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<title><![CDATA[Ed Feulner - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15244.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ed Feulner]]></description><category domain="15244">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Ivanka Trump and the Facts About Fact-Checkers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/9/the-facts-about-fact-checkers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You don&rsquo;t have to be a student of ancient Roman poetry to have heard Juvenal&rsquo;s famous line &ldquo;Who watches the watchmen?&rdquo; But perhaps a more apt question today would be: Who checks the fact-checkers?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Communism: 100 Years of Devastation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/09/communism_100_years_of_devastation_135484.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941 &ldquo;a day that will live in infamy,&rdquo; and with good reason. The date that Tojo&rsquo;s Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor heralded America&rsquo;s entrance into the bloody fighting of World...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Make It Harder for Puerto Rico to Rebuild?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/03/why_make_it_harder_for_puerto_rico_to_rebuild_135163.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To say that our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are suffering is a vast understatement. The combined punches of Hurricanes Irma and Maria have devastated the island territories.
Nearly the entire electrical grid was wiped out. In Puerto Rico, over 80 percent of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tax Cut That Works For All Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/27/a_tax_cut_that_works_for_all_americans_135106.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When you hear the phrase &ldquo;corporate tax cut,&rdquo; what do you picture? Middle-class workers, or Uncle Moneybags, the character from the Monopoly board game?
Probably the latter, unfortunately. Too many Americans buy into the popular misconception that such a cut would benefit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fighting for Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/07/fighting_for_free_speech_134928.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a new academic year gets underway on many campuses, it&rsquo;s a good time to ask: What&rsquo;s the purpose of school? Is it education, or indoctrination?
More and more, sadly, it&rsquo;s the latter. We like to think of our universities in picturesque terms -- bastions of open...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Giving Tax Cuts a Fighting Chance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/29/giving_tax_cuts_a_fighting_chance_134873.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will a returning Congress be able to deliver some much-needed tax relief to the American people? Seems simple enough, but so is Obamacare repeal, and lawmakers have (so far) managed to bungle that.
One way to avoid doing the same thing when it comes to taxes is to take a simple...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Venezuela Is a Ticking Time Bomb]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2017/02/21/venezuela_is_a_ticking_time_bomb_112224.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the last two decades, the now-deceased Hugo Chavez and his handpicked successor, President Nicolas Maduro, have wreaked havoc in Venezuela. Socialist economic policies and government corruption...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Diagnosing the Multiple Ills of Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/27/diagnosing_the_multiple_ills_of_obamacare_132166.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are you enrolled in any of the Obamacare exchanges? If so, are you paying enough for health insurance?
I hope your answer was &ldquo;no&rdquo; -- that you want to pay more. Because otherwise you&rsquo;re going to be very disappointed by the premium hikes coming next year.
Of course, for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Legacy of Dick Scaife]]></title>
							<link>http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/6383214-74/dick-scaife-heritage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many readers of the Tribune-Review will have specific but differing remembrances of Dick Scaife. For me, Dick was a man of ideas &mdash; the ideas of personal liberty, opportunity and freedom for all.Dick enjoyed the give-and-take of policy discussions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Need for Economic Freedom]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/27/the_need_for_economic_freedom_121368.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My last column focused on why the United States is no longer among the top 10 nations listed in the annual Index of Economic Freedom. But it&rsquo;s important to put this in a larger context and explain why it matters.The freest societies in history have always been the most prosperous....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Avoiding Fiscal Catastrophe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/19/avoiding_fiscal_catastrophe_120389.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Saying government spending is out of control is an understatement on the scale of saying that Michael Jordan was a good basketball player or Babe Ruth hit some home runs.
Thanks to unbridled spending, corporate bailouts, and the takeover of the best health-care system in the world,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Handle Monsters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/29/how_to_handle_monsters_120141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a monster. He&rsquo;s killed thousands of his own citizens, unleashed chemical weapons against rebels, and is closely associated with Iran&rsquo;s dangerous rulers.But it also needs to be said, as President John Quincy Adams...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Out of Their Tree on Taxes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/18/out_of_their_tree_on_taxes_118844.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Christmas may be six months off, but it seems the Grinch is already at work.
Look at the farm bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives. It carries an unwelcome stocking stuffer known as the Christmas tree tax.
If the name of the tax sounds vaguely familiar, that may...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rebuilding a Ruined City]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/07/rebuilding_a_ruined_city_117832.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many are warning that the United States could become the next Greece. But there&rsquo;s no need to look across the ocean to see a poorly-governed area that&rsquo;s deep in debt and crumbling. Just look to Detroit.
That city was once the picture of American industrial might. Henry Ford...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare: An Alarming Check-Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/29/obamacare_an_alarming_check-up_117724.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Okay, Obamacare. Up on the table. It&rsquo;s time for your annual physical.
Three years old, eh? Well, with any luck, you&rsquo;ll leave here with a clean bill of &hellip; uh-oh. I can see one problem already. Have you seen these tax hikes?
