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It is notorious that the news of the Emancipation Proclamation was kept from the people of Texas and not celebrated until 'Juneteenth'. There may be t...more

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Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abje...more

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The human species – mammalian primates though undoubtedly (s)he is, and made out of the dust of exploded suns - does have the need for the transcenden...more

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We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the cont...more

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Indifferent to truth, willing to use police-state tactics and vulgar libels against inconvenient witnesses, hopeless on health care, and flippant and ...more

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[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the ...more

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So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of reason and science have been ...more

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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?

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At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity....more

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Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program,...more

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Question: Which Mediterranean government shares all of Ronald Reagan's views on international terrorism, the present danger of Soviet advance, the hyp...more

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I can see why people find him [Hugo Chávez] charming. He's very ebullient, as they say. I've heard him make a speech, though, and he has a vice that's...more

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I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.

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Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur befo...more

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If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.