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A Conservative Of Doubt

By The Daily Dish
Mar 12 2008, 2:38 AM ET

David Mamet comes out. So good to see that he understands the core conservative idea:

If the government is not to intervene, how will we, mere human beings, work it all out?

I wondered and read, and it occurred to me that I knew the answer, and here it is: We just seem to. How do I know? From experience. I referred to my owntake away the director from the staged play and what do you get? Usually a diminution of strife, a shorter rehearsal period, and a better production.

I use exactly the same analogy in The Conservative Soul.



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