Let&rsquo;s see &hellip; five, 10, 15 &hellip;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Battle of the Budgets]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/23/the_battle_of_the_budgets_117614.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Say you&rsquo;re running a business, and you find yourself awash in red ink. You realize it&rsquo;s time to retool your approach, and fast. So you ask two different employees to each come up with a budget. You&rsquo;ll go with whoever writes the best plan.
What are the chances that one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Better Way to Banish the Bomb]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/18/a_better_way_to_banish_the_bomb_117494.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I can tell you that the United States is fully capable of defending against any North Korean ballistic missile attack.&rdquo;
That was White House spokesman Jay Carney, reacting to the third nuclear test this year by the self-styled &ldquo;Democratic People&rsquo;s Republic of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Energy Potential of Fracking]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/22/the_energy_potential_of_fracking_117132.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Say you were a politician, and there was a domestic energy source available that&rsquo;s clean and abundant. One that has the potential to create new jobs and revitalize local economies. Would you do more to encourage it? Silly question, you may be thinking. Why wouldn&rsquo;t you do...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will D.C. Double Cross America Again?]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/07/morning-bell-straight-talk-for-the-super-committee/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has been 12 months since the American people spoke resoundingly at the polls against overtaxing, overspending, and overborrowing, but memories can be short in Washington.All it takes is for a couple of politicos and the so-called &#194;&#147;mainstream&#194;&#148; media to denigrate the Tea Party and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[School Choice: A Real Test Awaits]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/30/school_choice_a_real_test_awaits_109396.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine you could buy a car at only one dealership. Shop for clothes at only one outlet. Buy food at only one grocery store. What kind of service would you expect?
Mediocre at best. Which isn't surprising. We all know competition promotes quality. When you can shop wherever you please,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOMA Deserves a Defense]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/10/doma_deserves_a_defense_109179.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was never an easy relationship. For a while, though, the Defense of Marriage Act and the Obama administration managed to live together. Then the administration walked out, leaving DOMA to fend for herself.
There's no point asking why. We know why -- the president's core supporters...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reagan's True Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/02/reagans_true_legacy_108736.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's been more than six years since our nation bid farewell to Ronald Reagan, born 100 years ago this month. Yet it seems at times as though he never left.
Consider how Reagan's name surfaced repeatedly after the most recent State of the Union address, as pundits both liberal and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Restoring Economic Freedom]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/21/restoring_economic_freedom_108612.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suppose a quiz show host were to ask: "What country enjoys the most economic freedom?" Most Americans probably wouldn't even hesitate before answering, "The United States." They'd be wrong.
In fact, according to the 2011 "Index of Economic Freedom," the U.S. isn't even in the top five....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Checklist for Congress]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/11/11/a_checklist_for_congress_107921.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The people have spoken.
On Election Day, they cried out against Washington's reckless spending, stifling regulations, rising taxes, soaring debt and looming takeover of health care.
For too long, Washington elites have assumed they knew best -- that government was the all-purpose...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Squeezing Small Business]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/06/stop_squeezing_small_business_107037.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we celebrate Labor Day, let's remember what makes this holiday possible in the first place: American workers. For the most part that means small business.
According to federal statistics, small firms (those with fewer than 500 employees):
&bull;	Represent some 99 percent of all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Riding a Tide of Red Ink]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/08/12/riding_a_tide_of_red_ink_106718.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's no secret what the average American family does when income drops: Spend less and save more.
In fact, we've seen just that during these last two recessionary years. The personal saving rate, barely 1 percent of income in the first quarter of 2008, reached 5 percent last year and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leading by Listening]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/20/leading_by_listening_106377.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's always good to find topics where liberals and conservatives can agree. When we're all striving toward the same goals we're more likely to reach them.For example, avowed leftist Van Jones, the Obama administration's former "green jobs czar" who's now at the Center for American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Representation Without Taxation Bad for Democracy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/10/representation_without_taxation_bad_for_democracy_106264.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Professional sports leagues have ways of ensuring that "the last shall be first." Teams with bad regular-season records get the top draft choices, theoretically allowing them to bring in the best young talent. Teams with excellent records draft later.
It's supposedly a way to "level the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welfare That Works]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/06/29/welfare_that_works_106126.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades, liberals have promoted welfare as a "hand up, not a hand out." Now, with the cost of American welfare programs pushing toward $1 trillion per year, it's time to make that slogan a reality.
First, the depressing background.
In 1964, President Johnson declared "war" on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Ever-Evolving Enemy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/11/an_ever-evolving_enemy_105529.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Feulner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last December, my family saw the revival of "White Christmas" at the Marquis Theater on Broadway. The play reminds us of a time when Americans could easily identify their enemies. Back then, veterans poured home knowing they'd completely vanquished their Axis foes and kept our country...]]></description>
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