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<title><![CDATA[James Piereson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17390.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Piereson]]></description><category domain="17390">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Is Court Packing Constitutional? Don't Be So Sure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-court-packing-constitutional-dont-be-so-sure-0e602345?st=tvc3hA</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The precedents don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t support what the Democrats want to do, which would be an assault on the separation of powers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lost World of the Founding Fathers]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/article/the-lost-world-of-the-founding-fathers/?gift=0697fda5ac94</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America lost one of its foremost historians in June when Gordon S. Wood was killed in an automobile accident near his home in Providence, Rhode Island.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Smart Move To Cut Nonprofit Funding]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-funding-nonprofit-charities?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reducing their reliance on public dollars would restore nonprofits' independence and make them more accountable to the communities they serve.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Indispensable President]]></title>
							<link>https://freebeacon.com/america/the-indispensable-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence, signed and issued to the public 250 years ago this month, was the banner under which the American Revolution was fought.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Age of Friedman]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/18/the_age_of_friedman_154237.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The following remarks were delivered on receiving the Milton Friedman Award at the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Pacific Research Institute in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' June 16, 2026.
It is a special honor to receive an award named for Milton Friedman, pathbreaking economist, friend and advocate for liberty, fierce debater...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brexit Is Not the Cause of Britain's Woes]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/brexit-is-not-the-cause-of-britains-woes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on European economic troubles.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eliminating Wokeness at Universities a Long-Term Battle]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/05/17/opinion/wokeness-and-dei-are-still-very-much-alive-in-higher-education/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ballots went out last month for leadership positions at the American Sociological Association. Here's some advice for candidates: Emphasize your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion credentials.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JFK's Revenge]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/jfks-revenge/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on American attempts to overthrow Cuba's Communist regime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On the Consequences of Louisiana v. Callais Decision]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/the-supreme-court-strikes-down-race-based-districting/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court strikes down race-based districting]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defying Decline]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/defying-decline/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family, by Timothy S. Goeglein.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taking On the Status Quo in Washington Does Not Mean Doom]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/jonpear84612403/status/2032445266905714773</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That's what they said when the Supreme Court previewed the Dobbs decision in 2022. "You can't do that, " they said. "The world will end; the clocks will be turned back on women's rights; all manner of horrors will take place." In the event, the Court handed down the decision, returned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can College Sports Be Saved?]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/coaches-against-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on the politicization of college sports.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DEI Activism Could Be Pushing Donors Away]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/dei-philanthropy-progressive-nonprofits-robert-wood-johnson-foundation?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities have transformed nonprofit governance into ideological enforcement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight Higher Ed Indoctrination Without Censorship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/fight-leftist-indoctrination-in-higher-education-without-censorship/ar-AA1VO0yx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is difficult, especially in higher education, for legislatures to control the academic curriculum while maintaining a veneer of academic freedom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Socialism Is a Hate Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/socialism-is-a-hate-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[t is remarkable that, despite its long record of failure, socialism is now more popular than ever among college students and in progressive precincts of the Democratic Party, at least judging by the cult status of figures such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Norman Podhoretz: The Undeceived]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/norman-podhoretz-commentary-conservatism?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remembering the great essayist and thinker]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Freedom Fighters]]></title>
							<link>https://freebeacon.com/culture/a-tale-of-two-freedom-fighters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On June 19, 1964, one year from the day President John F. Kennedy introduced it, the Civil Rights Act won final approval in the United States Senate, clearing the way two weeks later for President Lyndon Johnson's signature. The vote in the Senate was 73 to 27, several votes clear of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On the Economic Fallout of Biden's Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/blame-biden-for-the-affordability-crisis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the economic fallout of the Biden administration's policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An End to the Rights Revolution?]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/an-end-to-the-rights-revolution/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on a recent Supreme Court case on race-based congressional districts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Private Foundations 'Partner' To Fund Disorder]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/opinion/stop-private-foundations-from-partnering-to-fund-deadly-government-criminal-justice-policies/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why was Decarlos Brown Jr. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with a long and violent rap sheet, not to mention severe mental illness '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' free to stab Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on a Charlotte light-rail train last month?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What, to the New York Times, Is the 4th of July?]]></title>
							<link>https://tomklingenstein.com/what-to-the-new-york-times-is-the-fourth-of-july/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The principles of the founding are a universal moral standard, or they are an exercise in rank hypocrisy. The Times cannot have it both ways.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gates Makes a Bet: Foundations of Future Free Market]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3443762/foundations-of-future-free-market-bill-gates-foundation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates is closing the doors of his foundation in 20 years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Buckley's Life on the Firing Line]]></title>
							<link>https://freebeacon.com/culture/buckleys-life-on-the-firing-line/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When William F. Buckley Jr. died in 2008, the United States lost its most articulate champion of conservative ideas. Over the course of a 60-year career in the public eye, Buckley did just about everything: published books and articles, lectured, wrote a newspaper column, edited a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American Conservatism: The Road Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/bradley-prize-american-conservatism-ronald-reagan?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A look at its insurgent past and future]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch's Fraudulent Attack]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/diane-ravitchs-fraudulent-attack/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on Ravitch's assault on school reform and the John M. Olin Foundation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Likely To Win His Fight With Universities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-administration-universities-federal-funding-grants-anti-semitism?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It holds many cards, and it seems determined to play them all.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the Democratic Party Violating Civil-Rights Law?]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/is-the-democratic-party-violating-civil-rights-law/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Piereson on constitutionality &amp; the DNC's delegate-selection rules.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the Supreme Court Rein In Racial Gerrymandering?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/louisiana-v-callais-race-gerrymandering-voting-rights-act?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Louisiana v. Callais, the justices will have a chance to restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act to its original purpose.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Colleges Must Confront a Problem of Their Own Making]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-columbia-funding-anti-semitism-bias-universities?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The federal government has some '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'legitimate concerns,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' said Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' last week, after the Trump administration announced the withdrawal of $400 million in federal grants because, it claimed, Columbia had not addressed rampant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Problem in Washington D.C.]]></title>
							<link>https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/too-many-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Piereson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Department of Government Efficiency is turning over the rocks in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capital, every day revealing some ridiculous federal expenditure for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' DEI'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' programs in Serbia,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' LGBTQ+ comic books in Guatemala, and climate programs everywhere. These abuses, as...]]></description>
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