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> [Yasser Arafat remains in stable condition after dying in a Paris hospital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/yasser-arafat-remains-in-stable-condition-after-dying-in-a-paris/)

[James Taranto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taranto/)

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## More by James Taranto

> [Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to disrespect dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/some-libs-took-offense-at-my-david-broder-quip-earlier-in-my-own/)

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> [“The Guardian's headline is 'How Going Green May Make You Mean.' We're inclined to think the chain of causation runs the other way—that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/the-guardian-s-headline-is-how-going-green-may-make-you-mean-we-re/)

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> [“Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/because-of-racism-he-can-t-govern-effectively-is-not-a-great-argument/)

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> [“ Do You Come Here Often?' and 'Be Part of the Action' Have Become Clichéd "Coast Guard Sees Increasing Need for Icebreakers"—headline, Associated Press,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/do-you-come-here-often-and-be-part-of-the-action-have-become-clich-d/)

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> [The American people are fed up...with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/the-american-people-are-fed-up-with-political-posturing-true-but-also/)

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> [If the rest of the world likes Americans only when we're dying, the rest of the world can go to hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/if-the-rest-of-the-world-likes-americans-only-when-we-re-dying-the/)

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> [“Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-who-rt-yokoono-s-tweets-do-so/)

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> [Maybe, so Donald Trump didn't start the fire at this particular Chicago protest, but fanning the flames is a problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/maybe-so-donald-trump-didn-t-start-the-fire-at-this-particular/)

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> [An industry devoted to serving the public's right to know gives twisted and evil men the means of becoming known. This problem is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/an-industry-devoted-to-serving-the-public-s-right-to-know-gives/)

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> [The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/the-swift-boat-veterans-for-truth-disputed-whether-john-kerry/)

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> ['Fact checking' is opinion journalism pretending to be some sort of heightened objectivity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/fact-checking-is-opinion-journalism-pretending-to-be-some-sort-of/)

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> [Making wise decisions requires more than incentives. It requires wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/making-wise-decisions-requires-more-than-incentives-it-requires-wisdom/)

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> [Yasser Arafat remains in stable condition after dying in a Paris hospital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/yasser-arafat-remains-in-stable-condition-after-dying-in-a-paris/)

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> [Why has America's fringe left been making common cause with the Taliban, whose views on such matters as women's rights and separation of church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/why-has-america-s-fringe-left-been-making-common-cause-with-the/)

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> [The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/the-thing-we-adore-about-these-dog-whistle-kerfuffles-is-that-the/)

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