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<title><![CDATA[Melinda Henneberger - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16683.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Melinda Henneberger]]></description><category domain="16683">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Weren't the Cornell Allegations Taken Seriously?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/08/why_werent_the_cornell_allegations_taken_seriously.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Somewhere there exists a woman who could see that disgusting group chat urging others to come and get in on some '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'free pussy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'whip it out, boys'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' at that Cornell Chi Phi frat party and assume after the most perfunctory possible investigation that the whole thing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Real &lsquo;Heritage Americans&rsquo; at Haskell Indian Nations University Deserve Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/24/heritage_americans_haskell_indian_nations_university_deserve_better_154534.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump wants to give the real'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'heritage Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a 90% budget cut next year.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Of course, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s budget is only a wish list. But that this is what he wishes for the Native students at already sanctioned and chronically underfunded'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Haskell Indian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Watching &lsquo;No One Cares About Crazy People&rsquo; Will Change You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/21/watching_no_one_cares_about_crazy_people_will_change_you_154433.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First, is it true that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'No One Cares About Crazy People'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the title of both Gail Freedman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s important new documentary and the bestselling book by Ron Powers that inspired it?
You may remember that last year on Fox &amp; Friends, Brian Kilmeade suggested this simple...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Graham and the Post-Mortem Beating of the Corpse]]></title>
							<link>https://kansascitystack.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-and-the-ritual-post</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Would you like to hear about my interactions with the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham during my 20 years as a reporter in Washington, D.C.? Didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think so, and anyway, what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s on my mind is Lindsey Graham and you.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vietnam Nurse Who Came Home to Silence Helped Get Us to 250, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/03/vietnam_nurse_who_came_home_to_silence_helped_get_us_to_250_154298.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some Americans who have always celebrated the anniversary of our country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s independence see us losing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' independence'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' so'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' much'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' else'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' eve'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of our 250th. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t in the mood for a parade.
But maybe this is a good time to remind us of one chapter of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Platner Problem: When Principles Meet Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/12/the_platner_problem_when_principles_meet_power_154215.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first time I remember being told that our two major parties had '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'few major differences,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' I was seated next to Ralph Nader on a plane for a story I was doing on him just ahead of the 2000 presidential election. He was the Green Party alternative to Al Gore and George W. Bush...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spare Me the Surprise When Platner Disappoints]]></title>
							<link>https://kansascitystack.substack.com/p/then-and-now-on-left-and-right-the</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And if I'm shirty about Graham Platner -- yes, I am -- it's because I've been having this conversation since the 90s.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a Split Among Fans Over Stephen Colbert]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/21/theres_a_split_among_fans_over_stephen_colbert.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For me, peak Colbert has been what he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s done with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Late Show'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' since he got fired. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s akin to the way Republican Gov. George Ryan cleared death row in my home state of Illinois on his way to prison: With nothing to lose, the man was at his absolute best.
But in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How &lsquo;Trumpian&rsquo; of the Left To Go After Susan Collins&rsquo; Tremor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/12/how_trumpian_of_the_left_to_go_after_susan_collins_tremor_154113.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who is up for reelection in Maine, was hounded into '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'admitting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that she has an essential tremor, as if she had stolen from a children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s charity or failed to disclose her side hustle in heroin. Then came the online high-fives and bows over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Making Rome Great Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/23/donald_trump_making_rome_great_again_154058.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every time there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a headline that the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' war in Iran may be winding down,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' bombs go off'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and wind it right back up again. So maybe I shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t say that the president has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cooled his jets when it comes to the pope, but he has taken a break from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' going off on the Holy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Trump's Blasphemous Image, Battle With Pope Leo]]></title>
							<link>https://kansascitystack.substack.com/p/trump-is-doing-everything-in-his</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is doing everything in his power to make the case for himself as the anti-Christ.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How &lsquo;Giant&rsquo; Reopens the Question of Roald Dahl]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/07/how_giant_reopens_the_question_of_roald_dahl_154015.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of course you walk into Broadway'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Music Box Theater to see '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Giant'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' knowing that you are going to see that nice John Lithgow in a show about children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s author Roald Dahl'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s howling antisemitism; at these prices, everyone who is there very much wants to be. Yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo Pushes Back vs. Trump, Hegseth's Jesus]]></title>
							<link>https://kansascitystack.substack.com/p/pope-leo-says-god-does-not-listen</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was only a year ago this month that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'joked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d pick himself to succeed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Pope Francis: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d like to be pope,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he told reporters, later'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' posting that wildly disrespectful AI-generated picture of himself'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in full papal regalia....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Wait 60 Years To Accuse Cesar Chavez?]]></title>
