“Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: movies
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You want a culture where citizens are
“You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: power
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Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized
“Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: intelligence
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Robots have a rich and storied history
“Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: history
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The United States established itself as a
“The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: war
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Pop culture is a reflection of social
“Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.”
— John Podhoretz
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This has always been the way of
“This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: politics
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Romney is right that the Obama vision
“Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: business
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What people adore about superhero movies is
“What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films – their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.”
— John Podhoretz
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All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change,
“All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.”
— John Podhoretz
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Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was
“Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.”
— John Podhoretz
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Category: history
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