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Feb 9
“It should go without saying that any education worthy of the name teaches children as individuals. It is equally axiomatic that being an individual does not prevent you from also being part of of one, indeed, many groups. At one and the same time we are always several things and just one, ourselves.” Gary Younge, “Replacing History with Fiction in Arizona,” The Nation, February 27, 2012, and at http://www.thenation.com/article/166140/replacing-history-fiction-arizona.

Sep 30
“Every time Congress takes a step to protect consumers, the banks use it as an excuse to raise fees … That doesn’t mean Congress shouldn’t pass consumer protection laws.” Mallory Duncan, general counsel for the National Retail Federation, in Ylan Q. Mui, “Bank of America to add $5 monthly debit card fee as era of low-cost banking ebbs,” The Washington Post, Sept. 29, 2011.

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Apr 18
“Today’s radical conservatism is an unholy and unstable hodgepodge of ideas that are fundamentally alien to each other. This marriage is doomed.” Susan Brooks Thislethwaite, “The Gospel according to Ayn Rand,” On Faith, The Washington Post, April 18, 2011.