Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early.

Quote by George F Will

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Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

This is what bipartisanship looks like; constant rubbish from both sides of the aisle.

This is what bipartisanship looks like; constant rubbish from both sides of the aisle.

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.