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<title><![CDATA[Christian Schneider - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21086.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Christian Schneider]]></description><category domain="21086">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Most Important of Year]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/03/23/opinion/americas-most-important-election-of-the-year-is-being-held-in-wisconsin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most important election of the year arrives April 1, and will decide who controls the Wisconsin Supreme Court.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, It's Time for You to Dump Hillary Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/16/democrats-its-time-you-dump-hillary-clinton-christian-schneider-column/430158002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you think about it, being a losing presidential candidate is one of the best jobs in America. No matter what you say, you come off way better than your opponent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s portrayal of you as a bloodthirsty gargoyle. You go on late night talk shows and ham it up with hosts who set you up...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Wisconsin, the 'John Doe' Scandal Widens]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/wisconsin-the-surveillance-state/article/2010861</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On May 23, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (WisDOJ) received a call from the state's ethics board. An employee rummaging around in the basement of the building had found a filing cabinet full of material from the now-defunct John Doe investigations into the state's Republican...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Tax Plan Is Right to Kill Individual Mandate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2017/11/22/obamacares-individual-mandate-has-go-republican-tax-plan-is-right-christian-schneider-column/884722001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When congressional Republicans began their first earnest attempt to repeal Obamacare in March, Democrats howled that scuttling the health care law would empower evil insurance companies to soak consumers. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Congressional Republican repeal plan puts insurance companies back in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Overestimate Enthusiasm for Single Payer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/22/obamacare-repeal-implodes-again-democrats-prepping-single-payer-self-destruction-column/689915001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reports of Medicaid's Demise Greatly Exaggerated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/29/concerns-medicaid-cuts-exaggerated-christian-schneider-column/438883001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA["To understand God's thoughts," Florence Nightingale once said, "we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose."'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dumping D.C.'s Bladder Bossiness]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/23/transgender-bathrooms-trump-congress-obama-christian-schneider-column/98310504/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1937, President Franklin Delano Rooseveltcreated the Brownlow Commission, a panel which recommended that the president be granted a full menu of new powers. The commission, acting with Roosevelt's close supervision, proposed the president be granted near-total control of the executive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hypocritical Dems: Obstructionism Is the New Patriotism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2017/01/22/democrats-obstructionism-new-patriotism-christian-schneider/96923632/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats used bleat about GOP attempts to thwart them. Now they've grabbed the mantle.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Trying to Undermine Trump Legitimacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/07/stop-trying-undermine-trump-legitimacy-russia-hack-christian-schneider-column/96260032/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He was properly elected, as were Obama and Bush. This ideological weapon needs to be retired.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Milwaukee Shooting, Consider the Officer]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/christian-schneider/2016/08/15/schneider-milwaukee-shooting-consider-officer/88761866/?djkdfjklsd</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Close your eyes and imagine yourself as a 24-year old African-American police officer in the City of Milwaukee. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On Saturday afternoon, you make a routine traffic stop that results in a young black man fleeing the scene. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' According to the events laid out by Milwaukee Police Chief Ed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Win, GOP Had Better Call Paul Ryan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/to-win-in-2016-gop-better-call-paul-ryan-b99698713z1-374344551.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not wanting the job of president should be a primary qualification for having it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Oliver Eviscerates the Facts on Voter ID]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431551/john-oliver-eviscerates-facts-voter-id</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Shakespeare wrote in King Lear, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Jesters do oft prove prophets.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But this maxim retains the possibility that the best jesters are also sometimes fools. On Sunday, one of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most famous funnymen, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver, ridiculed states that would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dating Tech Spells Doom for Humanity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/dating-technology-spells-doom-for-humanity-b99636781z1-362965071.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tinder and other hookup apps have done to face-to-face dating what Jonas Salk did to polio. And the repercussions are dire.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Toxic Embrace That Ended Christie's Career]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/the-toxic-embrace-that-ended-chris-christies-career-b99611283z1-342167721.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was only a few years ago that the tough-talking governor of New Jersey appeared to be the future standard-bearer for conservatives nationally. His bombastic style led Republicans to search out grainy Internet videos of him yelling at people at town halls. He was Trump before people...