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I think that there's a strain in journalism that believes that anyone who surrenders him- or herself to faith and to belief necessarily checks reason and rationality at the door. David Gregory

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I set up playdates, and I'm a morning greeter for the car-pool line. I also make albums with the family photos. When the kids get older and go on their way, we'll have all those pictures to revel in. David Gregory

Family Morning Older Way Those Kids Photos Pictures Also Make Go Line Up Get Albums Set

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I grew up around a lot of Jews. I grew up culturally Jewish, ethnically Jewish, but without real belief and without a strong faith. David Gregory

Faith Strong Jews Valley Around Without Real Fernando Lot Up Grew San Belief Growing Growing Up Jewish

With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist. David Halberstam

Today Book World Marketing Easier Television Pressures Television Show Memoir Driving Than Author Get Much Show Novelist Serious

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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