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							<title><![CDATA[Reading the News in a Time of Derangement, Conspiracism, and AI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/30/reading_news_in_time_of_derangement_conspiracism_ai_153111.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Six years ago, I described Donald Trump as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'our first Jewish President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' because his enemies subjected him to the types of attacks that antisemites reserve for Jews.
The case grows stronger with each passing year. The attacks against Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' constant lies, exaggerated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Humane, Flourishing Middle East Needs Redrawn Borders and Population Moves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/25/humane_flourishing_middle_east_needs_redrawn_borders_population_moves_152950.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and human flourishing is finally possible.
Such a future must reject the inhumane status quo that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dawn of a New Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/26/dawn_of_a_new_era_152423.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world is in flux. Our much-discussed national vibe shift suggests that Americans are beginning to feel the change, but it understates what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s happening by a very large margin. What we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re experiencing is of global significance: the dawn of a new era.
Between 1989 and 1991,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Antisemitism Awareness Act Is the Antidote to DEI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/12/antisemitism_awareness_act_is_the_antidote_to_dei_150932.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, something all too rare occurred: The House of Representatives passed excellent legislation with a broad bipartisan majority.
The Antisemitism Awareness Act, which Republicans backed 187-21 and Democrats 133-70, does far more than provide a critical tool in the fight against...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America&rsquo;s Broken Pendulum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/16/americas_broken_pendulum_150796.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American constitutional structure was designed to promote moderation, compromise, and incremental change.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Throughout most of our history, it has worked as intended. The pendulum of public policy has swung from left to right to left to right, but rarely too far in either...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Restoring Moral Clarity on Campus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/19/restoring_moral_clarity_on_campus_149920.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Events of the past week have brought clarity in many areas. Perhaps the one that hits closest to home for many Americans is the moral rot of academia.
Leading academics, scholars, professors, students, and administrators in the United States have had a shockingly hard time condemning...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Warnings Unheeded Now Threaten Our Fundamental Freedoms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/31/the_warnings_unheeded_now_threaten_our_fundamental_freedoms_149045.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The First Amendment is at a critical juncture. Recent congressional hearings on the Twitter Files brought the matter into full public view. Freedom of speech and of the press are hanging by a precarious thread. Do we want a future in which information flows freely, or one in which an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Election America Needs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/12/08/the_election_america_needs_148576.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2015, as another presidential election approached, I found myself resigned to choosing between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. I couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t imagine a clearer illustration of the contempt the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s elites felt for the American people.
The voters expressed their disgust. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the GOP Must Learn from Elon Musk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/02/what_the_gop_must_learn_from_elon_musk_148407.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump may have owned '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re Fired!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but Elon Musk is teaching America what it means. The GOP should pay attention.
Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s greatest undertaking as the new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Chief Twit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' involves deploying new business models that enhance corporate value, but his most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk&rsquo;s Gambit and the Future of Morality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/21/musks_gambit_and_the_future_of_morality_147501.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The excitement and fury surrounding Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bid for Twitter suggests that there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a lot more at stake than a hostile takeover of a popular consumer-facing company. What we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re experiencing is the newest front in the battle over America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s moral compass.
At the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Conservative Temperament Is Dooming America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/16/the_conservative_temperament_is_dooming_america_146415.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[William F. Buckley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s desire to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'stand athwart history and yell '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'Stop!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' described a personality type more than a political agenda. Conservatives, by well-earned reputation, tend to revere traditions and institutions, trust authority, and favor measured,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Distrust and Verify]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/19/distrust_and_verify_146269.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every member of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s expert class possessing even a modicum of integrity and self-awareness has long been aware of a simple truth: Only a fool would trust the emanations of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leading experts.
Worse, the more prestigious the job title, the less trustworthy the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Incremental Outrageousness Is Killing America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/30/incremental_outrageousness_is_killing_america_146008.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Critical race theory has exploded into public consciousness. Millions of American parents are just coming to realize that our schools have become woke indoctrination centers preaching divisiveness, bigotry, discrimination, and disdain for American history. Most of them are wondering how...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Trusting the Experts!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/25/stop_trusting_the_experts_145814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m lucky enough to meet someone who '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'follows the science.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' I count on such folks to teach me some science that I do not yet know. Being scientifically literate, I like to start by asking them some basic questions:
How are key data terms defined? How...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why These Attacks on Jerusalem Are Different]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/these-attacks-jerusalem-are-different-opinion-1590443</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The news from Jerusalem is depressingly familiar. An emotionally charged landlord-tenant dispute headed for Israel's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has become a cause c'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'l'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¨').';'bre. The "international community" has decided to chime in. Anti-Israel activists and NGOs outrageously accuse Israel of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make American Greatness Sustainable!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/27/make_american_greatness_sustainable_145655.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent flurry of activity has raised speculation about his future role in American politics. It is thus incumbent upon his strongest supporters to engage in a difficult introspective question: What role does America most need Trump to play?
Candidates nominated in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Contempt for American Success Is Perplexing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsmax.com/abramsonandballabon/democratic-party-economy-prosperity-american-dream/2018/02/05/id/841576/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Doing What Clinton Can Only Dream About]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/27/how-donald-trump-is-doing-what-hillary-clinton-can-only-dream-about-commentary.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bruce Abramson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How the tables have turned! Donald Trump is unifying the GOP as rift between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders grows deeper, say two GOP strategists.]]></description>
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