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If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best.

The realization that you can't predict the future
and mold it
could only come as a shock to an academic.

Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.

The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines.

A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.

Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices.

A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.

Faith helps many people make sense of the world around them. Faith gives them a spiritual connection to something larger.

A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy.

We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.

I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than it alleviates.

Let's be honest: nothing spoils 'The Walking Dead' quite like watching 'The Walking Dead.'

Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.

When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.

Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.

A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.

Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too.

As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family.

Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved.

You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.

If the wealthy get wealthier, no one has to become one penny poorer.

Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.

Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.

For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.

In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.

Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.

It would probably strike the average politician as absurd to argue that the best way to fix the economy is to stop trying to 'fix it.'

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.