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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. ”
We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise. ”
Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved. ”
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. ”
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. ”
A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. ”
You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive. ”
In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination. ”
When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. ”
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.' ”