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" The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about. "
Timothy Noah
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" Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership. "
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" When Grover Norquist launched his project to name anything and everything after Ronald Reagan, I humbly proposed that the deficit be re-christened 'the Reagan.' "
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" We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much. "
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" Working people vote! "
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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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" When the topic is growing income inequality, it's hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn't exist. "
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" Various people have explained why Henry Kissinger is a bad choice to run an investigation into what went wrong on Sept. 11. He's a liar. He's an apologist for corrupt regimes. "
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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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" Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word. "
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" In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. "
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" Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. "
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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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" You can be president of the United States and have the best, most bipartisan-seeming idea in the world. But if it doesn't have a constituency, you might as well be town clerk of Toad Suck, Arkansas. "
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" The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. "
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" If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court wishes us to believe, they are stunningly unpatriotic ones. "
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" It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. "
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" Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority. "
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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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" Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. "
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" One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to turn the job over to the United Nations. "
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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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