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" You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome. "
Timothy Noah
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" The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes. "
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" Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it. "
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" Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he'd support. "
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" Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke. "
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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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" To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts. "
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" Bottom line: A market approach to national defense would give us a lousy national defense. "
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" It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. "
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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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" 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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" Gun Owners of America is a lobby group dedicated to the proposition that the National Rifle Association is a bunch of accommodationist sissies. "
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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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" What type of 'person' is the for-profit corporation? A spoiled brat - all rights and no responsibilities, a traditional conservative argument would say. "
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" Nothing energizes me more than to burrow myself under a pile of received wisdom and emerge triumphant with the truth. "
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" The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday it will be in the minority, and when that happens we'll want to block the other side's extremist agenda.' "
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" The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place. "
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" Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no? "
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" Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. "
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" Everyone agrees that animals should not be exposed to unnecessary pain. But neither should scientists be hamstrung by the requirement to use anesthesia in every animal experiment that might cause pain. "
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" The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain. "
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