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<title><![CDATA[Peter Berkowitz - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14439.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Peter Berkowitz]]></description><category domain="14439">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Reclaiming Liberal Education in America&rsquo;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the preface to the author'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Reclaiming Liberal Education in America,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' which will be published on Sept. 29 by RealClear Publishing.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
This book features 40 RealClearPolitics columns that I wrote between 2014 and 2025. Each chapter provides a snapshot of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Liberal Education in America]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Education Must Overcome Comforting Delusions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/13/higher_education_must_overcome_comforting_delusions_154498.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is comforting to suppose that the resentment and anger we provoke arise from misunderstandings on the part of others. We like to believe that if only those who shun, reproach, or despise us grasped our good intentions, steadfast efforts, and harsh circumstances, their hostility would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Promise and Limits of UT Austin Core-Curriculum Reform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/30/the_promise_and_limits_of_ut_austin_core-curriculum_reform_154458.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most if not all large-scale organizations resist reform. Colleges'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' and universities'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' institutional structure enables them to resist better than most.
At most if not all large-scale organizations, management and labor incline to maintain established practices. Ingrained habits,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Astronomy Morphs Into Astrology]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/16/when_astronomy_morphs_into_astrology_154414.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 1996 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Sokal Hoax'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' attests to the longstanding decline of the humanities, and with them liberal education in America. Some 30 years later, higher education has begun to grapple with humanities professors'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' propensity to abuse academic freedom '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' by repudiating rigor,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Patrick Deneen&rsquo;s Conflicting Accounts of Liberalism in America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/02/patrick_deneens_conflicting_accounts_of_liberalism_in_america_154385.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you drastically vary your account of the accused while adamantly proclaiming his guilt, you cast doubt on your judgment. So it is with Patrick Deneen and his grave and longstanding accusation against classical liberalism in America.
A University of Notre Dame political science...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JD Vance&rsquo;s Ambiguous Message on Christianity and America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/19/jd_vances_ambiguous_message_on_christianity_and_america_154343.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although generally neglected, mocked, or reviled by scholars and progressive intellectuals, religion shapes and colors American politics. When it recedes from hearts and minds, traditional faith leaves a spiritual vacuum into which flow all manner of superstitions, false prophets, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten Propositions: The US, Iran, and the Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/28/ten_propositions_the_us_iran_and_the_republican_party_154267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, June 21, in Switzerland, Vice President JD Vance exuded optimism, stating that the negotiations he was opening with the Islamic Republic of Iran could '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'transform the Middle East.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' After the first day, he proclaimed a breakthrough: Tehran had agreed to permit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberal Education in America, the AI Challenge, and the Pope]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/21/liberal_education_in_america_the_ai_challenge_and_the_pope_154250.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a mid-April dinner at a D.C. think tank, I was asked to offer a few words on education and artificial intelligence. I observed that constantly improving AI platforms perform wonders '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' answering complex questions almost instantly, yielding remarkable efficiencies, and producing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles, Part III]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/07/us_declaration_at_250_new_challenges_enduring_principles_part_iii_154199.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the third of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. The first two parts can be found here and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles, Part II]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/31/us_declaration_at_250_new_challenges_enduring_principles_part_ii_154176.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the second of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. The first part is here.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Humanities...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles, Part I]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/24/us_declaration_at_250_new_challenges_enduring_principles_154154.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the first of a three-part series based on a lecture delivered May 15 at a conference, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
With the signing of the Declaration of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvey C. Mansfield&rsquo;s Honorable Quest To Educate Harvard]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/10/harvey_c_mansfields_honorable_quest_to_educate_harvard_154107.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a 1975 essay exploring Leo Strauss'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' interpretation of Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield asserts that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no paragraph in The Prince and the Discourses has been understood until you have found something funny in it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Consequently, advises Mansfield, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'If you are not in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Magnitude of Its Problems Still Eludes Yale]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/03/the_magnitude_of_its_problems_still_eludes_yale_154082.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reform of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s higher-education institutions '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' like reform of any undertaking or organization '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' comes in various shapes and sizes.
