People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly...

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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

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

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The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened...

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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Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

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

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

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...

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

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Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

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If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

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The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

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Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest...

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

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One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very...

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very...

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.