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							<title><![CDATA[Christmas Reminds Us How Much We Have in Common]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even in a bleak year, the holiday season reminds us of how much we have in common.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Biden Was Wrong on Crime, He Had a Lot of Black Company]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cory Booker says fellow Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's 1994 crime bill was harmful to African Americans. What he omits: African Americans supported it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revenge of the Sheep]]></title>
							<link>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-emergency-wall-yemen-20190315-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump finds Congress revolting against his assertion of power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvard and Yale Should Stop Playing Football]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/12/harvard_and_yale_should_stop_playing_football_135521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Harvard and Yale are among the premier educational institutions in the world. They have spent centuries at the task of strengthening and elevating young minds. But on Saturday, Nov. 18, they will join together in a ritual guaranteed to damage young brains: the Harvard-Yale football...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Pay for National Parks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/09/how_to_pay_for_national_parks_135487.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you assume that anything the Trump administration does is bad, you will be right more often than not. But there is the occasional surprising exception. The administration's proposal to raise entrance fees at 17 popular national parks is proof that even the worst presidents can't...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Biggest Flaw: He's Dumb]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/05/trumps_biggest_flaw_hes_dumb_135448.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has many serious flaws, including incorrigible dishonesty, rampant narcissism, contempt for women and a fashion sense that makes him think that hairstyle is flattering. But nothing compares to his most prominent, crippling and incurable defect: He's dimmer than a 5-watt...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Embrace Tax Cuts and Ruinous Deficits]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/02/republicans_embrace_tax_cuts_and_ruinous_deficits_135425.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. economy is humming like a bee in clover. Gross domestic product is growing at a solid clip; inflation has stayed down; and unemployment is at its lowest level in 17 years. So Republicans have soberly assessed the economic conditions, carefully considered all the options and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Weak Response to the Overdose Epidemic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/29/trumps_weak_response_to_the_overdose_epidemic_135389.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You'd think it would be impossible to kill 100 people a day, every day, without inducing widespread shock and deafening demands for action. But that's what opioids have been doing for the past decade, and Americans have given it only passing attention. This year, the toll is expected to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Forced Childbirth vs. Voluntary Abortion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/26/forced_childbirth_vs_voluntary_abortion_135365.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In April, the Trump administration took a stand against the brutal methods used to enforce China's one-child policy. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced China for "acts of violence" against pregnant women, including "coerced sterilizations and forced abortions," and praised...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Legal Marijuana Is Becoming the Norm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/22/legal_marijuana_is_becoming_the_norm_135321.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The war on drugs has been going on since 1971, and we have a winner: marijuana. Back then, possession of pot carried heavy penalties in many states -- even life imprisonment. Today, 29 states sanction medical use of cannabis, and eight allow recreational use. Legal weed has become about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Way to Banish the Bump Stock]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/19/another_way_to_banish_the_bump_stock_135298.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The killer in the Las Vegas massacre did something no previous mass shooter is known to have done: He equipped semiautomatic rifles with a "bump stock," which allowed them to fire roughly as fast as a machine gun. Even some Republicans in Congress are willing to consider banning the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Declares War on the Constitution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/15/trump_declares_war_on_the_constitution_135263.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is to conservatism as SpaghettiOs are to Italian food: a distant, crude and almost unrecognizable cousin. But last year, many conservatives who had trouble rationalizing a vote for Donald Trump settled on one decisive reason. Justices appointed by President Hillary Clinton,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mass Murderers Should Be Deprived of Fame]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/12/mass_murderers_should_be_deprived_of_fame_135237.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 1, a 64-year-old Nevada man opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers from a high-rise hotel in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds. If you don't know his name, you can easily find it online, in print or on TV. But you won't learn it from this column.
Notoriety may...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chase for Amazon Will End in Tears]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/08/the_chase_for_amazon_will_end_in_tears_135201.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mayors doing their utmost to get Amazon's second headquarters for their cities are having a grand time informing Jeff Bezos of everything they have to offer. They should enjoy this part of the chase, because what comes next won't be much fun.
They are about to get some insight into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In the Gun Debate, Bipartisan Hypocrisy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/05/in_the_gun_debate_bipartisan_hypocrisy_135178.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much, but they agree that sometimes, individual freedom must yield to the imperatives of public safety. They also agree that sometimes, efforts to save lives come at too high a price in liberty. Trouble is, they can't agree on when.
The aftermath...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Do Whites Oppose the NFL Protests?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/28/why_do_whites_oppose_the_nfl_protests_135112.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a poll, whites were asked whether the NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem are helping or hurting the cause of racial justice. No fewer than 85 percent said they're hurting it.
