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<title><![CDATA[Frank Beckmann - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17101.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Beckmann]]></description><category domain="17101">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Climate Change Diversion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140509/OPINION01/305090004/0/OPINION01/Obama-s-climate-change-diversion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration&rsquo;s war on affordable energy ramped up a major notch this week with release of the government&rsquo;s latest guess about future weather events, something it calls the &ldquo;National Climate Assessment.&rdquo;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Double Standard on &quot;Coming Out&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130503/OPINION03/305030314/1008/OPINION01/Jason-Collins-exposes-media-double-standard-coming-out-</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I've been waiting a while to get this off my chest so please allow me to now publicly reveal that I am heterosexual, like golf and the long putter, Northern Michigan vacations, Jolly Ranchers, Zone Bars, and am more comfortable wearing jeans or shorts as opposed to more formal dress...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Costs of CAFE Standards]]></title>
							<link>http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120831/OPINION03/208310333/1008/opinion01/The-hidden-costs-CAFE-standards</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Obscured in the news of the Republican convention and Hurricane Isaac this week was the dream come true for the environmental crowd, activation of the new corporate average fuel economy standards from the EPA.Automakers will be forced to double the fuel efficiency of their vehicles to a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Wrong to Lean on Ford]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20110930/OPINION03/109300331/1008/opinion01/White-House-wrong-to-lean-on-Ford</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One would think the Obama White House has enough to worry about &mdash; with unemployment at more than 9 percent, a housing market that remains depressed, and a new stimulus spending plan that is failing to gain support from Democrats and Republicans &mdash; that it wouldn't worry about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only Growth Will Fix America's Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20110805/OPINION03/108050337/1008/opinion01/Government-can%E2%80%99t-fix-the-economy--only-markets-can</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The supposed crisis was averted this week when Congress approved and President Obama signed a bill that increases the U.S. debt limit.Now the question is: What next?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Detroit's Slide: How Far We Have Fallen]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20110325/OPINION03/103250342/1008/OPINION01/Handouts-are-to-blame-for-Detroit%E2%80%99s-steady-slide</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For anyone from Michigan it was sad to learn that our biggest city, Detroit, is now smaller than Columbus, Ohio.Columbus? Really?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Real Security Means Better Profiling]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20101126/OPINION03/11260329/1008/opinion01/Enhance-airport-security-with-better-profiling</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation has been in an uproar ever since the Transportation Security Administration implemented new screening procedures at major airports.Predictably, Americans are not comfortable with an imaging procedure that allows a complete stranger to view their naked body profile and offers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bold Action Needed to Fix Michigan]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20101112/OPINION03/11120320/1008/opinion01/Bold-action-needed-to-fix-Michigan</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So what exactly is this bipartisanship that politicians in Lansing &mdash; and editorial writers in the press &mdash; have been clamoring about ever since Rick Snyder was elected Michigan's next governor?State Democratic Party chairman Mark Brewer has already distanced his caucus from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michigan Can't Afford 'Obama Democrats']]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20100910/OPINION03/9100327/1008/OPINION01/Michigan-can-t-afford--Obama-Democrats-</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's latest electioneering ploys remind us why Americans increasingly disapprove of his job performance and why Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is such a long-shot to win the Michigan governor's race in November.Obama has proposed yet another round of stimulus -- though he won't...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Unemployment Fix is Needed]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20100723/OPINION03/7230336/1008/opinion01/Beckmann--New-unemployment-fix-is-needed</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate has now passed, and the House is sure to concur with an affirmative vote quickly, an expansion of unemployment benefits that moves our country further in the image of Western Europe.The latest measure will pay jobless people a weekly stipend for up to 99 weeks now and was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Drilling Rules Part of Unclear Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20100402/OPINION03/4020335/1008/OPINION01/New-drilling-rules-part-of-unclear-energy-plan</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's confused energy policy got a little murkier this week through mixed signals from the White House, but Americans can be rest assured of one thing -- Washington's efforts will cost them more money.President Obama -- channeling Sarah Palin's "Drill Baby, Drill" philosophy --...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Misguided Policies: Obama Doesn't Quit]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20100129/OPINION03/1290342/1008/opinion01/Obama-doesn-t-quit-on-pushing-same-agenda</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most revelatory words from President Barack Obama's State of the Union address came near the end when he uttered, "I don't quit." It's something to remember when digesting his incongruous remarks to the nation this week. The president re-emphasized just about every major point of his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Identifying Source of Terror Threat is Key]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20100108/OPINION03/1080334/1008/OPINION01/Identifying-source-of-terror-threat-remains-key-to-winning-the-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All of us in Metro Detroit are thankful that accused terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was unable to detonate the explosives in his undershorts on the Christmas journey of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. But with such a call so close to home, it raises concerns...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pols Are Creating, Not Correcting a Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20091218/OPINION03/912180342/1008/opinion01/Is-health-care-reform-a-gift-or-lump-of-coal?</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the U.S. Senate continues its secret crafting of its version of health care legislation, the lawmakers ignore the growing number of Americans opposing their efforts. A Rasmussen poll puts the number at 56 percent against the proposal, while a Real Clear Politics compilation of six...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Characterize Obama's Fuel Rules?]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20090918/OPINION03/909180331/1008/opinion01/What-would-Joe-Wilson-say-of-Obama-s-auto-fuel-rules?</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Under the new guidelines for decorum in the U.S. House, Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., has advised members that their free speech should exclude terms like "liar" and "hypocrite" in referring to statements by President Barack Obama. So I'll refrain from using those...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC Shouldn't Dismiss Growing Discontent]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20090814/OPINION03/908140325/1008/OPINION01/Politicians-dismiss-health-dissidents-at-their-peril</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two weeks worth of town hall meetings by Washington politicians have led to national discussion about drastic changes in the nation's health care system. If health care is the topic on my WJR talk show, the phone lines light up immediately and stay that way, mostly from citizens -- some...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Bill Gives Huge Powers to Govt]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/article/20090703/OPINION03/907030334/1008/OPINION01/Climate-bill-gives-huge-powers-to-government</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Beckmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Independence Day has always been observed in the United States as a celebration of our freedom from rule of the United Kingdom. Our Founding Fathers created a Constitution that insured that Americans would live freely, able to pursue their own happiness. They never could have imagined...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Blunder of Populism Over Principle]]></title>
							<link>http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/OPINION03/810100304/1008/OPINION01</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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