Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

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Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it...

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It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

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The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding...

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

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One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who...

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The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

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Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

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It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

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Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

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The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans...

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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about...

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Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced...

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The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

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The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives...

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

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The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do...

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to...

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not...

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not...