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By Petrarch | Feb 19, 2008 |
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There is one way in which we can help the Cuban people, and that is by immediately and unilaterally ending the embargo that has been in place for all these years.
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By Petrarch | Feb 18, 2008 |
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Freedom, by definition, includes the freedom to choose to be an idiot.
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By Petrarch | Feb 5, 2008 |
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Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?
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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
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George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.
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By Petrarch | Jan 8, 2008 |
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A computer can only do what it's told, or programmed, to do - it can't force people to do anything, unless they allow it to do so.
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By Petrarch | Jan 3, 2008 |
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The conservatives have rightly complained about the fiasco that was the CNN/YouTube debate, to say nothing of Chris Matthews' execrable moderating. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it doesn't fit any better on that side.
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By Petrarch | Dec 17, 2007 |
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It is time just to face up to what we know to be the case: Anything goes.
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By Petrarch | Dec 5, 2007 |
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By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.
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By Petrarch | Nov 29, 2007 |
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Having been put on the scent, the blogosphere discovered that this was only the tip of the iceberg.
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By Petrarch | Nov 26, 2007 |
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Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?