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<title><![CDATA[Joel Achenbach - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19038.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joel Achenbach]]></description><category domain="19038">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[America at 300: Imagining the Next Half-Century]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/07/01/america-300-imagining-next-half-century-change/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Covid Backlash Hobbles Future Pandemic Response]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawsuits and legislation fueled by covid backlash have stripped public health officials of powers, leaving the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fighting to Survive an Epidemic of Self-Destruction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/no-longer-mayberry-a-small-ohio-city-fights-an-epidemic-of-self-destruction/2016/12/29/a95076f2-9a01-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHILLICOTHE, Ohio '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Nine women live in the little house by the railroad tracks. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s early fall, and they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re sharing three bedrooms and a single bathroom. They rise each day at 6 a.m., brush their teeth, eat breakfast together and then get into a van to ride a half-mile to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Washington's Darkest Day: August 24, 1814]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2014/08/23/abf407ae-24bd-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The day began like so many days in Washington, with a painfully long meeting marked by confusion, misinformation and indecision.The British were coming. They were on the march in the general direction of Washington. The precise target of the invaders remained unclear, but their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama and Romney Try to Convince Wisconsin's Undecided Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/wisconsin-the-land-of-persuadable-voters/2012/10/15/db93c9d8-0f32-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[After 2010 Revolt, GOP Finds Itself Stuck]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/heading-into-nh-primary-gop-finds-itself-stuck/2012/01/07/gIQAowoahP_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters here are not exactly witnessing the golden age of political oratory. The Republican candidates have been, at times, predictable, verbose, sullen and combative. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve quoted the Declaration of Independence a lot.Mitt Romney annotates '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America the Beautiful,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Newt...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Gulf Oil Crisis Keeps Getting Worse]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062205391.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An enduring feature of the gulf oil spill is that, even when you think you've heard the worst-case scenario, there's always another that's even more dire.The base-line measures of the crisis have steadily worsened. The estimated flow rate keeps rising. The well is like something...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Growing Debt Sparks Debate and Worry]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120703984.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The boiler room of the ship of state is a sterile chamber on the ninth floor of an unremarkable office building in downtown Washington. Half a dozen staffers sit at computer monitors, staring at incoming data. A voice with a Brooklyn accent squawks over an intercom: "Five minutes to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Partisan Heat Shows No Signs of Cooling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503435.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Achenbach</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The raw emotions of American politics found full-throated voice Tuesday in and around the Capitol. At any given moment, someone was expressing outrage -- or counter-outrage.In the House chamber, Rep. Joe Wilson argued that he should not be reprimanded for shouting "You lie!" at the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defining the Kennedy Mystique]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/29/AR2009082902401.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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