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can White People Ever 'Talk Black'?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/can-white-people-ever-talk-black-b99588533z1-330431241.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you are a Caucasian male of a certain age, chances are you have publicly quoted a certain scene from the mid-'80s adolescent classic "Weird Science." In the scene, a character played by Anthony Michael Hall '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the unelected representative of nerdy white teenage boys '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' sits...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Us Back the Real Scott Walker]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/give-us-back-the-real-scott-walker-b99568080z1-324515371.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abortion Word Games Come to an End]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/abortion-word-games-come-to-end-b99547010z1-319535031.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Rep. Chris Taylor took to the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly on July 9, she broke perhaps the most inviolable rule of the abortion movement. In a speech opposing a bill that implemented a ban on abortions 20 weeks after fertilization, Taylor, a former policy director for Planned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Brawl Over Tenure on Wisconsin Campuses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;rlz=1CAHPZY_enUS645US645&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=a%20brawl%20over%20tenure%20on%20wisconsin%20campuses</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a sunny, early summer day, Memorial Union Terrace on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is idyllic. The high, cloudless skies and cool blue water of Lake Mendota serve as a backdrop to coeds drinking beer, sunning themselves and studying for exams.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feingold's Hypocrisy Kind of a Big Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/russ-feingolds-hypocrisy-is-kind-of-a-big-deal-b99521522z1-307907551.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the classic comedy "Anchorman," news Lothario Ron Burgundy introduces himself to prospective co-worker Veronica Corningstone at a pool party by declaring himself to be "kind of a big deal." Chest hair exposed, Burgundy further attempts to lure Corningstone in by telling her, "I have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Russ Feingold Get a Second Act?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/will-russ-feingold-get-a-second-act-b99470189z1-297884461.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trip Through Scott Walker's Brain]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/a-journey-through-gov-scott-walkers-brain-b99450519z1-294460021.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ultimate Lost Cause for WI Unions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/right-to-work-the-ultimate-lost-cause-for-wisconsin-unions-b99451924z1-294128031.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During Chuck Nevitt's undistinguished NBA playing career, he earned the nickname "The Human Victory Cigar," as he only made it onto the court after his team was ahead by an insurmountable margin. The 7-foot-5 center played only 826 minutes over the span of nine NBA seasons, which is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Plagiarism Could Stick to Burke in WI]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/plagiarism-charge-could-stick-to-mary-burke-b99356900z1-276820171.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Mary Burke, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.Just last week, the Marquette University Law poll showed the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in a statistical dead heat with incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But then catastrophe struck, as reports surfaced...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan on How to Help the Poor]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/paul-ryan-talks-about-his-new-book-and-how-to-help-the-poor-b99334139z1-272376801.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the day Paul Davis Ryan was born, the small town of Janesville was abuzz with activity. Mrs. Ellen Thieler of Milton was awarded $51 by her weekly TOPS weight loss group for having lost 51.5 pounds during the year. (She was granted a maroon cape, bouquet of roses and, of course, a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan's Plan to Get America Back on the Road]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/us-rep-paul-ryans-plan-to-get-america-back-on-the-road-b99318184z1-268666592.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walker vs. Burke: A Campaign About Nothing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/scott-walker-and-mary-burke-a-campaign-about-nothing-b99306058z1-266272091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Absent the names, you might think Wisconsin is in the midst of a pretty status quo gubernatorial election. One candidate alleges that the other is an out-of-touch millionaire, willing to sacrifice local jobs at the altar of big business by sending jobs overseas. The other candidate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Republic's Toxic World of Baloney]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/the-new-republics-toxic-world-of-baloney-b99292457z1-263327801.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As one of the handful of people who have written the most about Gov. Scott Walker over the past four years, imagine my surprise when The New Republic advertised a new article promising to expose Walker's "toxic world of racial politics." What new information could TNR have unearthed that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[You Have a Right to Be Offended]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/you-have-a-right-to-be-offended-b99273571z1-260042381.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday night, Grammy Award-winning rapper Macklemore found himself on the hot seat after he appeared onstage in Seattle wearing a disguise some believed incorporated traditional Jewish stereotypes. It immediately became the most offensive thing about Macklemore, at least to those who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pres. Obama Embraces the 'Noble Lie']]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/president-barack-obama-and-the-noble-lie-b99244262z1-254981571.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan's Good Deed Punished by Left]]></title>
							<link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/paul-ryans-good-deed-gets-punished-by-the-left-b99228095z1-251595901.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christian Schneider</author>
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