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At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle hold this world to higher standards.

E. J. Dionne

The publication of Friedrich A. von Hayek's The Road to Serfdom in 1944 is rightly seen as the first shot in the intellectual battle that was to turn the tide in favor of conservatism i.e. non-statist liberalism.

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Liberals and conservatives disagree over what are the most important sins. For conservatives, the sins that matter are personal irresponsibility, the flight from family life, sexual permissiveness, the failure of individuals to work hard. For liberals, the gravest sins are intolerance, a lack of generosity toward the needy, narrow-mindedness toward social and racial minorities.

E. J. Dionne

E. J. Dionne

E. J. Dionne

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Born: April 23, 1952 (age 72)

Bio: Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr., known as E. J. Dionne, is an American journalist and political commentator, and a long-time op-ed columnist for The Washington Post.

Known for:

Why Americans Hate Politics (1991)
They only look dead (1996)

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