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

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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. "

" 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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" It would probably strike the average politician as absurd to argue that the best way to fix the economy is to stop trying to 'fix it.' "

" A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable. "

" 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. "

" Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society. "

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

" Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as well as make filing a comparable breeze. "

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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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" It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy. "

" 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. "

" A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo. "

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

" When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. "

" If progressives were interested in mitigating inequality, they would support the dynamism of free markets to allow the merit of ideas, products and services to win the day rather than stifle companies and pick winners in the name of imagined 'progress.' "

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

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

" If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best. "

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" As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family. "

" Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods. "

" Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "