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Hard to believe how close we are to the end of life as we know it. I knew that madness had made inroads during the global-warming debate, but I never imagined how deep the intellectual rot had progressed. The emergency is real
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How does this craziness get created? Why is no one standing up to the Politburo's five-year plan? How did this happen so quickly — and why don't I stand up? The response-plan document
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Why are we in Libya? We don't buy their oil, they export virtually nothing to us, and they're ruled by what appears to be a madman in a third-world nation powerless against cruise missiles. There is no upside, no end game, no obvious reason. Even China
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An interesting thought: in a way, all tourists are 'illegal immigrants' — the only difference being that they aren't trying to get a job. The demonization of a particular immigrant group is dangerous; history shows that once on that path, it becomes easy to dehumanize, and in
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The great American experiment is over — RIP. When junk science can win out over rational thought, and voodoo economics can supplant reality, we are truly lost. There doesn't seem to be anyone who actually cares anymore. Very sad.
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I don't know enough to make blanket statements, but I want to think through a tension I see between a constitutional form of government and any faith that cannot subordinate itself to civil law. Our founders built a country that forbade religious persecution and elevated an agnostic body
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There are obviously many illnesses that must be treated in hospitals and are no fault of the individual. But nowhere in the national debate is there any mention of personal responsibility. The cheapest prescription for good health, as any physician will tell you, is to eat right, get plenty of
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A ten-point list of reforms that seemed self-evident to me at the time: bring the military home rather than nation-build; legalize most drugs (the 'war' on them echoes Prohibition); adopt a flat or national sales tax; fix Social Security, which by its structure depends on new entrants to
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A linked piece on rationing and the question of what a life is worth. What is a life worth
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If we are going into war, then all of us go — not just some.