Clearly, this offense to the anthem and the American flag is the worst possible way to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Dangerous Confusion on the Iranian Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/24/trumps_dangerous_confusion_on_the_iranian_deal_135077.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the Iranian nuclear deal, the Trump administration is a carnival of contradiction. Its attitude brings to mind the story of the inmates who complained that the prison food was terrible and they weren't allowed seconds.
In his tirade at the United Nations, the president...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It, Why We Need It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/21/the_vietnam_syndrome_how_we_lost_it_why_we_need_it_135055.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Kabul, Afghanistan, American Embassy personnel who want to meet with their counterparts at the nearby U.S. military base have to travel a mere 100 yards. But they don't make a practice of walking or driving. They go by military helicopter, reports The New York Times. The space between...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders' 'Medicare for All': A Snare and a Delusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/17/sanders_medicare_for_all_a_snare_and_a_delusion_135015.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders has a health care plan he calls Medicare for all. He's underselling it. His proposal really should be called Medicare for all and a pony. It's everything you could want and then some.
Medicare is a giant government program that pays for health care for seniors and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The iPhone X Confirms the Unabomber Was Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/14/the_iphone_x_confirms_the_unabomber_was_right_134990.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The introduction of the new iPhone X -- which features wireless charging, facial recognition and a price tag of $999 -- appears to be a minor event in the advance of technology. But it's an excellent illustration of something that has long gone unrecognized: The Unabomber had a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Has Trump Done That a White Racist Wouldn't Do?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/07/what_has_trump_done_that_a_white_racist_wouldnt_do_134925.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was easy to get confused trying to guess what Donald Trump would do about the young people brought to this country illegally as children. Would he act on his professed love of the "dreamers" or cater to his hard-line anti-immigrant base? Would he listen to Paul Ryan or Jeff Sessions?...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvey Reveals the Limits of Limited Government]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/03/harvey_reveals_the_limits_of_limited_government_134899.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texans are great believers in free enterprise, private property and small government. They elect leaders who uphold individual responsibility and give people the opportunity to make money through their own initiative.
So it came as a surprise to hear Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump's Wall Is Not Going to Happen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/27/why_trumps_wall_is_not_going_to_happen_134844.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has served one-seventh of his constitutionally allotted term of office, and given his talent for self-destruction, there is no guarantee he will get to serve the remaining six-sevenths. But whether he does or not, one thing is a safe bet: When he leaves the White House,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the Forever War in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/24/trump_and_the_forever_war_in_afghanistan_134820.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA["One did not have to be a lunatic or a particularly despondent visionary to conceive quite seriously that the war would literally never end and would become the permanent condition of mankind. The stalemate and the attrition would go on infinitely, becoming, like the telephone and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump vs. The Business Community]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/20/trump_vs_the_business_community_134789.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most business executives fumed and groused for the eight years Barack Obama was in the White House. He was a former community organizer who had never met a payroll, and those in the corporate boardrooms thought he was no friend of free enterprise.
In 2010, New York real estate and media...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charlottesville, Trump and the Resurgence of White Nationalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/17/charlottesville_trump_and_the_resurgence_of_white_nationalism_134769.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The birth of a child is a happy occasion that inspires joy and celebration. So momentous is the day that the person born and those around him or her will commemorate it annually for a lifetime. But birth itself is an arduous, bloody and sometimes fatal event. No new life comes into being...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Launches A Suicidal War On His Own Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/13/trump_launches_a_suicidal_war_on_his_own_party_134733.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump often told the story of the kind woman who found a half-frozen snake and took it in and nursed it back to health -- only to be repaid with a cruel bite. What Republicans didn't know is that in this story, they're the woman and Trump is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shutting Out Foreign Workers Would Cost American Jobs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/10/shutting_out_foreign_workers_would_cost_american_jobs_134709.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is a businessman who has routinely hired foreign guest workers to staff his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, claiming it's impossible to find Americans to do the work. But his administration now wants to shut out foreigners who fill comparable jobs, which he now insists...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's Pathetic Lies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/06/donald_trumps_pathetic_lies_134673.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Huey Long was running for office in Louisiana, he told crowds that as a boy on Sunday mornings, he would hitch the family horse to a buggy to take his Catholic grandparents to Mass and then ferry his Baptist grandparents to church. When a surprised friend said, "I didn't know you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Cheers for Sanctions on Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/03/two_cheers_for_sanctions_on_russia_134650.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steve Chapman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Economic sanctions work better as a symbol than as a solution. The United States government imposed them on Cuba's Castro regime in 1960, and it's still in power. We imposed sanctions on Saddam Hussein but had to invade Iraq to remove him. We imposed sanctions on North Korea over its...]]></description>
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