "
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" With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation. "
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" The advantage of a market-based national defense is obvious: Every citizen would receive an individualized amount of military protection, based on the value each of us placed on defending the homeland. "
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" Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds. "
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" What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war. "
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" The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value. "
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" On Wall Street, financial crisis destroys jobs. Here in Washington, it creates them. The rest is just details. "
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" The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congress to make it illegal to extend such loans to members of the military. But civilians remain fair game. "
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" Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president. "
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" I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have been a worldwide depression. "
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" Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity. "
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" The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect - about the rich. "
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" Just about everything I own was made in China. Just about everything you own was made in China, too. "
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Everything
Just
" The liberation of Iraq, which is already hard to justify from the perspective of American interests, at least had the virtue of freeing Iraqis from a brutal dictator. Despite all the anarchy and violence, life has gotten better for most Iraqis. "
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Perspective
American
" We live in an era of mind-blowing scientific discovery, virtually none of which ever makes the front page, even as every trivial twist and turn in the rococo political drama has a secure place as the lead story. "
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Story
Discovery
" Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition. "
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" I'm all for lifting the payroll-tax cap, if only to make payroll taxes a little less regressive. "
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" With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion. "
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Awareness
Color
" The embourgeoisement of China's proletariat may be the inevitable result of its industrialization, but 'inevitable' isn't the same as 'speedy.' "
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" I'm an incompetent consumer. I have two settings: Buy and Don't Buy. "
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Two
" The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free. "
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Free
" There's a growing consensus that the best way to defeat communism in Cuba is to get its citizens hooked on American goods. "
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" Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth. "
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Culture
" When Democrats lose, they're pathetic. When Republicans lose, they're bitter and mean. "
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" Capitalism can't deliver decent health care. "
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" The $100 bill may be America's most successful export. "
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" Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse. "
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" Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding. "
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" Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. "
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