If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.
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The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.
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In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.
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