							<link>https://kansascitystack.substack.com/p/why-did-dolores-huerta-wait-60-years</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But wherever there is a great and glorious leader, there is danger of abuse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chiefs Get &lsquo;Massive Giveaway&rsquo; While Woman Gets Tone-Policed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/12/chiefs_get_massive_giveaway_while_woman_gets_tone-policed.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You may or may not have heard that the Kansas City Chiefs want to move to Kansas. (Actually, you may have thought they were already in Kansas.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump thought so'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' when he congratulated the wrong state on one of its Super Bowl wins, but Arrowhead Stadium is in Missouri.)'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jimmy Lai and the Price of Telling the Truth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/10/jimmy_lai_and_the_price_of_telling_the_truth_153823.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dozens of those lined up outside the Hong Kong court where Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years on Monday had been there all night, keeping vigil. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d camped out so as to be in position to put themselves at risk by standing with Lai, whose only crime was publishing pro-democracy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Supporters: Is He Really &lsquo;Fit for Office&rsquo;?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/17/trump_supporters_is_he_really_fit_for_office__153641.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remember when MAGA Republicans said that anyone so hateful as to blame Charlie Kirk for his own murder should be out of a job? Firefighters, teachers, and active-duty military personnel were fired as a result.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
If the principle behind that outrage still holds, does it also apply to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kansas &lsquo;Women Who Wait for Justice&rsquo; Are a Lot Like Epstein Victims]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/12/kansas_women_who_wait_for_justice_like_epstein_victims_153626.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[KANSAS CITY, KANSAS'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'A vigil at dawn, on the empty square in front of City Hall earlier this week, was led by the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'women who wait for justice,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a year after 71-year-old former detective Roger Golubski shot himself in the head rather than face them in court, on what would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The &lsquo;Clubby World&rsquo; That Killed the Epstein Story]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/18/the_clubby_world_that_killed_the_epstein_story_153541.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Jeffrey Epstein'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s victims ever get any measure of the justice they deserve, it will be, as so many others have said, thanks to their own guts and to the reporter-with-a-bone efforts of Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald. In 2018, she began exposing his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'cult-like network of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Price of Public Service in an Age of Hate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/11/the_price_of_public_service_in_an_age_of_hate_153515.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How bad could it be to earn $174,000 a year in what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s increasingly a no-show job? One that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s exceedingly tough to do well but that any fool can do poorly, often with no consequences, since once you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been there for a couple of years, you can probably hold on forever?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s Conservative About Knocking Down the East Wing?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/23/whats_conservative_about_knocking_down_the_east_wing_153438.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m trying to think what could be less conservative than knocking down much of the East Wing of the White House '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' formerly the People'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s House '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to make it more like Versailles.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
This, after Donald Trump promised he would do no such thing. But were we supposed to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm No Fan of Trump, But I Don&rsquo;t Shun His Supporters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/08/to_me_trump_is_worst_so_why_dont_i_shun_his_supporters___153377.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Dominican priest in Chicago who said he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d spent the day helping a young U.S. citizen who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d been beaten by ICE agents after he was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'detained for walking on his own sidewalk on his way to his home'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' posted some video of tear gas.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he wrote,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s Respond to Kirk&rsquo;s Murder by Listening as Well as Speaking]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/23/lets_respond_to_kirks_murder_listening_as_well_as_speaking_153320.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, after a couple of local public school teachers were suspended for speaking ill of Charlie Kirk on social media, the University of Missouri warned the school'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nearly 10,000 employees in a be-afraid-be-very-afraid email to mind what they say, and not only on the job or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rape and Resilience in Sacramento's 'Snake Pit']]></title>
							<link>https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article265658236.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just outside the stretch of homeless hell known by its residents as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the snake pit,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Duane has been sleeping in his Saturn for the last three nights. And God willing, he says, he won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be sticking around for a fourth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Closing Crisis Pregnancy Centers Hurts the Poor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/sacramento-crisis-pregnancy-centers-closed-120000868.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Sen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elizabeth Warren has said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that she wants every single crisis pregnancy center in the country shuttered, and has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' introduced legislation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that she hopes will accomplish that goal. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Those crisis pregnancy centers that are there to fool people who are looking...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[West Wing's Sheen: Trump Stranger Than TV Fiction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/28/west-wing-escapism-martin-sheen-interview-donald-trump-column/3746508001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA['West Wing' is my escape from the Trump era. Its TV public servants know what the right thing is and they're on speaking terms with their better angels.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Shouldn't Attack Barrett Over Her Faith]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/26/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise-catholic-democratic-bigotry-column/3549734001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You cannot fight bigotry with bigotry. Indulging it won't get us a more tolerant America.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Weinstein Verdict: A New Era For Sex Assault Survivors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/24/weinstein-guilty-verdict-new-day-sexual-assault-survivors-column/4858043002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m sure I wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the only one concerned that Harvey Weinstein would skate. But his lawyer asked jurors to do what they knew was right '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and they did.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Attacks on Biden Are False, But He's Losing My Vote]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/11/25/joe-biden-fight-donald-trump-on-hunter-corruption-column/4285597002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you're not going to fight this flat-out nonsense as many times as it takes, why should I believe you are best prepared to take on Donald Trump?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Visit Home After Leaving the Church]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/home-visit-year-after-leaving-church?fbclid=IwAR1vBLgHTxA5u6qGH_hUCl5emUgkizARY1YW6crV1ElcuCwIIOs1D4bAkaY</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Melinda Henneberger</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It mostly felt good to be back at home, even though I don't live there anymore.Michael Murphy, who organized this fall's Catholic Imagination Conference on the future of the Catholic liter...]]></description>
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