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<title><![CDATA[Nathan Harden - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25971.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Nathan Harden]]></description><category domain="25971">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Teaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2026/08/16/were_teaching_kids_scarcity_in_an_age_of_abundance_1200678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who&rsquo;s Afraid of Jonathan Turley? ChatGPT, for One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/04/whos_afraid_of_jonathan_turley_chatgpt_for_one_152300.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last month, Silicon Valley was rocked by the launch of the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, which raised serious questions about America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ability to remain ascendant in the AI arms race. Americans have good reasons to distrust Chinese AI. The Internet was soon...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walz Would Be the Furthest Left VP in History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2024/11/01/walz_would_be_the_most_liberal_vp_in_us_history_1069460.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In early August, NPR published'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' comparing the favorability ratings of three men widely considered frontrunners for Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s VP slot at the time: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Tim Walz&rsquo;s Progressive Education Policies Doom Harris?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/25/could_tim_walzs_progressive_education_policies_doom_harris_151834.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump currently holds a razor-thin 0.5% lead over Kamala Harris in the RealClearPolitics Polling Average for Pennsylvania. With this key swing state potentially deciding the outcome of the Electoral College, Democrats can only wonder how different the polls might look if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How One Activist Group Aims To Reclaim Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/06/05/parents_on_a_mission_how_one_activist_group_aims_to_reclaim_american_schools_1036200.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the pandemic, I was running a free speech group, Speech First, that focused on colleges and universities '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but I became increasingly concerned with what I saw happening in our K-12 schools.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Like a Flock of Demons Released Upon the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2023/12/07/like_a_flock_of_demons_released_upon_the_world_997485.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Cancel culture'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is one of those modern, politically charged terms that get thrown around so often they become easy to dismiss. One is tempted to toss it into the bin of overused-and-functionally-meaningless phrases, alongside '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'alt-right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'woke.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Merrick Garland and the Love Warriors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/06/merrick_garland_and_the_love_warriors__149717.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The year 2021 was not an easy one to be a school board member. Some parents had concerns about the use of critical race theory in the curriculum, and many were angry about school closings and restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public school board meetings grew increasingly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Civics Education: How Are We Teaching the American Story?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/28/civics_education_in_america_how_are_we_teaching_the_american_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chairman Jack Miller and president Hans Zeiger of the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History join Andrew Walworth and RealClear Education editor Nathan Harden on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Baseball Still Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/30/why_baseball_still_matters_149044.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2023 season is upon us, but for me, the true opening day will happen this weekend on a small field outside Nashville, when my 9-year-old son and his friends take the field for the first game of Little League season.
It wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t until I became a father that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Young Parents Say Their Kids Are Indifferent to the Flag]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2022/12/27/younger_parents_say_their_kids_are_indifferent_to_the_flag_110804.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new survey suggests that younger parents don't share the same values or priorities for civics education as their older peers. According to the survey, conducted by RealClear Opinion Research and funded by the Jack Miller Center, nearly nine out of ten Americans agree that teaching...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Ed's Free Speech Death Spiral]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/higher-eds-free-speech-death-spiral-opinion/ar-AAP9AhU</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mission of every college and university is to provide a forum for the free exchange of thought, vigorous debate and the broadest possible range of ideas. At least, that is what it ought to be. But that mission is at odds with the spirit of our present age, defined by silos of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the 2021 College Free Speech Rankings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/09/21/as_colleges_moved_online_to_combat_the_pandemic_a_plague_of_self-censorship_raged_on_110636.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If a tree falls in the wilderness and there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? That could be the start of an interesting philosophical conversation. On the other hand, if there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an interesting philosophical conversation to be had'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'does it stand much of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free to Be Greek]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/04/20/free_to_be_greek_110567.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why Freedom of Association Is as Essential to the University'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Mission as Freedom of Speech'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Princeton, a Racial Reckoning and a Free Speech Battle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2020/12/30/at_princeton_a_racial_reckoning_and_a_free_speech_battle_110526.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2015, Princeton University became the second higher-education institution to sign the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' University of Chicago Statement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' supporting campus free speech. Yet, five years later, Princeton professor Keith E. Whittington wrote that the university stood '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'on the front lines'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2020 College Free Speech Rankings Reveal Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2020/09/29/2020_college_free_speech_rankings_reveal_crisis_on_campus_110476.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A university should be a place where students can be exposed to new ideas, where they can engage freely in debate and discussion. But do college students really feel free to speak their minds on campus? Newly released'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' College Free Speech Rankings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' show that, at most colleges, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2019 Campus Speech Survey: The Best/Worst Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/10/24/2019_survey_of_campus_speech_experts.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How serious is the speech problem in higher education? Is the problem widespread or just relegated to a small group of campuses? Which colleges and universities are doing a good job of protecting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Oberlin's Bias &amp; Bloat Fueled a $33 Million Blunder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/09/10/how_oberlins_bias_and_bloat_fueled_a_33_million_blunder_110353.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a lengthy essay in Commentary magazine, former Oberlin professor Abraham Socher gave a thorough account of the events that led up to the $33 million verdict. The story, in case you don't already...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillsdale: A Small College With Big Ambitions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/01/22/hillsdale_a_small_college_big_ambitions.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Harden</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The first duty of the university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That quote was uttered by Winston Churchill. But it could have been said just as easily by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Adventures in Gender-Neutral Bathrooms]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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