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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Spalding - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25090.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matthew Spalding]]></description><category domain="25090">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Iron Men]]></title>
							<link>https://americanmind.org/salvo/iron-men/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The signers of the Declaration risked their lives and many gave up their fortunes to support to the cause of American self-government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Education Department Distorts U.S. History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bidens-education-department-distorts-american-history-opinion/ar-AAL6nIE</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some 250 years after the Declaration of Independence declared that "all men are created equal," and almost 60 years after Martin Luther King dreamed that his children would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," the federal government announced...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Flynn Case: Harbinger of a Constitutional Crisis?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/06/26/the_michael_flynn_case_harbinger_of_a_constitutional_crisis_497365.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats alike are missing the full scope of what the Obama administration's attack on Lt. General Michael Flynn means for constitutional government.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keep the House Chaplain. In Fact, Get More Chaplains.]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/386099-keep-the-house-chaplain-in-fact-get-congress-more-chaplains</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For our lawmakers, the pressures are great, and the temptations strong. They need all the help they can get.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mick Mulvaney, Defender of the Constitution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2018/02/14/mick_mulvaney_defender_of_the_constitution_110509.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a lawmaker in Congress, Rep. Mulvaney was well known as a steadfast critic of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t like the fact that CFPB exists, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be perfectly honest with you,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' he said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at the time. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' even called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the agency a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'sad,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flake's Stalin-Trump Comparison Needs a Dose of Facts]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369625-jeff-flakes-stalin-trump-comparison-needs-a-fat-dose-of-facts</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the political ailment is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Trump Derangement Syndrome,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Sen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jeff Flake(R-Ariz.) is an advanced case. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Facts are stubborn things,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' John Adams once wrote. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Hold These Truths: What a Party Platform Should Look Like]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/04/we_hold_these_truths_what_a_party_platform_should_look_like_131091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since its formation in 1854, in the midst of a great crisis that threatened to tear the country apart, the Republican Party has stood forthrightly for America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s principles and constitutional institutions: for political liberty under the rule of law, for national independence, for a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The IRS Wants to Know if You Are a &quot;Patriot&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/15/the_irs_wants_to_know_if_you_are_a_patriot_118429.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving subversively.
We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re quoting from our'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pocket Constitutions, starting reading groups to discuss our founding documents, even'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' gathering together'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'petition the government for a redress of grievances.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Uncle Sam...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marriage and Faux Federalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/22/marriage_and_faux_federalism_117604.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Spalding</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George Will opens his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recent column'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' criticizing the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Defense of Marriage Act'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (DOMA) on federalism grounds by quoting from a 1948 Supreme Court case: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'[U]nder the Constitution, the regulation and control'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of marital and family relationships are reserved to the...]]></description>
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