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<title><![CDATA[Chris Buskirk - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/33997.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Chris Buskirk]]></description><category domain="33997">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Ambition Is In America's DNA]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/ambition-is-in-americas-dna/?set_edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The challenge for our generation is therefore not simply to preserve the American inheritance but to extend it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Regain America's Vitality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2023/03/03/how_to_regain_americas_vitality_880547.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This piece is adapted from]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Republicans Sold Out America]]></title>
							<link>https://compactmag.com/article/how-republicans-sold-out-america</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In its early days, the Republican Party pursued a politics of national development that included support for tariffs. But by the 1970s, conservative ideologues had come to advocate market solutions for just about everything. Some of those solutions made sense. But other policies have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can America Rediscover What Made It Great?]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/the-vital-nation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What happens when progress stops? That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an important question in a country whose self-understanding is deeply tied to the idea of progress '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' material, technological, political and social. America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first three centuries were characterized by physically pushing its border...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Age of Decay]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/06/an-age-of-decay/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fact that American living standards have broadly stagnated, and for some segments of the population have declined, should be cause for real concern to the ruling class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reject Liz Cheney and the Neocons' War]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/07/reject-liz-cheneys-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first step to take in returning to peaceful and normal relations with Russia will be to reject the Wyoming Republican'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s warmongering.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Haters Have Set Their Sights on J. D. Vance]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/05/why-trump-haters-have-set-their-sights-on-j-d-vance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance will continue to be an object of scorn for liberals who feel betrayed by him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Mitch McConnell to Go]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2021/01/07/its-time-for-mitch-to-go/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the GOP wants to win again, they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll reject McConnell and find younger leadership that is ready to build a new party to serve the middle class, not the ruling class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Beggaring of the Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/12/13/the-beggaring-of-the-middle-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question for every policymaker should be how to restart a new period of national vitality. Narrowly focused gains in information technology won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t do it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'neither will fiscal stimulus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Waging Asymmetric Warfare--and It's Working]]></title>
							<link>https://thecritic.co.uk/trump-is-waging-asymmetric-warfare-and-its-working/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden came in for some rough treatment in the first presidential debate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Surging With Hispanic, Black Voters in Key States]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/26/trump-surging-with-hispanic-and-black-voters-in-critical-states/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/26/trump-surging-with-hispanic-and-black-voters-in-critical-states/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden has a problem. Actually, he has a few problems. Recent polling shows that Donald Trump is running much stronger with Hispanics and black voters than he did in 2016. Those are demographic groups that Biden needs to win big if he has any hope of winning the election.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Rebuild a More Resilient Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/17/how-president-trump-can-retake-the-initiative-and-rebuild-a-more-resilient-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[here's trouble brewing for President Trump in Florida. Earlier this year the state seemed out of reach for Democrats. But the must-win state which he carried in 2016, is home to Mar-A-Lago, and which elected Republican Ron DeSantis governor in 2018 may now be vulnerable. According to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can We Please 'McKinsey-Proof' America?]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/21/can-we-please-mckinsey-proof-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'experts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to hire to help New York reopen have a history of doing little more than helping failing institutions fail in style while growing rich in the process.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Threat(s) From Coronavirus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.amgreatness.com/2020/03/15/the-real-threats-from-coronavirus/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Social distancing is nothing compared to a crisis that leads to mass casualties, economic collapse, and a legacy of bad policies that leaves the country weaker than ever before.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wuhan Virus Exposes Danger of Reliance Upon China]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/03/10/wuhan-virus-exposes-the-danger-of-reliance-upon-china/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[he time for pundits and policymakers to get serious about preventing the spread of the Wuhan Virus in America was late January. That was when it became clear that China was facing a serious new public health threat. It was also the time when the one piece of data, an exponentially...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Coronavirus Tell Us That China Is Bad or Evil?]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/30/does-the-coronavirus-outbreak-tell-us-that-china-is-bad-or-evil/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There were 7,711 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in mainland China on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases has grown by about one-third per day for the past several days'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a disturbingly steep '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Indispensable Tucker Carlson]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2019/11/26/the-indispensable-tucker-carlson/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The popular Fox News host has given voice to the most basic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'most common-sense'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'positions. And in return, he has a bullseye on his back.