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<title><![CDATA[David Von Drehle - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14637.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Von Drehle]]></description><category domain="14637">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How a Fluke Trivia Question Changed My Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/30/journalism-writing-career-david-von-drehle/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUzOTM0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU1MzE2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOj</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An occupation writing sentences for 47 years feels pretty much like a miracle.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Win the Chick-fil-A Vote?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The closer voting draws to population centers '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' where elections are actually won or lost '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the weaker Donald Trump appears.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Matthew Perry, the Curse of a Wish Come True]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I wish for his sake that he could have been, for just a little while, unfamous '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a random face in the crowd again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['The Book of Charlie']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/23/the_book_of_charlie.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wisdom From the Remarkable Life of a 109-Year-Old Man]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Gift of My Unpleasant Coronavirus Infection]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-the-way-sickness-has-shrunk-my-world/2020/03/27/b26da7fc-7039-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My experience of covid-19 has involved an unwelcome multitude of haints and goblins.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biden Story Is More Pathetic Than Nefarious]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/The-Hunter-Biden-story-is-a-troubling-tale-of-14493106.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all his barking and hucksterism, Rudy Giuliani is having limited success drawing the gullible into his sideshow tent. But the fact that Giuliani's spectacle involving the Biden family is as phony as a horse that does arithmetic does not mean there is no story worth examining.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Fate Is in the Hands of Fox News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&amp;objectid=12272000</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The TV channel is at a potential turning point, and it could be bad for the president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Can Respond When Trump Cries Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thehour.com/opinion/article/How-Democrats-can-respond-when-President-Trump-14029444.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A very long time ago, via a series of unlikely turns, I found myself - a 19-year-old nobody from the Denver suburbs - splitting a bottle of expensive champagne with William Buckley. The celebrated conservative was charming and amused as I explained, as only a college sophomore can, all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[History Shows Dems Are Falling Into Trump's Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/like-hannibal-of-antiquity-trump-is-baiting-the-democrats-into-fighting-on-his-turf/2019/05/10/7f1addfa-7348-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.517686495c47</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The more the president taunts the opposition, the more they make 2020 just about him and not about policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Have to Decide What To Do With the 2 Old Men]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-have-to-decide-what-to-do-with-the-two-old-men/2019/03/19/0820b306-4a75-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html?utm_term=.5f4c1b4228fb</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders lead the pack. Can a rival knock them out?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Do We Find Such Sad Excuses for Elected Leaders?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-does-america-find-such-sad-excuses-for-elected-leaders/2019/03/01/9a221ade-3c5a-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.5973e103c192</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like so many figures from the world of President Trump, his former lawyer Michael Cohen appears to have been recruited from a dinner theater production of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';' Guys and Dolls .'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Twitter Is the Crystal Meth of Newsrooms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/twitter-is-the-crystal-meth-of-newsrooms/2019/01/25/2bd5e0a2-20d9-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.2eb6d5383f54</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I saw the future of political reporting half a dozen years ago, and I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been hoping to unsee it ever since.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Glittering China Glamour Disguises Fist of Tyranny]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-glittering-glamour-disguises-a-fist-of-tyranny/2018/10/26/857ff93a-d949-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.9c6ef70257e7</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First-time visitors to the booming cities of Eastern China invariably marvel at everything new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the gleaming airports, super-fast trains, luxury emporia and glamorous rich.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does McCaskill Have One More Trick Up Her Sleeve in MO?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.stripes.com/opinion/mccaskill-might-have-1-last-magic-trick-1.553299</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fans of old-fashioned political gamesmanship recall the virtuoso turn by Sen. Claire McCaskill, of Missouri, a Democrat who spent more than $1.5 million on the Republican primary in 2012.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Diamonds Are Forever. Judges Are the Next Best Thing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/diamonds-are-forever-federal-judges-are-the-next-best-thing/2018/08/28/3d94bc1e-aaf0-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.871c5100e8bd</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If only diamonds are forever, federal judges are the next-best thing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Church Tempted By Power &amp; Obsessed With Sex]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-church-is-tempted-by-power-and-obsessed-with-sex/2018/08/17/14467d3c-a24b-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.fbaffa0e5bb1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Love it or hate it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or anywhere in between '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' this is one of the most important, influential institutions in world history, with boots on the ground in every corner of the world. Its good works are monumental.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Little Tent on Abortion Holding Them Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-little-tent-on-abortion-is-holding-them-back/2018/07/06/88a2e79c-8144-11e8-b658-4f4d2a1aeef1_story.html?utm_term=.59698db8f191</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the heartland are at war among themselves over choice. As in abortion, yes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but also the choice between purity and popularity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Will Be No Trump Collapse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-will-be-no-trump-collapse/2018/06/05/02a63faa-68d4-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.a99db253a528</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have been counting on the reckless, heedless, careless novice to return the favor. Rather than melt down, though, President Trump is gaining strength.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Trump Strategy: I'm Being Set Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/now-we-know-what-trump-will-say-when-we-learn-what-hes-hiding/2018/05/18/e7c5dcd4-5ac5-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html?utm_term=.0c914a9b53df</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s media defenders were buzzing about the possibility that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) might turn up proof that the FBI dispatched a confidential informant to seduce Trump campaign officials into playing footsie with the Russians]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Music Man in the White House]]></title>
							<link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-trump-policy-music-man-white-house-20180407-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The distinction of President Trump's words and his deeds might seem to cut against the mythos of straight-talking folks who say what they mean and mean what they say. But Trump entertains many whose flinty exteriors cloak a soft spot for fast-talking flim-flammers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remembering the Story of Linda Brown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/racial-segregation-doesnt-just-belong-to-the-south-it-belongs-to-all-of-us/2018/03/27/82bc9ae4-31ee-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html?utm_term=.de1590a571d2</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[History means remembering, but it also involves forgetting. The hurly-burly of daily life is gradually shaped into a tidy tale of causes and effects, heroes and villains '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' much as a jagged stone is smoothed under rushing water.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Opioid Crisis a Govt Failure of Epic Proportions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-opioid-crisis-is-a-government-failure-of-epic-proportions/2018/03/02/5c1decf6-1e4f-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html?utm_term=.a2588f902159</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[History's Win-Win for the Marginalized]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/historys-win-win-for-the-marginalized/2018/02/23/d8a10500-18ba-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html?utm_term=.07e2268a8497</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[For an Innocent Man, Trump Sure Does Act Guilty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-an-innocent-man-trump-sure-does-act-guilty/2018/02/20/b3198d30-166b-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What is true, in my experience, is that a guilty person and a not-guilty person sound alike when protesting their innocence. Sorting one from the other requires expertise, a lesson I learned as a young reporter when I accompanied a legendary lie-detector operator to interview a witness...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Disinformation Factory Threatening National Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-disinformation-factory-threatening-national-security/2018/02/16/e7dcdaa0-134f-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html?utm_term=.435ffdc143f1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rot in USA Gymnastics Goes Beyond Larry Nassar]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Recession Is Coming]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Haven't Been This Confident Since... 2016]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Von Drehle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ding-dong, 2018 is finally here, and with it the chance for Democrats to take their archenemy, Donald Trump, down a peg. Talk swirls of winning the House of Representatives, even halting the juggernaut of conservative judges streaming through the Senate. Trump is so unpopular! Why,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Newest Enemy: Gravity]]></title>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Feel Nervous About Doug Jones Win]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s be honest: Doug Jones is likely to be a three-year senator.I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t want to rain on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the winner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s parade. The former U.S. attorney, lifted from hopeless to victory by the accumulating flaws of his opponent, is the first Democrat in a generation to win a Senate seat...]]></description>
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