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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Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...

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

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

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

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

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

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

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Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq...

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

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

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

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When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike...

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

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

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

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

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Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

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

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

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If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the...