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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Walther - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/26609.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matthew Walther]]></description><category domain="26609">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Consider This the Next Time Your Beer Betrays You]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/04/29/consider-this-the-next-time-your-beer-betrays-you/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A considerable number of Americans appear to believe that Bud Light, a beer owned since 2008 by the Belgian multinational]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looking Forward to Good Friday]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/looking-forward-to-good-friday/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Christ's death continues to scandalize the world and its princes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gen. Milley Must Go for Subverting Civilian Control]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/gen-milley-must-go-for-subverting-of-civilian-control-of-the-military/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Milley conducted at least two secret phone calls with top Chinese military officials while Donald Trump was still serving as president, one in October 2020, one in January 2021.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo &amp; Whitmer in Race to Authoritarian Bottom]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/cuomo-whitmer-in-a-race-to-the-authoritarian-bottom/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As painful as it is to admit it, there are two colorable arguments against impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The first is that the best remedy for bad politicians is the ballot box. A better argument, though, is that as hard as it might be to believe, Empire State residents could have it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was First to See Folly of War in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/04/15/biden-finally-saw-the-folly-of-our-afghan-adventure-but-trump-got-it-first/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly two decades, $2 trillion and more than 2,300 US casualties later, President Joe Biden has announced that it is time to withdraw our forces from Afghanistan. Biden is absolutely right.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Politicized U.S. Military Should Horrify All Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/03/16/a-politicized-us-military-should-horrify-all-americans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the last administration it was hard to go a week or even a day without someone decrying a supposedly appalling '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'attack'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on members of the press by President Donald Trump. These assaults largely consisted of Trump objecting to loaded questions and other gasbaggery from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rise of the Barstool Conservatives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/rise-of-the-barstool-conservatives/ar-BB1dhE9R</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the coming months, hundreds of thousands of words will be written about Donald Trump's presidency and the future of the Republican Party. This seems to me a mostly fruitless endeavor, not least because the relationship between Trump and his adopted party was very publicly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's Nothing Shocking About Woodward's New Book]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/936808/theres-nothing-shocking-about-bob-woodwards-new-book</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fact Bob Woodward has written another book about the current occupant of the White House should be greeted with roughly the level of enthusiasm reserved for such annual or semi-annual non-events as the Biennial Conference of the American Hippotherapy Association or the Pro Bowl.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The DNC Sounded Like a Eulogy for Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/932725/dncs-stirring-eulogy-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's speech that closed the book on this year's virtual Democratic National Convention was the best one that the former vice president could have delivered. Biden spoke clearly with a poise and conviction that have been absent in nearly two years of campaigning for the 2020...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gov. Whitmer Is America's Most Incompetent Politician]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/931226/gretchen-whitmer-americas-most-incompetent-politician</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is the Michigan governor allowing COVID-19 patients into nursing homes?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2020 Presidential Election Is About Brands]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/925755/2020-presidential-election-about-brands</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By now, nearly a week into the latest presidential non-controversy we all know that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Black Beans Matter." I would be lying if I said that this had previously been a matter of serious debate in my own household. I like them; my wife is indifferent. Coconut water, or "the other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good News in Georgia Is Bad News for Doom Prophets]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/915446/should-grateful-good-news-georgia</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The state is looking like a coronavirus success story. Let's celebrate it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dark Decade Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/913411/dark-decade-ahead</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We face years of immiseration on a scale unimaginable to at least three generations]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Questions About the 2020 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/912179/5-questions-about-how-coronavirus-affect-2020-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What the coronavirus pandemic means for the suddenly secondary presidential contest]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Needs to Find the Killer Instinct]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/899977/bernie-sanders-needs-find-killer-instinct</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA["I wish he would just call her 'Pocahontas' once," an early and enthusiastic Bernie Sanders supporter told me a few weeks ago, only half-jokingly. "Then he should start making jokes about Trump's appearance."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is It Already Too Late for Establishment to Stop Bernie?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/895380/democratic-establishment-time</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unlike Gaul, the Democratic primary electorate is divided into only two parts. Bernie Sanders's victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary reminded observers of what we have known for a long time, namely that the smaller of these two parts remains united in favor of his candidacy for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump's Iranian Diplomacy Gambit]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/888236/trumps-iranian-diplomacy-gambit</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like millions of other Americans I had absolutely no idea what would come of President Trump's address on Wednesday in response to Iran's attack on Tuesday night on a military base in Iraq. The fact that he was not scheduled to speak from the Oval Office made it unlikely that he would be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney Is the Leader the #Resistance Deserves]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/873156/mitt-romney-leader-resistance-deserves</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few years ago he was roundly considered just as vile as Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? and for mostly the same reasons]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do It, Hillary: America Wants a Trump-Clinton Rematch]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/870478/hillary</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday afternoon Donald Trump did what every president is expected to do. He spoke to the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of millions of Americans, putting into beautifully chosen words the ambitions long kept hidden in the secret chambers of their hearts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Trump vs. Warren Race Would Look Like]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/869693/what-trump-vs-warren-race-look-like</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How many Pocahontas jokes do you think she can stomach?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Clarence Thomas Doesn't Believe]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/867255/what-clarence-thomas-doesnt-believe</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Corey Robin's new book offers a provocative thesis, but it's not very convincing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Just Made a Colossal Blunder]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/867377</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday evening Nancy Pelosi made one of the most colossal blunders in the modern history of American electoral politics. Rejecting the accumulated wisdom of a long and successful career in the House of Representatives, she set aside her own instincts and announced the beginning of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hope and Futility of Hong Kong's Protest Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/862803/hope-futility-hong-kong-protest-movement</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is this what democracy looks like?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mass Shootings Are About Alienation, Not Ideology]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/857017/mass-shootings-are-about-alienation-not-ideology</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The common thread between these murderers isn't politics or mental illness]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sublime Romanticism of the Moon Landing]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/852955/sublime-romanticism-moon-landing</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alone, alone, all, all alone on a sea of stars]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Will Struggle to Beat Trump in Midwest]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/845453/why-dont-believe-polls-showing-trump-behind-midwestern-states</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hold off on the victory parade, Democrats]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Showed How He Could Win Dem Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/835216/bernies-clear-lane-democratic-nomination</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the moderates stay fractured, it's his nomination to lose]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are 2020 Democrats So Weird?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/830443/why-are-2020-democrats-weird</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This sure has been a week of strange quotes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Investigation Is the Biggest Farce in U.S. History]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/824999/mueller-joke</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest farce in American history is coming to an end]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mueller Delusion]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/813343/mueller-delusion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Walther</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's talk about what Michael Flynn's delayed fate really says about the special counsel's investigation]]></description>
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