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<title><![CDATA[Maggie Gallagher - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15219.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Maggie Gallagher]]></description><category domain="15219">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Banning Lou Reed: Cultural Revolution Eats Its Fathers]]></title>
							<link>https://stream.org/banning-lou-reed-the-cultural-revolution-eats-its-fathers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lou Reed was transgressive, progressive, and prodigiously talented. Yet over the weekend Reed became the poster child of transphobic intolerance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Cruz Can Beat Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432969/ted-cruz-nomination-depends-john-kasich</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Betrayal of Ken Cuccinelli]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalreview.com/corner/363206/betrayal-ken-cuccinelli-maggie-gallagher</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They said he was &ldquo;unelectable.&rdquo; The RNC put only $3 million into this race. Ken was outspent by a margin of something between 4:1 and 10:1, if you believe the Associated Press.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The &quot;Truce&quot; on Abortion Has Failed]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cuccinelli-is-paying-the-price-for-the-gops-truce-strategy-on-abortion/2013/10/17/3c1ac994-3743-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For an example of the truce strategy in action, recall the July 19 debate between Cuccinelli, a Republican, and his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, a man whose position on abortion is far outside the Virginia mainstream. Debate moderator Judy Woodruff asked Cuccinelli whether he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Break the IRS's Wall of Silence]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2013/10/09/to-break-the-irss-wall-of-silence/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The National Organization for Marriage&rsquo;s lawsuit against the IRS may be the case that finally breaks the IRS&rsquo;s &ldquo;omerta&rdquo; code.In the spring of 2012, NOM&rsquo;s private tax-return data turned up splashed on the Web site of its chief political opponent, the Human...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This I Believe: A Farewell to Optimism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/03/this_i_believe_a_farewell_to_optimism_116576.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, going through some memorabilia of my mother's, I found the original promotional material for this syndicated column, launched in 1993. I was billed as "A New Conservative Voice for Young Women!"
More than 17 years ago, I set out to explain how a Yale-educated young woman...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Science Doesn't Count]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/20/when_science_doesnt_count_116476.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the press reported that Adam Lanza had Asperger's syndrome (part of the autism spectrum disorders) and other unspecified personality problems, the autism community swung into action in a way that is totally understandable. The Associated Press' headline: "Experts: No Link Between...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donkey Love]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/13/donkey_love_116411.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I hate to be the one to tell you this, but a serious case is now being made that our beloved Constitution gives us the right to have sex with donkeys.
First, the lawyers:
Over at Volokh.com, Northwestern law professor Eugene Kontorovich argues, "Bestiality is private sexual conduct and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hollywood Searches for God]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/06/hollywood_searches_for_god_116340.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed how much of Hollywood is preoccupied with thoughts of God?
"Life of Pi" is the latest example of a movie with essentially religious themes.
Artists in a postmodern culture are thinking about the relationship between story and truth. Even the movie "Lincoln" is organized...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's All About the Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/15/its_all_about_the_middle_class_116163.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And so it begins, like clockwork.
After an election defeat of significant proportions for the "truce strategy," GOP elites appear prepared to double-down on kicking out the social issues.
This week, Karl Rove appeared on stage in Naples, Fla., with James Carville in a rather dramatic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What This Election Means]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/08/what_this_election_means_116098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no point in spinning -- conservatives need to face honestly what this election means.
A first take: Gov. Mitt Romney tried to win while leaning on only one leg of the old Reagan coalition: jobs, jobs, jobs, economy, economy, economy. Against a president with a poor record on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I'm Voting For the Maryland DREAM Act]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/01/why_im_voting_for_the_maryland_dream_act_116006.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest polls in the conventional swing states show a close race, with neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama clearly ahead. Yet they also show a surprising number of formerly solid blue states now within Romney's reach.
The rust belt is creakily swinging, according to new polls in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Love, Death and Dinesh D'Souza]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/25/love_death_and_dinesh_dsouza_115911.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dinesh D'Souza's documentary, "2016: Obama's America," has grossed $33 million, making him one of the all-time best-selling documentary filmmakers. D'Souza stepped down from the presidency of King's College in Manhattan after admitting he got engaged to a woman before divorcing his wife...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Number-Crunching Values Pessimism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/19/romneys_number-crunching_values_pessimism_115831.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right after the second debate, Mitt Romney has finally decided to run an abortion ad:
"Those ads saying Mitt Romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme, so I looked into it," a female former Obama voter says. "Turns out, Romney doesn't oppose contraception at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stigma and Civilization]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/11/stigma_and_civilization_115740.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week I gave a talk at Morgan State University on gay marriage.
