Michael J. Knowles

Author

1990-03-18

Books by Michael J. Knowles

Speechless

Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
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Quotes by Michael J. Knowles

No social policy can ever eradicate evil or perfect human nature.
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The purpose of language is to communicate. That's the most basic definition of language. I have my own subjective experience going on in my head, and you have your own subjective experience going on in your head. The only way we can bridge that unbridgeable gap is through language.
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Some people bear great burdens with grace; others suffer minor inconveniences in misery.
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The people's love of pumpkin spice and snobbish elites' derision of it suggest a subtle political reality: the pumpkin spice latte is America's most conservative drink.
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No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny.
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Everyone suffers. Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. It falls on both the rich and the poor too. Leftist materialists imagine suffering to be a factor of economic circumstance.
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Capital punishment is neither cruel nor unusual.
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The Left wields blackface as a political cudgel, feigning offense and making excuses according to political convenience. Conservatives need not embrace the same cynical and vindictive tactics. We would prefer to live in a society marked by grace and civility rather than one marked by petty opportunism and cancel culture.
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Wealthy parents have long relied on a properly timed donation to improve their children's chances at admission to college.
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Politics presents few win-win situations for partisans on either side.
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A proper criminal justice system exacts justice - that is, punishes criminals for their crimes. Rehabilitation and deterrence are worthy goals, but they are secondary to retribution.
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Disbelief in the consequences of wrongdoing has coarsened our society and alienated us one from another.
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Are companies like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter open technology platforms or publishers with curated content? For years, Big Tech giants have tried to have it both ways, exploiting special legal protections to enrich themselves while behaving like publishers without the liabilities.
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