Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission.

Quote by Charles Krauthammer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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...

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.