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<title><![CDATA[Robert VerBruggen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/27415.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Robert VerBruggen]]></description><category domain="27415">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Pushing Back on Disparate Impact]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/doj-police-lawsuits-race-disparate-impact-trump?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The administration is challenging claims of race- and sex-based discrimination against public-safety departments based on test outcomes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Oral History of Crimefighting That Works]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3335684/an-oral-history-of-crimefighting-that-works/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the late 1980s and early 1990s, things were about as bad as they could get in New York City.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So Much Noise]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/is-there-racial-bias-in-criminal-sentencing</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new analysis of studies casts doubt on the systemic-racism narrative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Violence in Red and Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/gun-violence-in-red-and-blue</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attempts to solve the crime problem with partisan rhetoric miss the mark.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Try Not to Laugh]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/how-brandon-johnsons-transition-team-plans-to-fix-chicago</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fight crime? Patch fiscal holes? No: the mayor's advisors seem preoccupied with political correctness and identity politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Engineering Racial Outcomes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/engineering-racial-outcomes</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruling on admissions at a prestigious Virginia high school could have major implications for future court fights over affirmative action.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SAFE-T in Peril]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/whats-happening-with-illinois-cash-bail-law</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Illinois is eliminating cash bail this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'if its supreme court lets it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Influencer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/charles-murray-the-influencer</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Charles Murray's social science is sometimes provocative, usually controversial, and always significant to the national debate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Five-Figure Handout to the Educated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/biden-cancellation-of-student-debt-indefensible</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden's cancellation of student debt is indefensible.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keep Your Racial Discrimination Quiet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/virginia-thomas-jefferson-high-school-rebuked-for-racial-discrimination</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Schools that keep quiet may get away with similar behavior.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Knew a Govt-Subsidized Pre-K Could 'Fail' Kids?]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/who-knew-a-subsidized-pre-k-could-fail-kids/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As congressional Democrats gear up for a second shot at passing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Build Back Better'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or at least select parts of it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' special attention should be paid to the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s desire to aggressively'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' subsidize pre-K'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and child care. And by aggressively, I mean that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Depolicing Be Reversed?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/can-depolicing-be-reversed</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s happened too many times to be a coincidence. Some sort of policing incident will go viral'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'sometimes an abuse of power, sometimes a justified shooting that looks bad to the untrained eye'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'provoking intense protests or even riots. Cops will pull back from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Pieces of Terrible News About the Effects of Lockdowns]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/four-pieces-of-terrible-news-about-the-pandemics-effects/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As restrictions drag on and many schools refuse to reopen, policymakers should pay much closer attention to indicators such as these.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anyone Who Says He Doesn't Love Tiger King Is Lying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/television-review-tiger-king-fast-food-reality-tv/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's perfect to binge-watch during a national lockdown.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, There's No Strong Evidence Assault-Weapon Bans Help]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-biden-is-wrong-there-is-no-compelling-evidence-that-assault-weapon-bans-work/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Somewhat perplexingly, the links on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'multiple analyses'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'fewer mass shootings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' actually go to the same study, just hosted at two different websites. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a new one I hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seen before, and slightly different from the one I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wrote about here, so...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How 'Sabotaging' Obamacare Is Benefitting Consumers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/report-obamacare-changes-benefiting-consumers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new White House report highlights the benefits of recent GOP policy changes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did France's Gun Control Hurt Its Resistance to the Nazis?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/book-review-gun-control-in-nazi-occupied-france-world-war-2-resistance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new book by a prominent Second Amendment lawyer examines the history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Academia Doesn't Get to Define 'Racism' for the Rest of Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/racism-debate-sarah-jeong-academia-cannot-define-words/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest controversy stems from a deep confusion about how language works.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resegregation Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/02/17/the-resegregation-myth/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Arming Teachers Would Gain Line of Defense vs. Shooters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/456460/florida-school-shooting-arm-teachers</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Schools would gain a line of defense against shooters without hiring more personnel or introducing more police officers into the school environment ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Populist-Conservative Melting Pot]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/donald-trumps-populist-conservative-melting-pot/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's staff picks reveal an interesting mix of priorities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obamacare Stool Wobbles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-obamacare-stool-wobbles/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Bill Clinton went on one of his blunt centrist tirades, calling Obamacare '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the craziest thing in the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He explained that while many have gained insurance under the law, premiums are spiraling out of control for those who don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t qualify for large subsidies....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Platform and the Working Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-gop-platform-and-the-working-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican party is meeting this week to solidify its hostile takeover by Donald Trump. One would think that fact would encourage some soul-searching from the activists and party elites sent to the convention as delegates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a careful look at why voters abandoned the establishment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Social Security: Gut or Expand It?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/social-security-gut-or-expand-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Social Security has been running a deficit since 2010, and in 2034, its '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'trust fund'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'more or less just a tally of previous surpluses'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'will run out. Left and right could not disagree more about how to handle the situation.Democrats, up to and including Hillary Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, There's a Ferguson Effect]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/yes-theres-a-ferguson-effect/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The evidence is now clear: the much-debated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Ferguson Effect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'in which heated protests lead to hesitant cops and higher crime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'is real. In cities such as Baltimoreand Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' these three phenomena emerged at the exact same time. Nationwide, many urban areas,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mississippi's Katrina Story]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/08/29/mississippis_katrina_story_127922.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated much of Louisiana and Mississippi, presenting government officials with the enormous tasks of saving lives, helping survivors, and rebuilding. The government response, in particular the actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, came...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump and Eminent Domain]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/node/265171/print</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a free market, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a pretty simple process for dealing with the situation that arises when one person covets another'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s belongings: The coveter makes an offer to purchase them. If the offer is rebuffed, the coveter can make a new proposal, but he cannot simply take what...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Police Shooting and a Taser]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2015/04/08/a_police_shooting_and_a_taser_1257.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bringing a Drone to a Firefight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/12/09/bringing_a_drone_to_a_firefight_124892.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The helicopter lowers itself, and a basket dangling from its underside dips into a pond. Then, the vehicle maneuvers a bit, releases the water in mid-flight -- and precisely extinguishes a small fire raging below.
The odd part? The helicopter has no pilot in it. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a Lockheed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taking the Carbon Out of Coal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/10/27/taking_the_carbon_out_of_coal_124374.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first in a series of articles this week on energy innovation and the American economy 
When coal burns, it emits a "flue gas" teeming with hard-to-separate pollutants -- but it doesn't have to. Instead, it can create a simple flow of carbon dioxide that's easy to capture.
That's the...]]></description>
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