At the end of our panel, Kieffer Mitchell, a Maryland state legislator who voted for gay marriage, said he was grateful for the civility of the panel, that he knew good people who were on both sides of the issue, even...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of Men?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/04/the_end_of_men_115662.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In her new book, "The End of Men," Hanna Rosin says we are on the verge of matriarchy.
Rosin doesn't exactly celebrate the demise of men, but she is puzzled by men's reluctance to let go of old gender roles: "The women take on new roles with gusto, while the men take them on only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvesting Live Donors?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/09/27/harvesting_live_donors_115598.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Patrick McMahon is an Air Force combat veteran and nurse practitioner who worked as a transplant coordinator.
In a new bombshell lawsuit, McMahon claims he was fired for raising one too many red flags about whether his patients were really dead before doctors harvested their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Fumbles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/09/20/romneys_fumbles_115509.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let me begin with a prediction: Mitt Romney will be the next president of the United States.
Why? Because I cannot believe the people of the United States will re-elect a sitting president who has spent so much of their money to achieve so little visible result.
But polls are showing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eros and Civilization at Yale]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/09/13/eros_and_civilization_at_yale_115429.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My first honest reaction to the new memoir by recent Yale graduate Nathan Harden was shock.
Not shock at the sexual shenanigans he relates in "Sex and God at Yale," but shock that America is still so good a country that it can produce brilliant young men innocent enough to be capable of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: The Defense Does Not Rest]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/09/06/obama_the_defense_does_not_rest_115357.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How can they defend President Obama's record?
For those of us who've been wondering, the first days of the Democratic convention are very revealing. They can't help themselves.
On the very first day, the Democrats made it clear: The defense is not going to rest.
Obama not only promised...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2016: The Next GOP Generation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/31/2016_the_next_gop_generation_115273.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The future of the Republican Party was on display in Tampa, Fla., as the roll of speakers before Mitt Romney provided a preview of nomination battles in 2016 and beyond.
Let's just say it: Paul Ryan hit it out of the park, delivering at long last what so many in the base have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics Interfering With D.C. Hate Crimes Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/23/politics_interfering_with_dc_hate_crimes_law_115178.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, a man with a master's degree from George Mason University, a gun and 50 rounds of ammo walked into the Family Research Council. When a building manager named Leo Johnson blocked his entry, he shot Leo in the arm.
Leo Johnson wrestled the shooter to the ground, saving untold...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Heart of Paul Ryan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/16/the_heart_of_paul_ryan_115125.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney showed he's reaching not just for a win, but for a mandate.
The elevation of Rep. Paul Ryan is a game changer because it is a conversation changer. His selection as veep nominee puts front and center the need to reign in the spending of a government that borrows 40 cents from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ugly Black Babies and the Left]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/09/ugly_black_babies_and_the_left_115048.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For 40 years, the academic left has taught that reality is socially constructed, preferably by the left for the left.
But every once in a while, reality bites back in a big way. This week was one of those times.
In mediaworld, abortion doctors are just noble people striving to protect...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lessons of Aurora]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/07/26/the_lessons_of_aurora_114916.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is not a good week to be a journalist.
Watching the massive 24/7 coverage of the massacre in Aurora, Colo., coverage that will only serve to inspire some future twisted male mind to seek infamy -- to die hated but not unnoticed -- one cannot help but be disgusted.
As journalists,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Mitt Romney Needs Mike Huckabee]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/07/12/why_mitt_romney_needs_mike_huckabee_114771.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The "veepstakes" speculation is in full swing:
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is signaling that if called, he will serve.
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has his fan club.
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman let slip to ABC News that he's being intensely vetted.
With Virginia in play, popular Virginia...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What is a College Degree Worth?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/28/what_is_a_college_degree_worth_114638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What is college really worth?
A lot of people are asking that question -- and it's the cover story of this month's Utne Reader magazine.
My older son is 30, and my younger is 17. I'm hoping my two sons escape from the consequences of graduating into this terrible economy, which is going...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Biology Matter?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/21/does_biology_matter_114556.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does biology matter?
The front page of The New York Times' business section reports on a new scientific breakthrough: a noninvasive blood test that can determine paternity while a child is still in the womb, as early as the eighth week of the pregnancy.
In other words, as soon as a woman...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Gay Murphy Brown Effect]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/15/the_gay_murphy_brown_effect_114492.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Do children raised by same-sex couples do just as well as children raised by married moms and dads?
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned California's Proposition 8 in part on those grounds. The scientific evidence is so strong, he ruled, that only an irrational human being could...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debating Same-Sex Marriage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/07/debating_same-sex_marriage_114405.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maggie Gallagher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear any more arguments on gay marriage.
Appellate Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain's dissent was scathing: "Based on a two-judge majority's gross misapplication of Romer v. Evans, we have now declared that animus must have been...]]></description>
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