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<title><![CDATA[Charles Lipson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14975.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Charles Lipson]]></description><category domain="14975">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Shrewd DC Move Will Resonate Across U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/donald-trump-shrewd-move-dc-resonate-across-the-us/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's initiative to restore law and order to the streets of the nation's capital is a smart political move]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Revolutionizes Political Communication]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-giving-a-master-class-in-political-communication-media-speaking-messaging-5829e1d1?st=2u5uK4</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To an unprecedented extent, he and his cabinet are speaking directly to voters and bypassing traditional media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Calls for a Renewal of American Patriotism]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/donald-trump-calls-for-a-renewal-of-american-patriotism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night was the most powerful, rousing, and pointed of any presidential address in decades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Spinal Tap Election: Everything Is Turned Up to 11]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/29/spinal_tap_election_everything_turned_up_to_11_151858.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To hear the candidates and their surrogates tell it, we live in Weimar Germany 1932. There are only fascists fighting communists, with nobody in the middle. The candidates have eagerly pinned those noxious labels on their opponents.
MSNBC, which competes with ABC and CBS for dreadful...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Tax on Tips]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/19/no_tax_on_tips_151119.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is a master showman and marketer. He demonstrated those skills once again with his proposal to kill the tax on tips. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s more than shrewd. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brilliant.
After the hoorays from waiters and other service workers died down, political analysts weighed in. Their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Five Ways Campus Turmoil Hurts Democrats and America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/30/five_ways_campus_turmoil_hurts_democrats_and_america_150863.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Higher education is sinking lower and lower. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bad news for our country, which has benefited enormously from having the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s best system of higher education. And it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bad news for Democrats, who face a tight election. Their party is closely tied to education at all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NPR Scandal Should Kill Taxpayer-Funded Broadcasting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/18/npr_scandal_should_kill_taxpayer-funded_broadcasting_150810.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I don't want any yes-men around me,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said Sam Goldwyn, the Hollywood producer famed for his movies and malapropisms. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The brass at National Public Radio must have heard Sam, but they add a slight...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Should Compete in Women&rsquo;s Sports?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/08/who_should_compete_in_womens_sports_150762.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'What is a woman?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Can a man get pregnant?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Questions like those are frequently raised at Senate hearings for progressive nominees to the federal bench or Cabinet positions. Republicans pose them for a reason. They know the witnesses will fumble the answers.
Some try...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Law and Order Is a Killer Problem for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/26/law_and_order_is_a_killer_problem_for_democrats_150702.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polling data shows Democrats are in deep trouble on the issues of domestic safety and unbiased justice. Voters say they want law and order and aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t getting it. They want enforcement of criminal statutes duly passed by their representatives. They abhor favoritism for some and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Understand Trump&rsquo;s Jeremiad Against NATO Freeloaders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/21/how_to_understand_trumps_jeremiad_against_nato_freeloaders_150529.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump sent a shiver through official Washington and America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s friends around the world recently when he once again fulminated against NATO allies who refuse to pay for their own defense. His specific target was NATO members that failed to meet their pledge of spending at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FaniGate and the American Way of Scandal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/06/fanigate_and_the_american_way_of_scandal_150439.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To qualify as a first-rate American political scandal, the escapade should include three juicy elements: sex, money, and the abuse of power.
Fani Willis and Nathan Wade hit the trifecta.
Willis is the District Attorney for Fulton County (Atlanta), Georgia. Her position and use of it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lloyd Austin's Mistake Should End His Career]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/lloyd-austin-mistake-career-ending/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The second in command to Secretary Lloyd Austin was herself on vacation and not informed of his being out of the chain]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chicago Mayor&rsquo;s Hat Trick of Dreadful Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/27/the_chicago_mayors_hat_trick_of_dreadful_policies_150250.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When your city elects a mayor whose main job qualification is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' you get what you paid for, or rather what the powerful CTU paid for. With Mayor Brandon Johnson, you get a special bonus, an unwelcome one. His proposed policies are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If a University President Is Dreadful, Fire Him/Her/They/Ze/It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/11/if_a_university_president_is_dreadful_fire_himhertheyzeit_150176.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicken Little was right about the Ivy League. The sky really is falling. The cleanup can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t begin until we hear a resounding crash and see the debris.
That cleanup job should begin with firing some university presidents. The University of Pennsylvania went first. That great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biden Family Grift and Hunter&rsquo;s Fake Offer To Testify]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/01/the_biden_family_grift_and_hunters_fake_offer_to_testify_150133.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hunter Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s offer to testify before the House Oversight Committee is a clever evasion, nothing more. The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s son says he will testify only if the hearing is publicly televised. Nice try. Subpoenaed witnesses don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get to set the terms. The committee does.
