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							<title><![CDATA[America&rsquo;s Campus Left Is Hateful to Its Core]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-campus-left-is-hateful-to-its-core-eec348bf?st=pXT8XD</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Its ideology isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t about governance but about pitting different groups of people against each other.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Breaking Up the Left's Monopoly on College Faculty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-public-needs-campus-viewpoint-diversity-colleges-universities-higher-education-politics-365af482?st=Bet3ST</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The radical-left monopoly is a threat to America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s democracy, institutions and national well-being.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory Is an Inversion of History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-is-an-inversion-of-history-tribalism-racism-empire-slavery-6334d784?st=BABXTz</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tribalism and racism were universal until Britons and Americans developed a new way of thinking.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Ed Has Become a Threat to America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-ed-has-become-a-threat-to-america-antisemitism-dei-college-f52bb0b5?mod=opinion_lead_pos5</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our corrupt, radical universities feed every scourge from censorship and crime to antisemitism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the Jacksonians]]></title>
							<link>https://41jellis.medium.com/the-jacksonians-dd5dee06f65a</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get much coverage, but last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Fox News Poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' perfectly captured the state of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination with one remarkable data point. To wit: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Only 13% of GOP primary voters say they would never vote for Donald...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Decline of Higher Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/the-decline-of-higher-education</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the nineteen fifties and nineteen sixties, academic-freedom disputes routinely took a particular shape. In a small town, somewhere in the heartland, there would be a college campus on which a young academic loudly voiced his opinions on controversial matters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'mostly political, but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Four Illusions]]></title>
							<link>https://41jellis.medium.com/four-illusions-b9e95e1bca68</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People who have been around American politics for a long time know Joe Biden well. The eldest among them have known Joe Biden for nearly five'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decades. What they will tell you is that he didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seem to age during his two terms as vice president. If you look at video of Biden 2016...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[41% Wrecks Dems' Confidence, Biden Camp's Narrative]]></title>
							<link>https://41jellis.medium.com/forty-one-percent-a70c68a4dc22</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Forty-one percent.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been covering American politics for a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' long'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' time and I can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t remember a number that so dramatically altered the political community'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s perception of a presidential campaign as that number did, last night, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Bloomberg Thinks He Can Defy Odds, Win Dem Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/26/why-mike-bloomberg-thinks-he-can-win-the-democratic-nomination.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Bloomberg's candidacy isn't as hopeless as some have suggested, writes John Ellis. It's a long shot, for sure. But most presidential candidacies are long shots, until they're not.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Cancel Culture' Targets Drew Brees]]></title>
							<link>https://pjmedia.com/faith/the-cancel-culture-targets-drew-brees-after-discovering-the-qbs-association-with-focus-on-the-family/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Liberals are outraged to see New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees in a Bring Your Bible to School Day video associated with Focus on the Family.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chappelle's Netflix Special Is PC Culture's Worst Nightmare]]></title>
							<link>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/dave-chappelles-netflix-special-is-the-pc-cultures-worst-nightmare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Netflix has released comedian Dave Chappelle's latest stand-up special. Throughout his nearly hour-long set, Chappelle demonstrates that he may be the most fearless celebrity in America. At one point or another, every viewer will be offended. At most points, though, viewers will not only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Netflix in Trouble? Yes]]></title>
							<link>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/is-netflix-in-trouble/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Technology changes and technology changes us. Likewise, Netflix has changed our TV viewing habits and, if history holds true, Netflix itself is bound to change and give way to newer technology. And that day may be coming sooner rather than later for Netflix.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ban Secularism and Fatherlessness, Not Guns]]></title>
							<link>https://pjmedia.com/faith/ban-secularism-fatherlessness-not-guns/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those steeped in the moral vacuum of secularism are looking for solutions in all the wrong places.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan's Catastrophic Lack of Political Skill and Judgment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/paul_ryans_catastrophic_lack_of_political_skill_and_judgment.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that a competent lawyer never asks a question in court to which he doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t already know the answer. And likewise, a competent political leader never puts a piece of legislation up for a vote without having a good idea of what the vote will be. But when Paul Ryan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Collapse of CNN]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/08/17/the-collapse-of-cnn/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What's wrong with CNN?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Rewind to 1991, the first night of the First Gulf War.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  American attack planes are dropping laser-guided missiles on strategic targets in Baghdad.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  CNN, with Peter Arnett reporting from Baghdad and Bernard Shaw anchoring from the US, owns the story.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  So...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New York Times Hosts Media Fire Sale]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/08/10/nyt-hosts-media-fire-sale/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Long recessions are great for rich companies; everything's cheaper and there's a lot for sale. Long recessions are hell on weak companies; they become sellers in a buyer's market and liquidity "issues" require that they sell their best assets first.Combine a massively disruptive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tipping Point]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/11/the_tipping_point_114438.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast their presidential ballots for Sen. Barack Obama. That was more than he needed to win. Today, according to the most recent FOX News poll, 35 percent of white voters say that they support President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s re-election. This is what makes the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Number That Will Matter In Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnellis/the-number-that-will-matter-in-wisconsin-5krk</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin special gubernatorial recall election next Tuesday is the most important election of the campaign season to date. It will tell us a lot about the 2012 presidential race. And there will be policy repercussions because of it, in states all across the country.At issue is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Games of Chicken]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/27/games_of_chicken_114292.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ezra Klein has a smart piece on the four policy makers whose decisions may well determine the outcome of the 2012 US presidential election. The basic premise of the piece is that the outcome of the Eurozone crisis will tip the balance between President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s re-election or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Some Dems Fretting Over Team Obama's Ineptitude]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/15/why_some_dems_are_fretting_over_team_obama_114151.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a balmy night in early June of 1986, a successful business executive and two-term Congressman named Ed Zschau won the GOP nomination for US Senate in California. Seen by professionals as the rising star of California Republican politics, Zschau defeated a divided primary field of more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without a Larger Argument Romney Will Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnellis/wheres-romneys-alternative-5krk</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When we elected Senator Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008, we assumed that he understood this. To pretend otherwise, after all, was to deny basic arithmetic.Everybody understands that the social model we inhabit, which Mr. Mead calls Big Blue, is bankrupt. The deficits and unfunded...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Question of the Moment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/09/the_question_of_the_moment_112336.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Actually, it's two questions. Question #1 is: Can Newt Gingrich win the GOP presidential nomination? Question #2 is: what does he need to do to close the sale?
The answer to the first question is yes, he can win.
These are terrifying times. The global financial system hangs in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Campaign Sends a Message]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/10/09/romney_campaign_sends_a_message_107499.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney began his career as a management consultant. He was very, very good at it. From there, he rose to guide one of the nation's leading private equity firms (Bain Capital), and he was very, very good at that as well. One of the keys to Romney's business success was that he always...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Palin Cranking Up 2012 Campaign?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/12/palin_cranks_up_2012_campaign.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin cranked up her 2012 presidential campaign another notch last week, with the release of a campaign video aimed directly at women. The basic math is simple. If she gets half of the female primary voters and caucus attenders to support her, then she standing starts at roughly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Reckoning and The Restructuring]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/14/will_obama_address_the_grand_narrative_100284.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mickey Kaus has a funny piece about "saving" the Obama presidency.  It was written after this piece appeared in The Financial Times. The point being that "fixing" presidencies follows a time-honored script and that the last box checked, at least in consensus media circles, is "hire David...]]></description>
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