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James Taranto, born on January 6, 1966, is an accomplished journalist with extensive experience in the news industry. Known for his sharp insights and in-depth analysis, he has made a significant impact in the field of journalism.

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Famous James Taranto Quotes

“Do You Come Here Often?' and 'Be Part of the Action' Have Become Clichéd "Coast Guard Sees Increasing Need for Icebreakers"—headline, Associated Press, March 1”

Humour Puns Cliches Icebreakers Icebreakers Facilitation

Author:James Taranto

“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 who are jerks to begin with gravitate toward verdant sanctimony.”

Environmentalism Meanness Nastiness Jerks The Guardian Sanctimony

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“Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.”

Irony Twitter 2011 Yoko Ono

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“Yasser Arafat remains in stable condition after dying in a Paris hospital.”

Conditions Dying Remains Paris Hospitals Stable Arafat

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“Making wise decisions requires more than incentives. It requires wisdom.”

Decision Wise Incentives Wise Decision

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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.”

Ifs World Hell Dying Likes Go To Hell

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“'Fact checking' is opinion journalism pretending to be some sort of heightened objectivity.”

Facts Opinion Journalism Pretending Objectivity

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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.”

Problem Protest

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“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 white males.”

My Own White Taught College Males Defense Offense Disrespect Quip

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“The American people are fed up...with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.”

People Political Example Feds Fed Up

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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 appeal to the authority of veterans who supported him-one of whom has now been revealed to have received a medal he doesn't deserve. This doesn't prove the Kerry detractors were right, but it certainly doesn't weaken their case.”

Cases Five Prove Authority Deserve Defense Boat Appeals Veteran Medal John Kerry

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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 obviously amenable to a solution, and it certainly is not amenable to a legal one. A regime of media regulation that would be both effective at preventing mass shootings and consistent with the American Constitution is no easier to imagine than a regime of gun regulation that would meet the same criteria.”

“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 and state are appallingly retrograde by anyone's standards? One reason may be that the Taliban seem to have mastered the language of victimhood, sounding like denizens of some college ethnic-studies department.”

“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. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.”

People Ifs Whole Politics Dog Assuming Metaphor Adore

Author:James Taranto

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Born: January 6, 1966
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