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That [Sarkozy] appears clueless as to the functional benefits of speculation is not surprising – politicians are generally clueless. It’s his idea that a bunch of politicians could ‘reinforce the morality’ of anything I find truly gobsmacking! A mob of used car salesmen would do a better job… – Commenter Sean May 9th, 2007 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
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Is using perfectly legal methods of minimising tax right? The answer is no. – Andrew Pendleton, a senior campaigner at Christian Aid April 29th, 2007 | 25 comments - (Comments are closed)
Really, if The Economist is going to opine on this sort of thing, its writers need to know something on the subject. April 22nd, 2007 | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)
The threat posed by humans to the natural environment is nothing compared to the threat to humans posed by global environmental policy – Fred L. Smith April 17th, 2007 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
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It felt like a lion being savaged by Christians – Madsen Pirie, when asked how it felt to be the only one in a room offering strongly dissenting opinions from the usual statist consensus. April 14th, 2007 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Depending on the deals, could we see personnel queuing up to be arrested by the Iranians so that they could subsequently sell their story? April 12th, 2007 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills. – Voltaire, without a doubt one of the greatest Frenchmen who have lived. His novel, Candide, with its great character Dr Pangloss, reads as fresh today as when it was written two centuries and a half ago. April 10th, 2007 | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)
Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick. P.J. O’Rourke I was reminded of this remark while watching the final stages of the The Masters. Britain’s Justin Rose is currently just behind the leader. One of these days, I tell myself, I am going to pay a visit to Augusta and soak up the atmosphere. April 8th, 2007 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin. – Ronald Reagan April 8th, 2007 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
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