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							<title><![CDATA[War in Iran Poses Terrible Risks for Global Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/31/war-iran-poses-terrible-risks-global-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The war with Iran will last longer than President Trump anticipated. If politics compel him to withdraw early, then he will do grave damage to our liberty and economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Economy Not Enough To Deliver White House to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/26/bidens-economy-is-not-enough-to-deliver-white-hous/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The economy and the polls have been delivering both good and bad news to President Biden lately, but Republicans have more to worry about than he does.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Biden's Alarmism, Democracy Proved Robust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/23/democracy-still-standsperhaps/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We've had our midterm elections and despite President Biden's alarmism, our democracy proved robust.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stagflation Will Be Biden's Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/7/stagflation-will-be-bidens-legacy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My inbox is stuffed with articles about the prospects for stagflation, but slow growth and runaway prices are descending on America right now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's 'Transformational' Presidency Is Failing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/22/why-bidens-transformational-presidency-is-failing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s transformational presidency is unraveling.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' simply lacks energy and ideas and is surrounded by top officials with resumes that nominally check the boxes on experience but lack the vision to solve big problems.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Policies Hurt Working Class, Enable Populist in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/16/joe-bidens-war-on-the-working-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden offers himself as champion of the working class and minorities, but his policies will leave more jobless and enable Donald Trump or another populist from the right in 2024.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warren Could Become the Next Pied Piper of Decline]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/463076-elizabeth-warren-could-become-the-next-pied-piper-of-american-decline</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Her ideas sound reasonable but will not solve the root causes of modern economic insecurity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why College Is a Waste for Many High School Graduates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/23/why-college-waste-many-high-school-graduates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Across the country, millions of families are preparing to send their 18-year-olds off to college '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' for many, this will be the worst thing they ever did to their children.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why America Needs a Border Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/25/why-america-needs-a-border-wall/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America needs a border wall and tighter enforcement, but it is likely to get neither because Democrats have chosen to cynically use immigration policy to boost their electoral prospects and the courts are not likely to uphold President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s declaration of a national emergency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Britain Should Just Quit Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/25/why-britain-should-just-quit-europe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The European Union is failing. Across the continent ordinary folks are rebelling against elites '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' those modern-day aristocrats who attended the most prestigious universities and have dominated the continent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s center-left parties and governments since World War II.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Foolish to Oppose the Kavanaugh Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/8/a-reasonable-man-under-siege/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A reasonable man under siege]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Win a Trade War With China]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/19/how-to-win-trade-war-with-china.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades, China has waged a trade war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'targeting U.S. industries and stealing jobs from ordinary American workers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Final Battleground With China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/13/the-final-battleground-with-china/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Muzzling Social Media Is No Answer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/defending-democracy-is-a-good-goal-but-using-censo/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paying for the Nation's Infrastructure Needs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/19/how-donald-trumps-infrastructure-plan-will-require/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Immigration Plan Is a Sound Start for a Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-immigration-plan-is-a-sound-start-for-an-ultimate-compromise-2018-02-13</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As promised in the recent budget negotiations, the Senate is engaged in an open debate on the status of Dreamers, the young adults who were brought into the country as children illegally by their parents, and broader immigration reform and enforcement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Lose Elections Because of Belief America Is Flawed]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/7/democrats-lose-elections-because-of-belief-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton recently asserted she was cheated from victory in the final weeks of the presidential campaign by Jim Comey's decision to reopen the FBI investigation into her emails and Russian interference. This is terribly sad because it encourages congressional Democrats to continue...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. Trump, Free Trade Has Failed. Here's How to Get It Right]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/11/29/mr-trump-know-that-free-trade-has-failed-us-heres-how-to-finally-get-trade-right.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Free trade has failed America, and nothing would do more to restore economic growth than finally getting international trade right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??especially with China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wheels Are Coming Off Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/28/the_wheels_are_coming_off_obamacare_132180.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Obamacare is becoming a nightmare. Health insurance premiums will jump an average of 22 percent in 2017, and federal spending to assist moderate income families is spinning out of control.
For Democrats, the answers are simple'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'raise taxes on the wealthy to further subsidize a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Remains a Long Shot]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/09/21/why_trump_remains_a_long_shot_131852.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has surged in national polls but his prospects for winning the presidency remain dim.
His weakness among suburban voters, especially women, leaves him trailing by about 7 points in Pennsylvania, and it is tough to construct a plausible scenario giving him the 270 electoral...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Genius of Trump's Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/08/29/genius-trumps-foreign-policy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party foreign policy establishment has joined Democrats in roundly criticizing Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s background and undiplomatic temperament.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Hillary Gets Wrong About Our 'Moment of Reckoning']]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/08/02/what-hillary-gets-wrong-about-americas-moment-reckoning.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??s economy is a mess and social fabric is fraying. It's Donald Trump not Hillary Clinton who offers a better way forward.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 'Not Trump' Republicans Must Embrace to Win in Nov.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/04/11/what-not-trump-republicans-must-embrace-to-win-in-november.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Establishment Republicans may be able to stop Donald Trump from winning the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination, but their stalking horse, Ted Cruz, is hardly a party favorite and could be denied at the Cleveland convention too.Polls indicate all the mud throwing between Trump and Cruz has helped...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Good Jobs Are Too Few, Wages So Poor]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/08/why_good_jobs_are_too_few_wages_so_poor_129239.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are justified to be angry about the economic recovery. As President Obama enters his final year, good-paying jobs remain scarce and family incomes are down about $1,650 on his watch.
Since Ronald Reagan ran the country, the availability of attractive employment has been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Better Off With a Republican President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/30/peter-morici-better-off-with-a-republican-presiden/?page=all</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton wants Americans to believe the economy does better with a Democratic president than a Republican in the White House '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that is simply false.Unless a president presides over an absolute economic disaster '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' as did George W. Bush or Herbert Hoover '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' comparing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Poverty of Obama's Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/18/the_poverty_of_obamas_foreign_policy_126625.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has proclaimed Hillary Clinton an effective Secretary of State. All along, it must have been the plan for Russia to seize the eastern Ukraine, Beijing to build airstrips and assert sovereignty over international shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and Iran to have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Corporate Tax Raid a Bad Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/02/obamas_corporate_tax_raid_a_bad_idea_125469.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Posturing as champion of needed public investments and fairness, President Obama wants new taxes on the overseas earnings of American businesses. That would kill jobs and punish retired Americans.
Although special deals permit some corporations to pay low taxes, most pay a heavy burden....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Greeks Should Dump the Euro]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/26/now_greeks_should_dump_the_euro_125393.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By electing Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras to be premier, Greeks voted to end the draconian economic measures imposed by Germany and other international lenders. After the dust settles, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will either backpedal on the austerity imposed on Athens or accept...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Printing Money Won't Save Moribund European Economies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/23/printing_money_wont_save_moribund_european_economies_125351.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank has announced a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¬').';'60 billion ($69 billion) monthly government bond buying program'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Quantitative Easing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but that won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t do much for the moribund continental economy.
Central banks can print money to purchase government bonds to push up prices and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Bent on Soak-the-Rich Schemes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/20/obama_bent_on_soak-the-rich_schemes_125325.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Morici</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address, President Obama will propose much he knows the Republican-controlled Congress will not enact, but his real agenda is to set the table for Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2016 presidential campaign.
Once again, the president will propose soaking the rich with...]]></description>
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