[T]he most dishonest argument about security cameras, searches, profiling, etc....is that they won't stop terrorism. Well, no one thing will stop terrorism. But to conclude, therefore, that we shouldn't do anything -- that's not an argument, it's an excuse. And a bad one. |
[The Wall Street Journal editorial page blames] a basic media mistrust of the military that goes back to Vietnam. ... the media's unreflective willingness to undermine the war on terror. |
Editors exist [because] most people don't have time to rummage through vast piles of hay for the specific needles they're looking for; we want professional needle-finders. |
Everywhere, unthinking mobs of 'independent thinkers' wield tired cliches like cudgels, pummeling those who dare question 'enlightened' dogma. ... Cliches begin arguments, they don't settle them. |
Fox simply has an immunity to a lot of criticism, ... The base who's watching has already signed up; they're loyal. And the only place they're going to hear about criticism of Fox News is on Fox News. |
Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. |
I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims there is no conflict between his/her love of country and his/her desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: 'You're mistaken.' |
If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. |
It's the nature of all relationships, really: The straw that breaks the camel's back is rarely the most obvious thing, ... meets the dictionary definition of a crony. |
Liberty has turned into licentiousness, and tolerance for dissenters has become little more than rank relativism and nihilism. All perspectives are equally valid, which means no perspective is truly valid. |
Men are disgusting and, left to their own devices, they will affront the central tenets of human decency - and laugh uproariously at it |
Men are disgusting and, left to their own devices, they will affront the central tenets of human decency - and laugh uproariously at it |
Meryl Streep once testified famously before Congress, saying that she was there to represent the uninformed. Now, that sums it up pretty well when it comes to these celebrity issues. |
Most conservatives, I think, want Bush to succeed and would be eager to mend fences with a new nominee. |
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. |