Michael On
Michael On
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The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias.
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Communism may be over as an economic system, but as a model of state domination, it is very much alive in the People's Republic of China and in Putin's police state.
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A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.
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Desert Storm was seen by the military establishment and by some politicians as avenging Vietnam, but it left behind dangerous illusions. The victory was so decisive, and information about it so carefully managed, that the American public was never clearly informed that it was purchased at the price of approximately 100,000 Iraqi lives.
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I have been a journalist, off and on, since I was 17. I was a copy boy for the 'New York Times,' when it had an edition in Paris, in 1963. I sold the paper in the streets by day and tore wire copy off the tele-printer for the editors making up the edition by night.
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The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit.
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I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.
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I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.
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Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise.
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Watch 'Dog with a Blog' to get a good laugh, to see me, of course, and to see an awesome, awesome talking dog who is the cleverest, most awesome dude in the world. He's really, really adorable and cute, and it's really cool seeing what kind of tricks he has up his sleeve.
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I've always had a fascination about mixing music. So I downloaded an application and started messing around with it, and it just built up from there.
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Those are not FEMA roles. FEMA doesn't evacuate communities. FEMA does not do law enforcement. FEMA does not do communications.
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The quality of our teachers can be credited for the outstanding performances of our students.
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The problem is when he gets to the point that other people would say I don't want him anymore and throw him in a field. He won't get that chance.