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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Last - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14812.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Last]]></description><category domain="14812">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Rules for Democrats in the USAID Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win-the-usaid-fight</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer should not be the face of your party. Leading chants is imbecilic. Showing up outside a building is nonsensical. People don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t care about buildings. They care about stories.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Still the Democrats' Best Bet for November]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-is-still-the-democrats-best-bet-for-november/ar-BB1jdpDM</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s start with the obvious. The concerns about Joe Biden are valid: He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s old. He talks slowly. He occasionally bumbles the basics in public appearances.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden: Still Doing a Good Job on Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/biden-still-doing-a-good-job-on-ukraine?s=r</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He shouldn't have publicly called for regime change. But check the scoreboard.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[West Is Winning, Russia Losing, Biden Doing a Good Job]]></title>
							<link>https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/the-west-is-winning-russia-is-losing?utm_source=url</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote that with the outbreak of war,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' no one was in control.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Four days later, this point has been clearly illustrated.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Catholic Church Is Breaking Apart]]></title>
							<link>https://www.weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-last/vigano-letter-mccarrick-wuerl-and-pope-francis-are-breaking-the-catholic-church</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis, Cardinal Wuerl, Theodore McCarrick, and the crisis of a church divided.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Never Going To Be Reagan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-last/donald-trump-will-not-be-ronald-reagan</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both entered politics as outsiders, but that is where the similarity ends.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[10 Things That Are Going to Be Problematic in 2018]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/10-things-that-are-going-to-be-problematic-in-2018/article/2010968</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2017, the bar for what must be deemed politically incorrect, culturally appropriative, or just plain inappropriate was set to a new low, so low that only insects could limbo their way beneath it. What was determined to be bad in 2017? Oh, just the Rocky Horror Picture Show, nearly all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paglia on Trump's Successes, Schumer's Failure of Leadership]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/camille-paglia-on-trump-democrats-transgenderism-and-islamist-terror/article/2008464</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Camille Paglia is one America's smartest and most fearless writers. Like Elvis, she's the kind of superstar who really needs no introduction'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??though it is worth pointing out that Pantheon has just published a collection of her essays on sex, gender, and feminism, titled Free Women,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debate's Biggest Loser Was the Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-debates-biggest-loser-was-the-gop/article/2004794</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is one important sense in which Donald Trump won the debate on Sunday night: He did not implode. He wasn't good, or attractive, or knowledgeable. He was coarse and whiny and unpleasant. He lied constantly. And he became the first presidential candidate in the history of our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Endorsements: For Who? For What?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/for-who-for-what/article/2002381</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Philadelphia sports lore, there is a famous phrase: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??For who? For what? In 1995, the Philadelphia Eagles were thought to be one player away from Super Bowl contention. In the offseason they signed the NFL's best free agent, Pro Bowl running back Ricky Watters. In the final...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dividers, Not Uniters; Obama Begets Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/dividers-not-uniters/article/2001638</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s plenty of blame to go around for the creation of Trumpism. The p.c. insanity on college campuses. Globalization and the hollowing out of the working class. ISIS in Paris and San Bernardino. The broadcast media that donated $1.898 billion in free media to the cause. Let's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lion Ted: Cruz Crushes the Detroit Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/lion-ted-cruz-crushes-the-detroit-debate/article/2001391</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In theory, Ted Cruz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s best states are behind him. But at the Detroit debate, Cruz was clearly the class of the field and it's clear that no one should count him out as the delegate race moves into its next phase.The delegate math is complicated, but the basic gist goes something...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/five-reasons-trump-is-weaker-than-he-looks/article/2001354</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s a classic scene in First Blood where John Rambo declares, Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off!So let's go with that for a moment. You'll get no shortage of Trump-is-the-nominee talk today. At worst, he's in a very strong position. At best, he's the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Grim Tidings for Hillary Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/grim-tidings-for-hillary/article/2001051</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s loss to Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary wasn't as bad as she'd feared. It was worse. Sanders's margin of victory '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? 60 percent to 39 percent '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? was the largest ever by a Democrat who wasn't a sitting president. It was a come-from-behind win:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb's Last Stand?