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H. L. Mencken

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One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

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Should Non-Citizens Vote?
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Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.
Fast-Moving Planet
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Spending Cuts, Seriously
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Pols Don’t Like Recalls
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The Hill as Hallucinogen
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Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
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Abolish. Or Set in Stone
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Cool Car and Hot Coffee for President Cool
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Starting Somewhere With Term Limits
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Big Bucks to Promote Term Limits
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Arnold Loses His Strudel
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Senator DeMint for Term Limits
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Townhall: Don’t Interrupt the Democrats
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MSNBC Goes Caracas?
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Slavery Is Not Free-Market Capitalism
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Into and Out of the Muck
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They Aren’t Lying Now?
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Why government is (almost) never the solution…
When you systematically reward failure, incompetence and irresponsibility…what results should …
What one man cannot morally do…
“We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million …
Why socialist utopias always get hijacked…
A state vast and powerful enough to enforce socialism is …
Everything That Could Be Done
Two hundred forty years ago, the situation was dire. In …
“Populism” and Leader Worship
Red Flag! When leader worship is called a “people’s movement.” It …