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David Harsanyi
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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.
David Harsanyi
War
Suffering
Believe
Resources
Immoral
More
Misplaced
Venture
Tragically
Than
War On Drugs
Far
Produces
Use
Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.
David Harsanyi
Me
Mysteries
Twitter
Usefulness
Popularity
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.
David Harsanyi
Own
Twitter
Mystery
Write
Take
Part
Know
Lines
Celebrities
Officials
After
Elected
Elected Officials
Why
Deepest
Now, admittedly, Twitter can be entertaining on occasion, as it turns out that 140 characters offers a great chance to be misunderstood - and an even greater chance one will expose his inner troglodyte.
David Harsanyi
Great
Will
Twitter
Out
Characters
Entertaining
Admittedly
Occasion
Greater
Misunderstood
His
Offers
Turns
Expose
Even
Now
Inner
Chance
Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices.
David Harsanyi
Freedom
Too Much
Stupid
Too
Progressivism
Make
Which
Much
Choices
Many
Belief
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
David Harsanyi
Democracy
Reflection
Believe
Our
Morals
Just
Things
My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation and any policy that intruded on our lives.
David Harsanyi
Today
People
Hungary
Parents
Our
Distaste
Our Lives
Libertarian
Would
General
Both
Most
Call
Policy
Were
Up
Any
Grew
Taxation
Communist
Lives
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.
David Harsanyi
Genocide
Oppression
Evil
Rapidly
Torture
More
Could
Implemented
Occasional
Policy
Autocracy
Etc
Public
Aside
Public Policy
A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.
David Harsanyi
God
Religion
Rules
Without
Sustainable
I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing.
David Harsanyi
Government
Healthy
Every
Think
Worry
About
Hour
Voters
Policy
Doing
Waking
Fixated
Republic
Public
Should
Public Policy
You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.
David Harsanyi
Time
You
Get
Done
Productive
Things
A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.
David Harsanyi
Government
You
Money
Gift
Cargo
Unless
Indeed
Suppose
Paying
Living most of my life in New York, I witnessed plenty of nanny state laws. Later, I lived in D.C. for a bit and saw even more. I assumed when I got to Colorado, the Wild West, there would be a rejection of such intrusive legislation. I was wrong.
David Harsanyi
Life
My Life
Living
Rejection
Assumed
Wild
State
Wild West
Later
Saw
Bit
Plenty
Would
Would-Be
Intrusive
Laws
More
Colorado
Wrong
New
Most
Nanny
Witnessed
Got
West
York
Legislation
New York
Even
Lived
Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only affects responsible adults who follow the law.
David Harsanyi
Law
Collective
Drinking
Before
Punishment
Responsible
Follow
Only
Adult
Driving
Affects
Essence
Meaning
Who
Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.
David Harsanyi
Tired
You
Rest
Sick
Sick And Tired
Morality
Know
Am
Imposing
Us
As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family.
David Harsanyi
Life
Family
People
Parents
Ideology
About
Attitudes
Most
Were
Informed
If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best.
David Harsanyi
Best
Myself
Liberal
Guess
Would
Would-Be
Classical
Had
Label
When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.
David Harsanyi
Other
Books
Rand
Drawn
Individualism
Celebrating
Fiction
Younger
Works
If the wealthy get wealthier, no one has to become one penny poorer.
David Harsanyi
Penny
Become
Wealthy
No-One
Get
Poorer
You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.
David Harsanyi
You
Free
Free Society
Society
Dissent
About
Importance
Hear
Lecture
Left
Often
We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.
David Harsanyi
Spending
Smaller
Without
Reform
Any
Happen
Taxes
Serious
Washington
Slashing
Raise
Need
The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.
David Harsanyi
Problem
State
Synonymous
Libertarians
Moral
Moral Compass
Advocating
American
Often
Endorsing
Frustrating
Explain
Use
Compass
Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.'
David Harsanyi
Knowledge
Thinking
Claims
Critical
Critical Thinking
More
Student
Step
Also
Math
Encourages
Up
Accurately
Common
Children
Measure
English
Initiative
Core
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.
David Harsanyi
God
People
Old
About
Throughout
Perils
Testament
His
False
Gods
Old Testament
Chosen
Assimilation
Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too.
David Harsanyi
Enjoy
Every
Too
Out
Faith-Based
Audiences
Decade
Going
Movies
Hollywood
Epiphany
Turns
Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick.
David Harsanyi
You
Bible
Entertaining
Some
More
Remake
Sci-Fi
Than
Going
Movie
Whether
Paul
Flawed
Epic
Flick
Believer
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