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							<title><![CDATA[Win the AI Race. Then Face What Comes Next.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen D. Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a growing, anxious chorus in the United States calling for caution, intense regulation, and even a global '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pause'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on the development of artificial intelligence. Driven by valid fears of runaway superintelligence and vast economic disruption, these cautionary voices are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Blaming Silicon Valley and Smith &amp; Wesson for Parenting Failures]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen D. Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American culture is currently suffering from a devastating erosion of personal accountability. For generations, the bedrock of our society was built on the concepts of individual responsibility, self-reliance, and the understanding that choices carry distinct consequences. Today, we have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woke 2.0 and the False Promise of Socialist Division]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen D. Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' American political life is shifting beneath our feet. For nearly a decade, the cultural landscape was dominated by an academic, HR-driven crusade centered on language control, institutional capture, and symbolic compliance. That era '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' termed Woke 1.0 by commentators '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America&rsquo;s Political Divide Is a Strategic Vulnerability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/06/americas_political_divide_is_a_strategic_vulnerability_154395.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen D. Cook</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a U.S. Army veteran who faced radical Islamic terrorists in combat, I have looked into the eyes of men taught from childhood '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in madrassas and through propaganda '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to hate Americans with a purity of purpose that left little room for doubt. Their hatred was not something I...]]></description>
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