James Taranto Quotes

#1. Making wise decisions requires more than incentives. It requires wisdom.

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#2. Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to disrespect dead white males.

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#3. If the rest of the world likes Americans only when we're dying, the rest of the world can go to hell.

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#4. Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.

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#5. The American people are fed up ... with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.

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#6. The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.

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#7. The Guardian's headline is 'How Going Green May Make You Mean.' We're inclined to think the chain of causation runs the other way - that people who are jerks to begin with gravitate toward verdant sanctimony.

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#8. Yasser Arafat remains in stable condition after dying in a Paris hospital.

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