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<title><![CDATA[Rachel Lu - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/28308.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Rachel Lu]]></description><category domain="28308">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2023/12/27/the_unbearable_lightness_of_seeing_1001260.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The following is a condensed version of "The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing" by Rachel Lu, published at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Law &amp; Liberty.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Democrats Trying to Out-Trump Trump?]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/802458/democrats-weak-trump-impersonation</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are now two weeks away from the 2018 midterms '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' which means that much of the political world is already focused on the 2020 presidential election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why America Will Regret Legalizing Marijuana]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/769168/why-america-regret-legalizing-marijuana</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public opinion is warming to legal pot. Public opinion is wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Pro-Life Women Want]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/752954/some-women-dont-want-reproductive-rights-im</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's time for pro-choice feminists to actually try and understand what pro-life women want]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is President Obama Qualified to Identify True Islam?]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/07/is-barack-obama-qualified-to-identify-true-islam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Speaking from the White House on Sunday night, the president gave us sobering news. The West has a problem with radical Islam. The war on terror is real.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Most of us realized this quite some time ago. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ironic that this admission, coming from the White House and a Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Want My Husband to Have a Gun on Campus]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/10/19/i-want-my-husband-to-have-a-gun-on-campus/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A university campus isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t one of the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most dangerous places. As a college professor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s wife, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve got nothing on army wives, police wives, or fishermen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s wives. Still, when I watch my husband head off to work, a dark thought occasionally flits through my...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Republicans to Chase Black Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/10/12/its-time-for-republicans-to-chase-black-voters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jason Riley argued this week that Republicans need to seize the moment and develop an agenda to court black voters. Riley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s plan is ambitious, and he knows it: he hopes to get 20 to 25 percent of the black vote for the next Republican nominee. Is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood's Unnecessary Evils]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/22/are-pro-lifers-gloating-about-the-planned-parenthood-sting/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Center for Medical Progress has now released two shocking videos exposing the ghoulish personalities that haunt the halls of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s primary abortion provider. More disturbing footage is apparently on the way. As Planned Parenthood gears up for a colossal fight, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judge to Bakers: No Free Speech for You]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/judge-to-bakers-no-free-speech-for-you/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By decree of the great state of Oregon, the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa must pay $135,000 to the lesbian couple whom they '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mentally raped'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by refusing to bake their wedding cake. This was expected, but the final judgment, handed down last Thursday, came with another twist....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Art Museums: It's Time for a Privilege Check]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/05/07/if-michelle-obama-can-rise-above-her-art-deprivation-so-can-anyone/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberals Broke Baltimore; Conservatives Can Fix It]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/30/democrats-broke-baltimore-conservatives-can-help-fix-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore riots have provoked mixed feelings in conservatives. Blue America is consuming itself, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tempting just to stand back and watch the spectacle. What we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen in Baltimore is a clash of Democratic constituencies in one of the bluest parts of America.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[6 Questions About the DOJ's Ferguson Report]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/06/six-questions-about-the-justice-departments-ferguson-report/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s official. The Ferguson Police Department is racist. That, at any rate, was the quick takeaway from a report released yesterday on the U.S. Justice Department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s investigation of law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri.Ferguson became infamous last year when Officer Darren...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Pick Political Fights With Pope Francis]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/01/20/dont-pick-political-fights-with-pope-francis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week Damon Linker wrote an article with the provocative title, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s War with Pope Francis has Finally Started.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' If you haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t read it, you can probably get all you need from the title. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s classic Linker: tone-deaf both to the Catholic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Islam to Mature or Perish]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2015/01/14/its-time-for-islam-to-mature-or-perish/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, it feels like we all need advanced degrees in theology.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' How else are we going to make sense of the violence Muslim extremists perpetrated in Paris last week? In the wake of another round of appalling violence, we again find ourselves pondering hard questions about terrorism...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Neanderthals Made Better Parents Than We Do]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/13/neanderthals-made-better-parents-than-we-do/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is it just me, or has the world gone completely crazy when it comes to childrearing?You know what I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m talking about. Once upon a time, people expected to get married in early adulthood and have kids at reasonable intervals. Parents stayed married and paid the bills, while kids...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The U.S. Has a Femicide Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/18/the-united-states-has-a-femicide-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The racist Right is at it again, or so we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re meant to believe. This time, Asian Americans are in the crosshairs, as pro-lifers lean on vicious stereotypes in an effort to bolster their assault on reproductive choice.That at any rate is the argument put forward by David Chiu, the San...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, People Believe Abortion Is Murder]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2014/08/12/yes-people-believe-abortion-is-murder/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I appreciate Drum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s forthrightness. A lot of liberals wonder why pro-lifers rally and lobby and stand in the rain outside abortion clinics: can it really be that they care about babies? No, pro-lifers probably do these things because they have old-fashioned views about sex. They...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Talking About Religious Freedom w/Liberal Friends]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2014/07/01/talking-about-hobby-lobby-and-religious-freedom-with-liberal-friends/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hobby Lobby doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have to provide objectionable forms of birth control (abortifacients) to its employees, because paying for that would violate sincere religious beliefs held by its owners.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Liberals Think Conservatives Are Racist]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2014/05/02/why-liberals-think-conservatives-are-racist/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sighs of relief from the left are almost audible. Racism lives! The hate is out there! It would be unfitting to throw a party for the occasion of hateful comments from Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy, but some liberal journalists are probably tempted. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m trying to wring...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Quitting Social Media Is a Losing Proposition]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2013/11/22/facebook-etiquette-quitting-social-media-losing-proposition/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Lu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[About once a week, I read another manifesto from someone who is quitting social media. Like resigning politicians, people offer a list of reasons for their Big Decision, which actually are weirdly reminiscent of those a politician might give. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve lost sight of what really...]]></description>
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