Colleges and universities can handle through more effective oversight a professor or an administrator who deviates from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvard Business School Case Study Vilifies Israel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/19/harvard_business_school_case_study_vilifies_israel_154048.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Late in the afternoon Eastern Time on Oct. 7, 2023, after reporting revealed that invading Iran-backed Hamas jihadists had perpetrated atrocities against Israel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s civilian population, 34 Harvard student organizations stated on Instagram that they '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'hold the Israeli regime...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Examines Forces Fueling Campus Antisemitism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/05/congress_examines_forces_fueling_campus_antisemitism_154009.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to a recent Gallup poll, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Sea changes in American public opinion need not be spurred on by toxic propaganda...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Becca Rothfeld&rsquo;s Fanciful Demands of Liberalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/29/becca_rothfelds_fanciful_demands_of_liberalism__153990.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Give liberalism credit. It takes a lot to bring together high-brow intellectuals of the postliberal right and the postmodern-progressive left. Yet they make common cause, if largely unbeknownst to themselves, criticizing liberalism for systematically debasing American politics and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Palantir CTO: Political, Economic Freedom Sustain US Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/15/palantir_cto_political_economic_freedom_sustain_us_security_153943.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public opinion polls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to say nothing of the election last year of Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, as New York City mayor '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' indicate that support for socialism in America is rising, especially among Democrats and the young. For an influential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S.-Israel Joint Action Against Iran Is Just and Necessary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/08/us-israel_joint_action_against_iran_is_just_and_necessary_153920.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eight days ago the United States and Israel launched a just and necessary military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed at eliminating the multifarious military threats posed by the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leading state sponsor of terror. The early stages of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Operation...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defense of the West Should Put Freedom First]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/01/defense_of_the_west_should_put_freedom_first_153891.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Within Trump world, Western civilization is making a comeback. The fateful question is whether Western civilization will make a comeback within Western civilization.
At the 2025 Munich Security conference, Vice President JD Vance stridently criticized Europe for betraying free-speech...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Solid Core Enlivens Free Speech and Viewpoint Diversity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/22/a_solid_core_enlivens_free_speech_and_viewpoint_diversity__153865.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades, administrators and professors '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' especially at the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most selective colleges and universities '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' have waged a campaign to regulate speech. Their contrived transgressions and expedients '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' trigger warnings, microaggressions, safe spaces, free-speech...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yoram Hazony Aggravates Discord on the American Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/08/yoram_hazony_aggravates_discord_on_the_american_right.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Anti-Semitism and the American Right,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a speech he delivered at the Second International Conference on Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem in late January, Yoram Hazony leveled a grave charge at American Jews, Christian Zionists, and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'liberal Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' such as,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Not &lsquo;Might Makes Right&rsquo; but &lsquo;Might Should Serve Freedom&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/01/not_might_makes_right_but_might_should_serve_freedom_153787.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller suggested that real adults know that might in foreign affairs makes right. The matter, though, is far from settled. Moreover, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s founding principles and constitutional traditions reject that cynical...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Doran Illuminates Schisms in Trump World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/18/michael_doran_illuminates_schisms_in_trump_world_153725.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the one-year mark of his second presidential term approaches, controversy clings to President Donald Trump and he clings to controversy. The vituperation grimly flung at him and the vituperation he flings back with gusto stem in part from a hostile legacy news media and in part from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Antiliberalism Unites the New Right and Disunites America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/11/antiliberalism_unites_the_new_right_and_disunites_america_153695.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Controversy embroils the New Right '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' national conservatism, common-good conservatism, and postliberalism for starters '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' over the extent of its hospitality to antisemitism, white nationalism, misogyny, and authoritarian predilections. Those who have been paying attention and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hamas&rsquo; Quest To Destroy Israel Thwarts Trump Peace Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/04/hamas_quest_to_destroy_israel_thwarts_trump_peace_plan_153673.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Despite its evident appeal, few Israelis think near-term success is in store for the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Project Sunrise.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Drafted by President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s son-in-law Jared Kushner and White House Envoy Steve Witkoff and recently shown '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump National Security Strategy Mirrors Trump World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/21/trump_national_security_strategy_mirrors_trump_world_153655.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'This document is a roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history, and the home of freedom on earth.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' So proclaims President Donald Trump in a short letter to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'My fellow Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' introducing the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'National...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Right-Wing Antisemitism, Liberalism, and Leo Strauss]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/14/right-wing_antisemitism_liberalism_and_leo_strauss_153628.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s fomenting of contempt for all things liberal and the swelling antisemitism among its members are of a piece. To reverse the rising tide of antisemitism within its ranks, new-right factions will need to reform their tendency to treat liberalism in all its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The AI Challenge: Palantir, the Pope, and Paul Kingsnorth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/30/the_ai_challenge_palantir_the_pope_and_paul_kingsnorth_153582.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As artificial intelligence extends to every corner of contemporary life, it brings remarkable capabilities and opportunities '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' along with dangers that strike at the foundations of individual freedom, human dignity, and the common good.
Many incline to either extol AI'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Classical Liberal Education: Scarce, Embattled, Essential]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/23/classical_liberal_education_scarce_embattled_essential_153563.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Berkowitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Excellence in most any interesting or worthy human undertaking requires years of discipline and training. To perform at the highest levels of sports, the arts, law, medicine, commerce, teaching, scholarship, writing, military service, statesmanship, and virtually every useful, honorable,...]]></description>
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