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/jebs-last-stand/article/2000958</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bedford, N.H.People want to like Jeb Bush. At least 700 folks packed into McKelvie Middle School this morning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??most of them there a good 45 minutes before the candidate was expected to arrive. It was a real crowd, with another 200 or so overflowing outside the school. And that's not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Matter Nominee, Clinton Will Have Tough Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/hillarys-going-to-have-a-fight-on-her-hands/article/2000263</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday's debate wasn't boring, exactly. There was a good deal of substance and some demolition derby, too. Also, there was some real news toward the end when Trump doubled down on staying in the Republican party and not running a third-party candidacy if someone else is the nominee. But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Bathrooms Matter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/why-bathrooms-matter_1059378.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The left is in the process of overreaching on an issue that the average voter cares about, deeply. People might be able to rationalize supporting same-sex marriage by telling themselves that, even if it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not their thing, it makes no difference to them what gay couples do. But if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debate Shows GOP Field Smaller Than It Looks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/we-have-our-final-six_1055055.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tonight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate showed that the GOP field is smaller than it looks. Technically, there are still fourteen people running, but the winnowing is far along. We probably have a final six and possibly a final four.The three winners of the night were pretty obvious: Marco Rubio, Ted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Walker's Shocking Implosion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/walker-busted_1034264.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to exaggerate how shocking it is that Scott Walker is out of the 2016 race on September 21. On April 1, he led the field with 17 percent in the RealClearPolitics polling average.On August 1, he was in second place, behind Donald Trump, with 13 percent. And in the seven...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Same-Sex Marriage Bait-and-Switch]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/you-will-be-assimilated_969581.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You may recall Brendan Eich. The cofounder and CEO of Mozilla was dismissed from his company in 2014 when it was discovered that, six years earlier, he had donated $1,000 to California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Proposition 8 campaign. That ballot initiative, limiting marriage to one man and one woman,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Culture War Goes Nuclear]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/culture-war-goes-nuclear_913009.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama, Our Hipster President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/barack-obama-our-hipster-president_906947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campus Left Begins to Implode]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/campus-left-begins-implode_899318.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you pay any attention to the ways in which radicalism dominates the culture of the university these days, you're likely to feel as though you've gone through the looking glass. "White privilege." "Trigger warnings." "Rape culture." All of this (and much else) has turned academia into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nerd Throwdown: Neil Tyson vs. Peter Thiel]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/nerd-throwdown-neil-degrasse-tyson-vs-peter-thiel_806088.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thiel's book, Zero to One, might seem like an improbable best seller, but it really isn't. He doesn't write very often, but when he does, it's always insightful. See, for instance, his long essay "The End of the Future," from National Review. Or "The Education of a Libertarian." And when...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2014: The Year of Obama's Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/2014-year-obamas-reckoning_773222.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two days after Christmas I found myself in a doctor's office in New Jersey at eight o'clock in the morning. As I sat in the waiting room, a middle-aged woman came in and began a discussion with the receptionist. It seemed that her daughter, who would turn 26 on December 31, was trying to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Disgraceful Conduct of the Park Police]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/park-police_762277.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conduct of the National Park Service over the last week might be the biggest scandal of the Obama administration. This is an expansive claim, of course. Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS, the NSA, the HHS mandate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'this is an administration that has not lacked for appalling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Start a Family, Vote Republican]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/start-family_716283.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2005, Steve Sailer wrote a cover story for the American Conservative theorizing that the divide between red and blue states was driven in large part by the cost of family formation. Sailer dubbed this the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Dirt Gap'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (referring to the price of homes with yards), and his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[High Noon for Marriage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/high-noon-marriage_712033.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California's Proposition 8, which defines marriage as being between couples of the opposite sex. Today they're hearing them on the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman at the federal level....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Age of Anxiety]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/age-anxiety_704946.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The year began with the attempted assassination of an American president, followed a few weeks later by the attempted assassination of a Polish pope, followed a few months after that by the successful assassination of an Egyptian president. The attempted murder of leaders, it seemed, was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fertility and Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-last-demographics-immigration-20130208,0,4785134.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Last</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Washington, politicians are trying to reform America's immigration system, again. Both President Obama and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are proposing "paths to citizenship" for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. Other proposals abound, including finishing the border...]]></description>
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