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<title><![CDATA[K.S. Bruce - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35959.xml</link><description><![CDATA[K.S. Bruce]]></description><category domain="35959">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Lasting Damage of Bidenomics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/24/the_lasting_damage_of_bidenonmics_150552.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, Democratic Party-cheerleading economist Paul Krugman declared, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Inflation is over. We won.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' This is like a robber shooting you and then declaring, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The coma I put you in is over! We won!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
The truth is that the wild inflation, high interest rates, bank...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Nikki Haley Can Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/09/how_nikki_haley_can_win_150465.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Nikki Haley did herself, her party, and her country proud when she stood defiantly in a New York office lobby, asking her supporters to stay with her as she continues her campaign. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I will suffer for you,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' she told them. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I will not quit.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
The odds...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Social Media Case Reinvigorates Debate Over Internet Fairness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/05/social_media_case_reinvigorates_debate_over_internet_fairness_150282.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brief in the major Supreme Court free speech case Netchoice v. Paxton has now been filed. If wisdom or fairness carry the day, the large social media sites will lose their appeal and will not be able to block the American public'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s full access to news and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Reforms for Political Trials]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/21/prosecutorial_reforms_for_political_trials_150229.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Criminal prosecutions of active political candidates, and their families and allies, require special safeguards to protect the democratic process itself. This is true whether Democrats are pursuing Republicans or Republicans are pursuing Democrats. The need for evenhandedness is even...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NetChoice v. Paxton: Fifth Circuit Saves Social Media Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/10/04/netchoice_v_paxton_fifth_circuit_saves_social_media_free_speech_148275.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is rare when a RealClearPolitics op-ed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' becomes a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' law. But that happened just a few days ago, happily, as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals fought back against censorship of free speech on the big social media platforms, in a case called NetChoice v. Paxton.
The common wisdom has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk and Twitter: How to Rescue Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/20/elon_musk_and_twitter_how_to_rescue_free_speech_147494.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk, the tech multi-billionaire, has acquired a 9% stake in Twitter. He is proposing a full acquisition, ostensibly to reform Twitter and better protect free speech and political debate on Big Tech social media. If Musk is sincere in his statements, Americans should say: Go, Elon,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden, Economy Killer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/07/joe_biden_economy_killer_145718.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Along with a working vaccine, Joe Biden inherited a V-shaped economic recovery, but he is now planting the seeds of its destruction. Inflation, federal deficits, high taxes, incentives for workers to stay home, and incentives to avoid investment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re all coming back....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Want to Save the World? Adopt the '1689 Project']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/05/want_to_save_the_world_adopt_the_1689_project_145185.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been hearing a lot about the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'1619 Project,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and hearing also (somewhat less) about the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'1776 Project.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But what the world really needs is a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'1689 Project.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The year 1689 was the key one in the birth of the Enlightenment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a marvelously...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Save Free Speech, Let 'Marsh' Beat a Swamp]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/23/to_save_free_speech_let_marsh_beat_a_swamp__145107.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can a Marsh beat a Swamp? Yes, if the Supreme Court precedent in Marsh v. Alabama is applied by Congress, the court or state legislatures to save free speech on the Internet.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Marsh was the 1946 Supreme Court case which found that First Amendment protections for free speech can be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Create 'First Amendment Zones' on Social Media]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/31/lets_create_first_amendment_zones_on_social_media_144575.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The perils of political censorship on the giant social media sites have now become obvious. But what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the solution? One path would be to create "First Amendment zones" on each site, where political speech would be treated identically to speech in the public square. Even if no law...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Start a 'Dumpster Fire' (and Prevent the Next One)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/04/how_to_start_a_dumpster_fire_and_prevent_the_next_one_144362.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[History seems destined to blame Donald Trump for the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'dumpster fire inside a train wreck'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' presidential debate this week. The debate transcript, however, clearly shows that Joe Biden lit the match, and moderator Chris Wallace threw a log on the fire, before America's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech Monopolies Are a Threat to First Amendment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/22/big_tech_monopolies_are_a_threat_to_first_amendment.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The current rules regulating free speech and the "monopoly social media'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Google/YouTube -- together, the MOSM) are a mess, but the basic principles should be obvious. They should be treated as the new public square, and subject to First Amendment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Predict Trump: 5 Rules of Presidential Consistency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/politics/how-to-predict-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The five rules of presidential consistency]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Barr's Reference to Vietnam War Period Is Key to Today]]></title>
							<link>https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/in-this-corner-bill-barrs-key-statement-was-overlooked</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bill Barr'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Key Statement Was Overlooked]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politicized Justice: Democracy Does Not Just Die in Darkness]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/in-this-corner-the-mueller-report-and-its-aftermath/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Mueller report is now out and to no surprise of anyone sane, Donald Trump is NOT a Russian spy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the First Amendment Can Tame Big Tech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/how-the-first-amendment-can-tame-big-tech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump Jr. complained of being blocked from Instagram, continuing a list of censorship complaints against Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's China Trade War Is Not About Trade]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/what-donald-trumps-trade-war-with-china-is-really-about/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Understanding the logic of 45's economic and foreign policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Against Political Trials]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/corner-political-trials/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even if Paul Manafort turns out to be guilty, let's agree on this. Political trials are bad for our democracy. A political trial is any trial'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in which the prosecution is unusually severe because the defendant participates in the political process, or because the defendant has a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[James Comey vs. Louis Freeh: How to Fight a President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/james-comey-vs-louis-freeh-fight-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both James Comey and Louis Freeh opposed their presidents. Only one did it the right way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Cut Through the Hypocrisy on Russia &amp; the Election]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/politics/in-this-corner-the-hypocrisy-watch/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A most amazing thing!A few months ago, Donald Trump Jr. was found to have had one meeting with a Russian lawyer that might have led to negative news on Hillary Clinton. The Dems erupted with horror at the thought. Senator Tim Kaine, Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s running mate, described it as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Nothing Burger' Collusion Theory That Killed Millions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearlife.com/history/the-stab-in-the-back-theory-that-killed-millions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>K.S. Bruce</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More than 100 German subcommittee hearings and a false stab-in-the-back theory helped sink the Weimar Republic and wreck Europe.]]></description>
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