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							<title><![CDATA[Still No Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/05/23/there-remains-no-evidence-of-trump-russia-collusion/#6e10710d242c</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Where is the evidence of President Trump's collusion with Russia?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[True Patriots Stop Train Wrecks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/29/true_patriots_stop_train_wrecks_120492.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ted Cruz&rsquo;s filibuster and the House Freshmen&rsquo;s battle against Obama Care have drawn media derision and establishment Republican &ldquo;I told you so&rsquo;s.&rdquo; Suicide-vest, unhinged, insane, extortionist, and Astroturf metaphors dominated political discourse as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Food Stamps: Our Problem Is Obesity, Not Hunger]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/24/food_stamps_problem_is_obesity_not_hunger_120071.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout history, politicians have fabricated crises to justify their own solution to the crisis they themselves dreamed up. History is strewn with non-existent crises &ndash; the population bomb, global cooling, resource depletion,  freon destroying the ozone layer, and so on  &ndash;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Declares Himself Dictator]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/19/putin_declares_himself_dictator__119297.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alexei Navalny&rsquo;s five-year prison sentence on fabricated charges removes Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s last political opponent from the scene. Navalny was charged with stealing a small amount of money during the course of giving pro-bono legal advice to a regional government on the sale...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China Is About To Make A Mistake That May Rival One Child Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/15/china_is_about_to_make_a_mistake_that_may_rival_one_child_policy_119217.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China avoided the world recession that started in 2009. The wise communist party, we are told, ramped up infrastructure spending &ndash; unimpeded by the need for licenses, court reviews, or rights of way. The government pumped in just enough infrastructure spending to maintain...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Asterisk Presidency]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/08/obamas_asterisk_presidency_119113.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The notorious asterisk (&#42;) is applied to discredited sports records. Lance Armstrong&rsquo;s seven Tour de France victories have been followed by an &#42; in the record books since his admission of doping. Richard Nixon is modern history&rsquo;s only asterisk President. His &#42; denotes the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Timeline of IRS Targeting Of Conservative Groups]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/26/the_timeline_of_irs_targeting_of_conservative_groups_118980.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The timeline shows the IRS&rsquo;s targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and of public statements about such tax-exempt groups by the President, White House officials, and the Democratic National Committee by date.
The main findings of this timeline: The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why The Financial Press Buys Into A Non-Existent Keynesian Consensus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/13/why_the_financial_press_buys_into_a_non-existent_keynesian_consensus_118802.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Few Wall Street Journal readers know that its news and opinion sections are written and managed separately. Whereas the opinion section &ndash; as edited by the late Robert Bartley and now Paul Gigot &ndash; consistently champions fiscal discipline, smaller government,  and lower...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Even Matt Damon and Beyonce Could Not Sell the True Child Hunger Statistic (One In A Thousand)]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/03/even_matt_damon_and_beyonce_could_not_sell_the_true_child_hunger_statistic_one_in_a_thousand_118657.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To understand the magnitude of childhood hunger, we need a snapshot of how many children are going hungry at a particular time. Child-hunger lobbyists wish us to think about the statistics they cite as daily occurences.  According to a typical alarmist, sixteen million children...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leading Economist Gives Up On Putin's Russia]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/31/leading_economist_gives_up_on_putins_russia_118640.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sergei Guriev has left Russia. Guriev, the Dean of Moscow&rsquo;s New School of Economics, is Russia&rsquo;s most respected economist with a deserved international reputation for his publications on contract theory and political economy. The New Economic School, which he heads, is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Austerity To Blame? But Where's The Austerity?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/28/austerity_to_blame_but_wheres_the_austerity_118586.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Die-hard Keynesians bemoan that, with a few exceptions, the world&rsquo;s economies are drowning in the quicksand of austerity. They preach we need more government spending and stimulus, not less. Northern Europe should bail out its less-fortunate neighbors to the South so they can pay...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Austerity&quot; to Blame? But Where's the Austerity?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/05/26/austerity-to-blame-but-wheres-the-austerity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Die-hard Keynesians bemoan that, with a few exceptions, the world&rsquo;s economies are drowning in the quicksand of austerity. They preach we need more government spending and stimulus, not less. Northern Europe should bail out its less-fortunate neighbors to the South so they can pay...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Versus None-Of-The-Above]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/21/putin_versus_none-of-the-above_118483.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years have elapsed since my last visit to Moscow. It remains one of the ugliest and least hospitable cities on this earth. Its traffic jams, if anything, have grown worse. Moscow new architecture is Stalin-McDonalds kitsch. Skyscrapers feature Kremlin turrets, rounded middles or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Press Is Letting Bystander President Off the Hook]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/16/press_is_letting_bystander_president_off_the_hook_118427.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am writing this piece from Moscow, which gives me a different perspective on the U.S. media&rsquo;s &ldquo;falling out&rdquo; with President Obama. Our newly invigorated press appears to have awakened to the fact &ndash; post election, of course &ndash; that Obama is not the flawless...