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's More to the Environment Than 'Climate Change']]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2019/09/09/how-conservatives-can-protect-the-environment-and-win-voters-too/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://amgreatness.com/2019/09/09/how-conservatives-can-protect-the-environment-and-win-voters-too/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives need to do a better job on the environment. That seems like a controversial thing to say, because usually when you hear a conservative speak positively about an issue closely identified with liberalism, it is the precursor to a sellout of conservative principles. How many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is McConnell Trying to Subvert Trump's Agenda?]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/16/mcconnells-senate-uses-subpoena-of-don-jr-to-attack-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Senator Richard Burr (R.-N.C.) subpoenaed Donald Trump, Jr. to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee which he chairs, he set off a firestorm among Republicans. Special Counsel Robert Mueller'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s investigation has concluded, clearing the president, his family, and his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Christians Support Trump Without Feeling Naughty]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/08/yes-christians-can-support-trump-without-risk-to-their-witness/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can an adulterer be a great surgeon? If your child needed care and the best surgeon had cheated on his wife, maybe more than once, would you let him operate? What if you are a Christian and he is not? Does that matter? Should it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illegal Ballot Harvesting a Looming Issue in Arizona]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/22/illegal_ballot_harvesting_a_looming_issue_in_arizona_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Republican candidate Martha McSally beat Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat. At least McSally won on election night. We all know what happened: Over the next week hundreds of thousands of early, absentee, and provisional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Southern Border Isn't Just a Crisis, It's a Disgrace]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/09/americas-southern-border-isnt-just-a-crisis-its-a-disgrace/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/09/americas-southern-border-isnt-just-a-crisis-its-a-disgrace/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why have Democrats shut down'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or at least partially shut down'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the federal government rather than approve partial funding for a wall along the southern border?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Partial Shutdown Proves How Redundant the Government Is]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.us/shutdown-redundant-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all of the breathless commentary from Beltway media, the reality is that the federal government can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even shut itself down properly]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not That Ocasio-Cortez Knows Nothing...]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/28/its-not-that-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-knows-nothing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As tragedy struck an acquaintance this week, I was reminded today of the fleeting nature of life. The Psalmist begged God, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' What can one say to that but, Amen! As important and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Weekly Standard's Death Signals Rebirth of the Right]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/17/death-of-the-weekly-standard-signals-rebirth-of-the-right/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/17/death-of-the-weekly-standard-signals-rebirth-of-the-right/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Neoconservatism is dead, long live American conservatism. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what I thought when I learned The Weekly Standard would be shuttered by longtime owner Clarity Media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Ocasio-Cortez's Party Now, Pelosi Is Just Leading It]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.us/ocasio-cortez-party-nancy-pelosi/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://spectator.us/ocasio-cortez-party-nancy-pelosi/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pelosi will most likely keep the speaker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gavel. But she is being left behind by the new-look Democratic Party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Eve of Trump's First Midterm, We're in Uncharted Waters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/opinion/midterm-predictions-trumpism.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=opinion&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;contentPlacement=3&amp;pgtype=sectionfront</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rise of Trumpism has changed the shape of the electorate. We are working our way toward a new political dispensation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kavanaugh Vote Is a Victory for Decency, Fair Play]]></title>
							<link>https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/09/28/kavanaugh-vote-is-a-victory-for-decency-and-fair-play/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/09/28/kavanaugh-vote-is-a-victory-for-decency-and-fair-play/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh has now been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed for a confirmation vote by the full Senate, which he is expected to win. It should have been easy. But it wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Somebody's Coming Unhinged, But It Isn't Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2018/08/03/mikas-right-somebodys-coming-unh</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Feelings of impotence often lead to rage. Witness the recent escalation of the rhetoric directed at the president from the anti-Trump media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ruling Class Hates You]]></title>
							<link>https://amgreatness.com/2018/02/10/ruling-class-hates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Buskirk</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I thought love trumps hate. That's what I've been led to believe by an effusion of t-shirts, bumper stickers, and social media postings from the self-styled anti-Trump Resistance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('„').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'. As my friend Roger Kimball likes to say, there really is]]></description>
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