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<title><![CDATA[John Tamny - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14505.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John Tamny]]></description><category domain="14505">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Neither Genius Nor Villain, Greenspan Was Merely Human]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2026/06/22/neither-a-genius-nor-a-villain-alan-greenspan-merely-human/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan was out of government, and worried his employees weren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t being thorough enough in their analysis. One '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'had been telling clients that a hot housing market'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'turbocharging the economy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Book Review: Andrew Ross Sorkin's Simplistic '1929']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/10/31/book_review_andrew_ross_sorkins_1929_1144507.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Merval, Argentina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s benchmark equity index, soared 22 percent the day after the recent vote. Markets had been pricing in big electoral gains for the Peronist parties, only for Javier Milei'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s market liberal Liberty Advances party to reveal unexpected strength.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Calling On the Eagle Forum To Add to Its Legacy of Liberty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/10/calling_on_the_eagle_forum_to_add_to_its_legacy_of_liberty_153016.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Phyllis Schlafly looms large in any history of the conservative movement. Schlafly didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just galvanize women who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d been historically sidelined in policy debates, she also brought the ideas of limited government into the mainstream of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s national conversation. Her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pizza Hut Reveals the Shame of the TikTok Ban]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/03/29/tiktok_deal_or_none_pizza_hut_reveals_the_shame_of_the_tiktok_ban_1100620.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right and Left, Republicans and Democrats brought great shame on themselves with their efforts to ban TikTok. Pizza Hut crystalizes the previous truth.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Easily Our Best, Most Influential Export]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/03/22/america_is_easily_the_uss_best_most_influential_most_peaceful_export_1099220.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On January 26, 2023, popular U.S. hamburger chain Five Guys opened in Seoul, South Korea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capital city. The weather was rainy and humid, but South Koreans braved up to twelve hours in line to get a taste of Americana.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Its Ideas Are Good, the Right Needn't Fear TikTok]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2025/03/04/if-its-ideas-are-good-the-right-doesnt-need-to-fear-free-speech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recent piece'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York Post'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' titled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'TikTok is spreading lies about socialism'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'success'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and gullible young Americans are buying it,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' John Stossel referenced several popular TikTok influencers known to promote the socialist message as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[TikTok's Actual Offense? Innovating While Not Being American]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2025/02/05/tiktok-faces-theft-or-ban-for-innovating-while-being-chinese/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ten days ago the shares of Nvidia corrected 17 percent. How could this have happened to such an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'owned'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and analyzed company? The answer, at least as of now, is that surprise over inexpensively trained and very capable DeepSeek forced investors to at least rethink Nvidia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rise of DeepSeek Is Unreservedly Bullish for the U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/28/the_rise_of_deepseek_is_unreservedly_bullish_for_the_us_1087511.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oil is the most important commodity in the world when it comes to human flourishing, and nothing else comes close. Stop and think about how intensely inconvenient and impoverished life would be without the goods and services made possible by oil, along with the remarkable advances in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politicians Impose a 'Sale or Ban' on TikTok Simply 'Because...']]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2025/01/27/politicians-have-imposed-a-sale-or-ban-on-tiktok-simply-because/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We have access to information that you don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s one way Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (1916-2009) explained a Vietnam War that not everyone supported. The recently passed writer and cartoonist Jules Feiffer quipped at the time that McNamara'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[National Security Calls for Trump To Impede the TikTok Ban]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/18/our_national_security_calls_for_trump_to_impede_the_tiktok_ban_1085614.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Writing about antitrust law'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recently, the excellent Holman Jenkins observed that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'At best it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a criminal waste of talent. At worst, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s deeply worrisome that any law school graduate aspires to participate in an intellectually corrupt shakedown machine that exists...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NC Voters Confirm National Momentum for Term Limits]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/01/17/north_carolina_voters_confirm_growing_national_momentum_for_term_limits_1085340.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[North Carolina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s legislature recently passed a Congressional Term Limits resolution in bipartisan fashion. The Tar Heel state is the third one in 2024 (joining Louisiana and Tennessee) to make the historic leap.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Forget About a Ban, TikTok Is Being Taken by Legislative Force]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2025/01/13/forget-about-a-ban-tiktok-is-being-taken-by-legislative-force/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Congress Didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Ban TikTok.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the title of Mike Gallagher'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s latest'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' column'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Wall Street Journal. The former congressman from Wisconsin is correct that Congress didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t ban TikTok, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s doing much worse: Congress is attempting a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Notre Dame vs. USC Is What College Football Is All About]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/notre-dame-vs-usc-is-what-college-football-is-all-about-playoffs-cfp-94263909?st=6K65Az</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tradition and rivalries give the sport life. Fans worry that reform-minded executives don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Marcus Was One of the All-Time GREATS]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/11/08/bernie_marcus_was_one_of_the_all-time_greats_1070771.