Why...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Hasn't Hamas Freed Its American Hostages?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hamas will delay returning the American hostages so Washington will keep pushing Netanyahu to extend the pause]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virulent Antisemitism and the Rot at Our Universities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/02/virulent_antisemitism_and_the_rot_at_our_universities_149995.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is time for blunt talk. Jewish students at universities are being harassed and threatened in unprecedented numbers, with disturbing vitriol. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s more than a danger for those students. It is a profound danger for a liberal, tolerant democracy. It is time to call it out and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sick Alliance between the Left and Muslim Extremists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/15/the_sick_alliance_between_the_left_and_muslim_extremists_149901.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The virulent anti-Israel protests across America and Europe throw a glaring light on the bizarre alliance between left-wing activists and militant Muslims. That odd combination has been the bedrock of political activism at universities and in the streets for years. It began in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs To Give RFK Jr. Secret Service Protection]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/politics/its-time-for-president-biden-to-robert-f-kennedy-jr-secret-service-protection/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Surrounding Kennedy with a Secret Service detail elevates his status as a serious candidate. That doesn't help Biden's own candidacy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Impeachment Inquiry Looms]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/impeachment-inquiry-looms-joe-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The signals coming from Kevin McCarthy are that his Republican majority will soon launch a formal impeachment investigation]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What if Biden Backs Out of the Race?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/30/what_if_biden_backs_out_of_the_race_149692.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden has declared he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s running for a second term, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s far from certain he actually will. His infirmity and low poll numbers raise serious doubts. His physical decline shows when he walks or climbs the stairs of Air Force One. His cognitive decline shows when he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Rich Men North of Richmond&rsquo; Is Authentic Voice of Populism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/14/rich_men_north_of_richmond_is_authentic_voice_of_populism_149622.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oliver Anthony'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s beautiful, angry song about the people who run roughshod over ordinary Americans and seek to control their lives is the clearest expression of populism since Donald Trump used his own voice to reshape the Republican Party.
Although the title refers to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'rich...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Special Counsel Also Needs Investigating]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/hunter-biden-special-counsel-david-weiss-investigating-probe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At long last, Attorney General Merrick Garland decided to appoint a special counsel to continue the investigation of Hunter Biden, his family and associates. His choice: US Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, who has been on the case for several years. He was originally appointed as US...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Has Only One Path Back From Failed Launch]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/01/desantis_has_only_one_path_back_from_failed_launch_149568.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two decades before '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Mad Men'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'-era advertising executives downed their martinis and bedded their secretaries, a brilliant predecessor came up with a powerful idea still in use today. The best way to sell any product or service, he said, was to highlight its single best quality...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunter's Grift Was Really the Whole Family's Business]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/hunter-biden-grift-whole-family-business/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now all the levees built by the Washington establishment cannot stop the flood of evidence about the Biden family business]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine: Questions and Answers as NATO Meets]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/11/ukraine_questions_and_answers_as_nato_meets_149471.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NATO members are meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11 and 12, primarily to deal with the Russo-Ukrainian War, which has now lasted more than 500 days. What questions will President Biden and his NATO partners face?
Didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t everyone expect Ukraine to achieve a big breakthrough by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, America Really Is a Good Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/04/yes_virginia_america_really_is_a_good_country_149450.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every year at Christmastime, news sites reprint the touching letter from a little girl, Virginia O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Hanlon, asking about Santa Claus and the columnist'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reassuring, fatherly response. He doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t smack her with the hard fact that Santa is a fictional creation. He points...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Confronts the Deep Wound of Discrimination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/30/supreme_court_confronts_the_deep_wound_of_discrimination_149436.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As public debates erupt over the latest Supreme Court rulings, it is worth going beyond the details and reflecting on how those decisions bear on our democracy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s core principles. The courts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' fundamental duty is not to write laws but to interpret them and their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are the Walls Closing In on Ol&rsquo; Joe?]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/walls-closing-joe-biden-corruption-hunter-irs-white-house-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Confronted with devastating evidence of Biden family grifting, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s advocates are abandoning their old defenses and trying some new ones.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Indictment and the Collapse of Confidence in Our Institutions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/14/trumps_indictment_and_the_collapse_of_confidence_in_our_institutions_149353.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Lipson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democracies cannot thrive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and may not survive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' when citizens lose confidence in their basic institutions. That is exactly what is happening in America today. This loss of confidence and a bitter ideological divide are our country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most profound challenges. Those...]]></description>
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