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<title><![CDATA[Gary Abernathy - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35628.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Gary Abernathy]]></description><category domain="35628">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Two ARCs Are Better Than One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/06/18/two_arcs_are_better_than_one_1189584.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The importance of implementing ARC-ES - the Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act - has been a frequent topic here because its enactment into law or policy - either by an a]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Power Is Not Designed To Control Behavior]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/04/24/good_news_fifth_circuit_says_governments_tax_power_is_not_designed_to_control_behavior_1178380.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of home alcohol distilling. But the appeals court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reasoning could have a big impact on other businesses and various walks of life,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alternatives Are Finding Ways To Stand on Their Own]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/04/13/after_all_these_years_alternatives_are_finding_ways_to_stand_on_their_own_1175709.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, conservatives and other believers in free markets complained about the subsidies, tax breaks and favorable regulations designed to prop up the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'alternative energy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' movement. If solar, wind and other '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'renewables'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' were truly worthwhile, they should stand on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was the Voice of Reason This Week]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/31/gary_abernathy_trump_was_the_voice_of_reason_this_week.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Gary Abernathy of The Abernathy Road newsletter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the political backlash against President Trump's immigration operation in Minnesota and the arrest of journalists who covered protests there.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make Energy Security Another Third Rail of Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/11/21/the_big_3_social_security_medicare__and_energy_security_1148774.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When defining the one economic aspect of society that most affects every American, the cost of energy always lands in the top position.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Cautionary Solar Tale]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/10/29/a_cautionary_solar_tale_billions_wasted_thanks_to_a_rush_to_market_1144136.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back in the late 1970s there was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a popular wine commercial'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with the film director Orson Welles reminding us that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'some things can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be rushed,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and concluding with what became a famous catchphrase: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We will sell no wine before its time.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Crusaders Running Out of Options]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/09/29/new_tactics_but_climate_crusaders_running_out_of_options_1137850.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a federal government no longer serving as its obedient lapdog, the desperate lengths to which the climate cult goes to maintain its standing is increasingly imaginative.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Emerging AI Data Centers Will Rely on Natural Gas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/08/06/all_spin_aside_the_emerging_ai_data_centers_will_rely_on_natural_gas_1127132.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an age of unending propaganda and spin, there are still rare times when undeniable evidence leaves no room for argument. Such is the case with the emerging artificial intelligence data centers and the energy needed to sustain and grow them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming 'Environmentalism' From the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/07/28/reclaiming_environmentalism_from_the_climate_extremists_1125467.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are reclaiming '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'environmentalism'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' from the radical left.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Energy Winners Should Be Chosen by Consumers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/06/09/energy_winners_should_be_chosen_by_consumers_not_government_1115259.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'One Big Beautiful Bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' designed to put most of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign promises into action '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' squeaked through the House of Representatives on May 22 and was immediately greeted by expressions of horror from activists and corporations invested in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's the Product of a Narcissistic Media Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/21/trump-is-product-narcissistic-media-age/?noredirect=on</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If pundits wonder why millions of Americans aren't shocked by Trump, they should look in the mirror.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wall Is Trump's 'Read My Lips' Pledge]]></title>
							<link>http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jan/11/gary-abernathy-the-wall-is-trumps-read-my-lips-ple/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s base takes the wall itself seriously, and, like George H.W. Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 1988 campaign pledge on taxes, the wall has become the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'read my lips'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' albatross.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Arming Teachers a Good Idea? Depends on Where You Live]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-arming-teachers-a-good-idea-depends-on-where-you-live/2018/12/20/bfb3637e-047f-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A recommendation this week by the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Federal Commission on School Safety that school systems consider arming staff was predictably greeted with opposition and outrage, but in many parts of the country, teachers are already packing heat, with full community...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Honoring Elvis? It's About Time]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-was-right-to-honor-elvis-presley-with-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/2018/11/21/ab663532-ed09-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.55ad9de574ff</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Elvis Presley was included among President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s honorees for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, my first thought was, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s about time,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' followed by the recognition that it would reignite the popular revisionist claim that Presley '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'appropriated'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Presidency Like Friday Night at the Drive-In]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/see-the-porn-stars-tale-see-the-korean-showdown-see-the-trump-presidency/2018/08/16/d846bece-a172-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.773f893ce2f0</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[See the porn star'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tale! See the Korean showdown! See the Trump presidency!]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Turns Out Trump Country Is More Tolerant Than the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-country-it-turns-out-is-more-tolerant-than-the-left/2018/06/25/9937cdbc-789c-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Intolerant, angry, increasingly confrontational '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it is astounding to watch them become that which they claim to despise about the president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Coalition Is the Future of the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-coalition-is-the-future-of-the-gop/2018/05/25/4b5290be-5f9c-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html?utm_term=.a605089b26b6</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What seems most cruel to many longtime conservative pundits and party stalwarts is that Trump so suddenly, almost without warning, wrestled the Republican Party from their grasp.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Cohen Raid May Backfire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-michael-cohen-raid-could-backfire-this-story-shows-how/2018/04/12/929a1a1c-3e6a-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.612abc0a0bbc</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unlike many who often defend President Trump, I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always see political motivations behind special counsel Robert S. Mueller III'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s investigation. But the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' raid on the home and office'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s longtime personal attorney brought flashbacks of a local incident with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Don't Care if 'Roseanne' Is Pro-Trump, I Hope It's Pro-Civility]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/roseanne-is-not-pro-trump-its-pro-civility/2018/04/03/862d461a-377a-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?utm_term=.32ce259b85d0</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like 25 million other Americans (including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' delayed viewing), my wife and I watched the premiere episode of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' new incarnation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Roseanne.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'I was not a regular viewer of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' original'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Roseanne,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but I always thought Roseanne Barr was talented and funny from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The DC Bubble's Embarrassing Embrace of Andrew McCabe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-dc-bubbles-credulous-embrace-of-mccabe-is-embarrassing/2018/03/20/3c053888-2bc0-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The predictable reaction from some media quarters directed at President Trump over the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' firing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, including outlandish comparisons to the Saturday Night Massacre of Watergate days, is reflective of the Big Media echo chamber and the isolation...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Doing Exactly What He Promised]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-would-we-abandon-trump-hes-doing-what-he-said-he-would-do/2017/12/08/2aae3682-db95-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ohio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A year removed from our newspaper'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s endorsement of Donald Trump for president, the most frequent question I get in emails and letters are from Trump critics asking whether I regret the endorsement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without Fair Coverage, Can the Media Survive?]]></title>
							<link>https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/10/27/media-needs-to-find-balance-in-its-coverage-of-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fairer coverage would go a long way to restoring credibility]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media's Martyr Complex Is Embarrassing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-big-media-could-learn-from-small-media/2017/07/13/00eb7388-67e0-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?utm_term=.3bc20daf1504</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just like our larger media counterparts, smaller news entities such as our paper in southwestern Ohio sometimes get criticized for being unfair or biased. As an example, years ago I was editor at another small newspaper when the local congressman became upset with our columns and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Were Mocked by Media Sharks for Endorsing Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.startribune.com/we-took-major-heat-for-backing-trump/427547013/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gary Abernathy</author>
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