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

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" 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. "

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

" A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike. "

" Let's be honest: nothing spoils 'The Walking Dead' quite like watching 'The Walking Dead.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Biblical movies need not sermonize, just be honest to the foundational story. As powerful as the message is for people of faith, it's really great storytelling. "

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

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

" Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick. "

" The Bible is filled with intriguing stories about complex and flawed human beings who ponder immense moral questions and engage in colossal clashes with evil. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want to craft public policy around global warming fears. "

" 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. "

" I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing. "