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<title><![CDATA[Jason Riley - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15941.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jason Riley]]></description><category domain="15941">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Justice Thomas, Stalwart for the Constitution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/clarence-thomas-stalwart-for-the-constitution-fa1f3db5?st=tDyoTC</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Justice Thomas remains on the court another 19 months, he will surpass William O. Douglas as the longest-serving justice in history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Schools Try To Cover Up Their Failures]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/when-schools-try-to-cover-up-their-failures-fbc91d04?st=t9adTR</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you stare really hard'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and maybe squint'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'at last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s federal report on long-term K-12 education trends in the U.S., there is some good news. Math and reading scores among 9-year-olds have improved a little since 2022, and most of the gains were driven by struggling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Truth About Slavery and America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/slavery-history-america-economy?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Slavery was neither central to America's founding nor the primary source of the country's subsequent prosperity. Yet both ideas have gained currency in recent years, making it likely that the nation's slaveholding past will figure prominently in commemorations of the 250th anniversary of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[School Choice: Even New York and Colorado Opting In]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/school-choice-is-a-winning-issue-for-republicans-bee0e406?st=wj8Gfo</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even Kathy Hochul opts in to Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax credit. Pandering to the unions is a losing approach.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats State a Show of Respect for Al Sharpton. Really?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-state-a-show-of-respect-for-al-sharpton-really-09986cf4?st=MHx3gw</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He once had the power to break politicians, but now he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s completely out of step with black voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tragic Tale of Tiger Woods]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragic-tale-of-tiger-woods-dd0612cc?st=XpdjJ6</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sports heroes face inner demons as the rest of us do but sometimes have to deal with them publicly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reconsider Your Failing Strategy, Mr. President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reconsider-your-failing-strategy-mr-president-4688ef39?st=QeZyjj</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Strategic ambiguity, if that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what this is, can be a double-edged sword.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Enduring Success of Piney Woods School]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-enduring-success-of-piney-woods-school-100d281c?st=xRMHTp</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The historically black boarding academy in Mississippi is a model worth seeking to emulate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-gone-05b55106?st=PjSFMx</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court takes up segregated political maps, a temporary remedy that has lingered on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Adams Drops Out, But That Won&rsquo;t Stop Mayor Mamdani]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/eric-adams-drops-out-but-that-wont-stop-mayor-mamdani-72dd3f19?st=MkgcEq</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York Mayor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Eric Adams'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to drop his re-election bid was the right call, but don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t expect it to stop the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zohran Mamdani'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' juggernaut with only five weeks until Election Day.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the &lsquo;1619 Project&rsquo; Spoil America&rsquo;s Party?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-1619-project-spoil-americas-party-slavery-history-f1cfd9f2?st=4tdPuN</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the anniversary of 1776 draws near, get ready for a resurgence of the New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s false history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Public Schools Could Learn From Fred Smith]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-public-schools-could-learn-from-fred-smith-311357be?st=kR6Fqa</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The FedEx founder gave the Postal Service the competition it needed to become better at its job.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Soft Bigotry of Affirmative Action]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2025/06/11/the_soft_bigotry_of_affirmative_action_1115678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ability of racial preferences to stigmatize black achievements first hit home for me in college in the early 1990s. Just before the start of my senior year, I received a job offer from the local newspaper. A short time later, I happened to run into a former editor of the college...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wes Moore Realizes Slavery Reparations Is Yesterday&rsquo;s Fad]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/slavery-reparations-is-yesterdays-fad-wes-moore-commission-race-ed088453?st=6GAnaL</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eying higher office, the Maryland Governor vetoes a bill that would create a study commission.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Affirmative Action: Back to the Future]]></title>