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Can't Match Germany's Jobs Miracle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/07/why_obama_can_not_match_germanys_jobs_miracle_118266.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2002, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder appointed a jobs council headed by Volkswagen&rsquo;s Peter Hartz to solve Germany&rsquo;s high unemployment. In 2011, President Barack Obama similarly appointed a jobs commission headed by General Electric&rsquo;s Jeffrey Immelt to achieve the same...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Wins, Obama Loses in Boston Extremism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/24/putin_wins_obama_loses_in_boston_extremism_118104.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pundits tut-tutted when a left-wing publication (see Salon.com) hoped out loud that white, anti-tax, domestic terrorists perpetrated the Boston marathon massacre. They had reason to hope: Wouldn&rsquo;t backwoods, pick-up-truck radicals pick tax day for their strike? What a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Korean Unification: Do Not Be Surprised If It Comes Soon]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/15/korean_unification_do_not_be_surprised_if_it_comes_soon_117958.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most significant geopolitical events of the past half century have been unanticipated. Not that we did not expect them, but they were supposed to happen in the distant future, not now. The North Korean regime could collapse in the same unexpected way, leaving shocked politicians,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunger Figures Show Massive Failure of Food Stamps (Or Fishy Statistics)]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/04/hunger_figures_show_massive_failure_of_food_stamps_or_fishy_statistics_117807.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Agriculture reveal that childhood hunger rates remain high. The U.S. Census Bureau calculates that 29.2 percent of families with children are &ldquo;food insecure,&rdquo; to use the agriculture department&rsquo;s term....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sequester Scaremongers Caught Red Handed on Air Controller Cuts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/26/sequester_scaremongers_caught_red_handed_on_air_controller_cuts_117651.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Get ready for delays at our nation&rsquo;s airports, our sequester scaremongers warn. Forget about that summer vacation or even consider cancelling that Easter trip next weekend. But rest assured our valiant FAA is &ldquo;working to ensure the safety of the traveling public and have the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Promises Unravel on Obama Care (Update)]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/25/obamas_promises_unravel_on_obama_care_update_117627.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama sold the Affordable Care Act aka Obama Care to the American people based on four promises. To gain public support for his landmark new entitlement, lacking bi-partisan support and whose content was unknown, the President pledged:
1) If you like your current insurance you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russian Television: Partial Release of Hacked Hillary Clinton Emails]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/20/russian_television_partial_release_of_hacked_hillary_clinton_emails_117555.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Confidential emails purportedly from former political adviser Sidney Blumenthal to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been hacked and widely distributed to politicians and news sources. Included in the hacker &ldquo;Guccifer&rsquo;s&rdquo; distribution list are Russian news services...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Bending on the Sequester]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/02/09/if-republicans-bend-on-the-sequester-they-dont-deserve-our-support/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was frustrated by William Kristol&rsquo;s Don&rsquo;t Be Seduced by the Sequester. Kristol argues Republicans must be the grown-up party. The sequester cuts will delay the deployment of two battle ships at a crucial time. Per Kristol: Republicans should negotiate a more measured (and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jack Lew's Questionable Stint at Citigroup]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/01/17/wall-street-bonus-lew-to-replace-tax-avoider-geithner-at-treasury/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama vilifies both &ldquo;Wall Street speculators &ldquo;who pay themselves big bonuses when times are bad&rdquo; and the  greedy top Two Percenters who do not pay &ldquo;their fair share&rdquo; by exploiting tax loopholes.  With such strongly articulated views, his nominee for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Legacy: $20 Trillion in Deficits]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/12/25/president-obamas-legacy-20-trillion-in-deficits-for-2016-victor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fiscal-cliff negotiations have deteriorated into an embarrassing travesty of competing press conferences, off-the-record remarks, closed meetings, and sound bites. The Republican side is frustrated and flabbergasted by the absence of  a concrete proposal from the President  that can...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Shock That Obama Lost?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/10/04/why-the-shock-that-obama-lost/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Mainstream media and the Democrat Left are traumatized by Obama&#96;s clear loss of the first presidential debate in Denver. Obama campaign operatives blame Jim Lehrer for letting the debate get out of hand.  Others use the excuse  that Obama&#96;s famous debating skills are rusty. Both...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Needed Clarity, But Got Confusion]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Greek, French and Egyptian voters went to the polls Sunday. In what was supposed to be a turning point for Egyptian democracy, voters turned out in small numbers to cast their ballots for the Muslim or establishment candidate. They well understood the military had assumed control and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russia's Voters Have Spoken: Anybody But Putin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2011/12/05/russias-voters-have-spoken-anybody-but-putin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Roderick Gregory</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to exit polls, Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s United Russia lost its majority in the Russian parliament in Sunday&rsquo;s voting. United Russia fell from a two third majority to under fifty percent. Prior to the election, Putin muzzled independent election monitors; so the actual vote...]]></description>
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