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Get out of the car! Get the f**k out of my car.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a paraphrase of the words of the recently passed, and incomparably GREAT Bernie Marcus. Marcus, along with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone, co-founded The Home Depot.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Book Review: Andrew Chow's 'Cryptomania']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/10/17/book_review_andrew_chows_cryptomania_1065736.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Uber really started to become a thing in 2012. It was a spectacular revelation.Gone were the days of worrying about calling a cab or hailing one in order to get to the airport.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Review: Jeff Pearlman's Very Entertaining 'Showtime']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/08/29/book_review_jeff_pearlmans_very_entertaining_showtime_1053788.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Showtime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s always seemed so happy. This was particularly bothersome to me as a Boston Celtics fan growing up in the Los Angeles area. It seemed the Lakers of that era were more than good. They were'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' harmonious. How else to run fast breaks...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Forceful Case' Against TikTok Reveals an Unserious DOJ]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2024/07/30/the-forceful-case-against-tiktok-reveals-an-unserious-doj/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pardon TikTok's 170 million users for questioning the motives of the DOJ.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Book Review: Ellison's Essential 'Crypto Confidential']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/07/25/book_review_nathaniel_ellisons_essential_crypto_confidential_1047061.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shein is a Singapore-based clothier that makes clothes in just-in-time fashion as a way of it relentlessly trying to mirror the needs and styles of its users.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Review of John Mackey&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Whole Story&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/16/a_review_of_john_mackeys_the_whole_story_150955.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s always amusing to hear about college students majoring in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'entrepreneurialism,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or better yet, individuals who express a plan to be an entrepreneur. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because entrepreneurialism can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be taught, nor is it a planned-out career path. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a state of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gold Is Speaking Very Loudly Now, Is Anyone Listening?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2024/04/07/gold-is-speaking-now-is-anyone-listening/?sh=127095937b71</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To bring the Fed into a discussion of the dollar is just odd.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[TikTok Paranoia Is Like Covid Lockdown Paranoia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/03/12/tiktok_paranoia_brought_to_you_by_the_architects_of_the_corona-lockdowns_1017579.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dear Conservatives, Please Stop Playing the Victim]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/12/09/dear_conservatives_please_stop_playing_the_victim_997500.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first McDonald'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s opened on January 31, 1990 in Moscow. This powerful symbol of American-style capitalism attracted over 38,000 hungry Soviets desperate for a taste of wondrous Americana.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Review: Walter Isaacson's Spellbinding 'Elon Musk']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/11/30/book_review_walter_isaacsons_spellbinding_elon_musk_995682.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a retreat over the summer, one of the attendees was rather rich and rather famous in the technology space. Having made enormous sums of money in a variety of startups and corporate settings, this e]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bob Menendez Is a Symptom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/13/bob_menendez_is_a_symptom___149894.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1988, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith authored '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Power Game: How Washington Works.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' It was a fascinating, if unflattering, portrait of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capital that not only has proven prescient, but remains relevant today.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Having...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Term Limits Movement Is Alive and Politically Potent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/17/the_term_limits_movement_is_alive_and_politically_potent__149638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The power of incumbency in politics used to be near absolute at the congressional level. Once elected, the job was, in a sense, yours for life. That was true until 1994. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
It was then that House Speaker Tom Foley was put out to the political pasture. This was earthshaking news at the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Lawmakers Should Pass the SALT Deduction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-republican-salt-state-local-tax-deduction-property-income-sales-economic-regulation-deficit-debt-tax-revenue-itemized-deduction-e4f0b79e?mod=opinion_lead_pos10</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Keep unchecked government in New York and California.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is 'Frontline' Circulating 2016 Conspiracy Theories?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/07/18/why_is_pbss_frontline_circulating_conspiracy_theories_966267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Bloomberg spent something north of $500 million on his 2020 presidential candidacy, only for the multi-billionaire to quickly drop out $500 million poorer. Bloomberg was hardly unique.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sorry Pundits, George W. Bush Made the Saudis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/06/09/sorry_pundits_george_w_bush_made_the_saudis_putin_too_904199.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Under Biden, America has surrendered the oil economy. The Saudi king is now the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s oil king again, and we are all worse for it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Those are the words of Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future, an organization that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'advocates for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tolstoy, Free Thinker: Another 'New' Look at 'War &amp; Peace']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/04/leo_tolstoy_the_free_thinker_yet_another_new_look_at_war_and_peace_897140.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For mountain climbers, one imagines that Mt. Everest looms as the ultimate climb to validate one's ability. For runners, it would be the Boston Marathon, for triathletes the Iron Man?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Experts Were the Crisis in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/04/29/dear_washington_post_editorial_board_the_experts_were_the_crisis_in_2020_896573.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Tamny</author>
							<description><![CDATA["On the field of war what is at stake is the thing that matters most to any man - the saving of his own skin.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Leo Tolstoy,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' War and Peace, p. 889'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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