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<title><![CDATA[Heather Mac Donald - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16417.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Heather Mac Donald]]></description><category domain="16417">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[College Women Know the Cornell Story Is a Farce]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/10/07/opinion/cornell-7-drama-proves-the-campus-rape-panic-is-a-farce-and-women-know-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Which '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'survivor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' statements are we supposed to believe?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Street Vagrants Are Not 'Our Neighbors']]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-homeless-encampments-drugs?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[L.A. city councilman Hugo Soto-Mart'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'nez comes up with a fantastical euphemism for the drug-addicted homeless.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Head Start Has Never Worked]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/head-start-trump-funding?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration should have stood its ground in its earlier effort to zero out the failed Great Society program.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Teen Takeovers Are Not a Mystery]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/teen-takeovers-streets-us-cities-looting?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A widening divide between jurisdictions willing to enforce basic norms and those that are not.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's Latte Logic of Social Collapse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-times-stealing-violence-hasan-piker-jia-tolentino?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A breezy indifference to lawbreaking.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Climate Litigation Swindle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/climate-fossil-fuel-energy-lawsuits?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has declared the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Green New Scam'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'as President Trump terms it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'finished. The United States will no longer hobble its industrial base with unrealistic renewable-energy mandates while China and India burn coal without restraint, the White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illegal Immigrant Bludgeons Victim--Media Balks]]></title>
							<link>http://city-journal.org/article/florida-hammer-murder-illegal-immigrant-trump?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the mainstream media, a horrific murder in Florida is horrific only because the president called attention to it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Alternative Reality of Homelessness Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-homeless-outreach-policy?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A recent New York Times article peddles all the fictions that keep the game going.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Germany's AfD Keeps Surging Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/10/the-global-elites-lose-again/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Germany'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Alternative f'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¼').';'r Deutschland keeps surging ahead.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Border control and sane energy policy may be in Europe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s future after all.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rude But Right on Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-crime-response-national-guard?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's public reaction to violent lawlessness is without precedent in recent Oval Office history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Forces the New York Times' Hand on Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-times-trump-crime-national-guard?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The paper is so eager to condemn the president's use of the National Guard that it actually acknowledged black crime victims.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Class Struggle]]></title>
							<link>https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/class-struggle/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Aquestion haunts the mind when reading Scott Johnston'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Sandersons Fail Manhattan, a satire of the college admissions racket: is this a work of historical fiction or of current reportage? Until just yesterday, the novel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s targets'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the elites'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' self-abasement...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani's Policies Guaranteed To Wreck NYC]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/zohran-mamdani-new-york-now-mayor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Mamdani'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policies are guaranteed to wreck New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the 'Hate Speech' Conceit Fuels Political Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/11/how-the-hate-speech-conceit-fuels-political-violence/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk was killed by a left that feels entitled to silence its enemies, by any means necessary.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of the Race Hustle]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/race-hustle-is-losing-power/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The race hustle has been one of the dominant forces in American society for decades. But is it finally losing its power? It has had]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC's Intolerable Crime Situation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-national-guard-washington-dc-crime?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reaction of Democratic politicians and the mainstream media to the president's announcement exemplifies]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Using a Double Standard on Race To Handicap ICE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/ice-race-ruling-judge-maame-ewusi-mensah-frimpong?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge ruled that agents impermissibly used race in questioning suspected illegal aliens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but she's hardly color-blind in her own courtroom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Rioting Acceptable? If So, How Much?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-rioting-acceptable-if-so-how-much-06531b5b?st=1sC54x</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-rioting-acceptable-if-so-how-much-06531b5b?st=1sC54x]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Unapologetic Defense of the Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-riots-trump-national-guard-ice-immigration?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The lawless mayhem in California is being excused and dismissed by the state's leaders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two More Executive Orders Trump Should Sign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-executive-orders-work-productivity-infrastructure-covid-masks?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the interest of speeding up the Trumpian reform process]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Blatant Lie of Germany's Elite]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/germany-alternative-for-deutschland-afd-party-committee-chairmanships?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Alternative for Deutschland was recently designated a right-wing extremist party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Battle vs. Campus Identity Politics Has Only Begun]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/harvard-university-empowering-black-leaders-seminar-race-trump?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as Trump targets Harvard over racial preferences, the university is offering a seminar, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Empowering Black Leaders,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' steeped in racialist thinking.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biggest Step Yet Toward Restoring Meritocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-restoring-meritocracy-executive-order-disparate-impact-theory-civil-rights?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The order eliminating disparate-impact theory restores the 1964 Civil Rights Act to its original meaning.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Columbia's Prez Resigns, But DEI Battle Is Just Beginning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/columbias-president-resigns-but-the-dei-battle-is-just-beginning?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The campus diversity regime, at the Ivy League school and elsewhere, won't go down without a fight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abandoned by Dems: Can Cities Regain Control?]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/opinion/trumps-win-was-a-call-for-law-and-order-after-the-dems-constant-demonization-of-the-police/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/opinion/trumps-win-was-a-call-for-law-and-order-after-the-dems-constant-demonization-of-the-police/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If America's cities regain the security of property and banish the sense that crime has become normalized, the political realignment that began with this election may become a permanent reality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Make America Safe Again?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-administration-america-safety-law-enforcement?skip=1</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-administration-america-safety-law-enforcement?skip=1]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new administration should return federal law enforcement agencies to their original missions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Behind the AfD Party's Rise in Germany]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/germany-populist-afd-party-immigration?skip=1</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.city-journal.org/article/germany-populist-afd-party-immigration?skip=1]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Germany's populist party opposes the nation's lax immigration policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bragg Should Face a Recall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-yorks-government-is-the-real-villain-in-the-daniel-penny-trial?skip=1</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-yorks-government-is-the-real-villain-in-the-daniel-penny-trial?skip=1]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that Daniel Penny has been acquitted of the absurd homicide charges against him, perhaps New York City and State officials can be put on trial. They are responsible not only for the death of Jordan Neely, the drug-addicted schizophrenic whom Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Green Grifters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/green-grifters?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another elite-laden conference demonstrates the staggering hypocrisy of climate-change activism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media Is About To Suffer Definitive Discrediting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trumped</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Mac Donald</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mainstream press is about to suffer its most definitive discrediting yet.]]></description>
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