							<link>https://glennloury.substack.com/p/affirmative-action-back-to-the-future</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[with John McWhorter and Jason Riley]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Affirmative Action Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3?st=L6fcGy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Delivers on His Promise to Dismantle DEI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-delivers-on-his-promise-to-dismantle-dei-race-ethnicity-policy-f5847d0a?st=AJfvsb</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An Inauguration Day executive order recognizes that Americans are eager to move beyond race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Governance Failures That Fed the Los Angeles Wildfires]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-governance-failures-that-fed-the-los-angeles-wildfires-ebfafdf3?st=HxLzK3</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a public-policy failure,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' says a onetime candidate for governor who nearly lost his home.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Legacy Will Be His Mental Decline]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bidens-legacy-will-be-his-mental-decline-coverup-capacity-white-house-staff-148b0757?st=2jw6j3</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bidens-legacy-will-be-his-mental-decline-coverup-capacity-white-house-staff-148b0757?st=2jw6j3]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When does partisan allegiance become elder abuse?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[All the News That&rsquo;s Suddenly Fit To Print After the Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/all-the-news-thats-suddenly-fit-to-print-after-the-election-f4a0d624?st=Ur1Qhb</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York Times readers finally learn that Biden policies spurred a wave of illegal immigration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Victory and the Death of Racial Tribalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-triumph-and-the-death-of-racial-tribalism-politics-policy-elections-black-race-b99961b8?st=723hqX</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shelby Steele says the election shows that blacks no longer feel beholden to the Democratic Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Might Have Won the First Postracial Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-might-have-won-the-first-postracial-election-black-hispanic-minorities-82c6f00e?st=S7gHXh</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-might-have-won-the-first-postracial-election-black-hispanic-minorities-82c6f00e?st=S7gHXh]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Black and Hispanic voters defect from Democrats, who have long relied on identity-politics appeals.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Runs From Reality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamala-harris-runs-from-economic-reality-inflation-policy-election-trump-27d660db?st=fW97BB</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters are worried about border security and inflation but all she wants to talk about is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'fascism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Democrats Losing Black Voters?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-are-democrats-losing-black-voters-party-kamala-harris-senate-working-class-b4e9156e?st=U1cng8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s difficulties with working-class Americans turn out to cross racial lines.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Matt Walsh&rsquo;s Hilarious New Film Asks: &lsquo;Am I Racist?&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-hilarious-new-film-asks-am-i-racist-matt-walsh-dei-05ecba00?st=2Rno7Z</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-hilarious-new-film-asks-am-i-racist-matt-walsh-dei-05ecba00?st=2Rno7Z]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His documentary exposes the DEI industry by letting practitioners discredit themselves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden and Harris Work To Crush School Competition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biden-and-harris-work-to-crush-school-competition-71ccf540?st=e3wpiz0tucc8pl9</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/biden-and-harris-work-to-crush-school-competition-71ccf540?st=e3wpiz0tucc8pl9]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s more opposed to charter schools than any previous president, and she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d likely be as bad.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abortion May Not Be a Winner for Dems This Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/abortion-may-not-be-a-winner-for-democrats-this-fall-harris-walz-campaign-b715082b?st=runtx6q0q2klbzb</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/abortion-may-not-be-a-winner-for-democrats-this-fall-harris-walz-campaign-b715082b?st=runtx6q0q2klbzb]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Turnout patterns have changed in ways that could make 2022-23 ballot-measure results deceptive.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Isn&rsquo;t the Change Democrats Need]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/kamala-harris-isnt-the-change-democrats-need-161d0b2c?mod=opinion_lead_pos6</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On issues from crime to immigration to inflation, she offers more of the same failed left-wing policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Presidential Debate Is Trump's To Lose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-presidential-debate-is-donald-trumps-to-lose-election-voters-bda4b11f?mod=opinion_recentauth_pos2</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-presidential-debate-is-donald-trumps-to-lose-election-voters-bda4b11f?mod=opinion_recentauth_pos2]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even with the moderators in Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s corner, the president will have a hard time with the questioning.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Demoralizing Speech to Morehouse Grads]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-demoralizing-speech-to-morehouse-grads-obama-achievement-racism-ee5fefb5?mod=opinion_lead_pos6</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-demoralizing-speech-to-morehouse-grads-obama-achievement-racism-ee5fefb5?mod=opinion_lead_pos6]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Riley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his 2013 commencement address, Obama stressed opportunity. His successor emphasizes victimization.]]></description>
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