In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.

Quote by Charles Krauthammer

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Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

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I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing...

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Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with...

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Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time...

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If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine,...

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Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

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We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

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After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

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This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless...

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Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor....

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If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: fair,...