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RT by @ThomasSowell: One of the mysteries of the ages is why the political left has, for centuries, lavished so much attention on the well-being of criminals and paid so little attention to their victims.

One of the mysteries of the ages is why the political left has, for centuries, lavished so much attention on the well-being of criminals and paid so little attention to their victims.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

If crime is a product of poverty and discrimination as they say endlessly, why was there so much less of it when poverty and discrimination were much worse than today? If massive programs are the only hope to reduce violence in the ghetto, why was there so

If crime is a product of poverty and discrimination as they say endlessly, why was there so much less of it when poverty and discrimination were much worse than today? If massive programs are the only hope to reduce violence in the ghetto, why was there so much less violence long before anyone ever thought of these programs?

The dirty little secret of liberal politics is that it is not about the poor or "social justice" but is about the political careers and moral exaltation of liberals themselves. The actual consequences of liberal policies on the poor or others seldom receiv

The dirty little secret of liberal politics is that it is not about the poor or "social justice" but is about the political careers and moral exaltation of liberals themselves. The actual consequences of liberal policies on the poor or others seldom receives anything like the amount of attention given to promoting these policies and demonizing the critics of these politics.

When courts of law become courts of political correctness, those who suffer are not just those who lose particular cases. The whole society loses. Law exists for a reason—and that reason is not so that judges can indulge their own egos or flatter themselve

When courts of law become courts of political correctness, those who suffer are not just those who lose particular cases. The whole society loses. Law exists for a reason—and that reason is not so that judges can indulge their own egos or flatter themselves that their squeamishness is a higher morality.

Inflation is a quiet but effective way for the government to transfer resources from the people to itself, without raising taxes. A hundred-dollar bill would buy less in 1998 than a $20 bill would buy in the 1960s. This means that anyone who kept his money

Inflation is a quiet but effective way for the government to transfer resources from the people to itself, without raising taxes. A hundred-dollar bill would buy less in 1998 than a $20 bill would buy in the 1960s. This means that anyone who kept his money in a safe over those… nitter.net/i/web/status/163…

When people are trying to see how far they can push things, that is the time to let them know that they have already pushed things too far.

When people are trying to see how far they can push things, that is the time to let them know that they have already pushed things too far.

Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can’t stop with just one.

Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can’t stop with just one.

Thousands of free blacks owned slaves in the antebellum South. And, years after the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, whites as well as blacks were still being bought and sold as slaves in North Africa and the Middle East.Anyone who wants r

Thousands of free blacks owned slaves in the antebellum South. And, years after the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, whites as well as blacks were still being bought and sold as slaves in North Africa and the Middle East.

Anyone who wants reparations based on… nitter.net/i/web/status/163…

Sometimes it looks as if the Democrats are out to win at all costs, while the Republicans are out to compromise at all costs.

Sometimes it looks as if the Democrats are out to win at all costs, while the Republicans are out to compromise at all costs.