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<title><![CDATA[Derek Robertson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/36752.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Derek Robertson]]></description><category domain="36752">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk&rsquo;s Tech Libertarianism Is Blowing Up on Twitter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/23/elon-musks-new-school-tech-libertarianism-00070733</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley's cult of the founder meets modern Republicans' anti-woke culture-warring.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Can't Politicians Record a Good Podcast?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/19/boring-podcasts-00052659</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of the dozens of current and former officeholders vying for our ears, none can get it quite right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Top Gun: Maverick' Is America's Cry for Help]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/03/tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick-00036897</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nostalgic blockbuster's unexpectedly massive success reflects a desperation to feel good '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' together, for once.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NFL Is (Somehow) America's Most Resilient Institution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/13/super-bowl-2022-nfl-politics-pop-culture-analysis-00008309</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Football has had a brutal year of controversy, but its enduring popularity contains a lesson for our beleaguered political leaders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Predicted the Culture Wars Would End in 2021. Oops.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/31/culture-war-2021-post-trump-politics-526245</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The collective wish for a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'return to normalcy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' missed how fundamentally transformative the Trump years were to American culture.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The War on Christmas Has a Winner: The War Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/18/war-on-christmas-525273</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What seems now like a quaint, post-9/11 cultural skirmish is now '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' unfortunately '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' just the way we live. Is there a way to end it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Weirdly Political Legacy of 'Ghostbusters']]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/21/new-ghostbusters-afterlife-movie-politics-523082</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who ya gonna call? Well, that depends on your ideological priors.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[University of Austin Against Everyone--Including Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/17/university-austin-bari-weiss-pinker-culture-politics-522800</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The discord in and around the launch of a new, free-thinking university reveals the power of intellectual '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'independence'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and just how hard it is to credibly claim.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jon Stewart's Back. Here's Why We Should Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/jon-stewart-new-show-514924</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The erstwhile '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Daily Show'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' host returns to a very different world. Whether he can adapt will say a lot about our culture.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Republicans Became the 'Barstool' Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/20/barstool-sports-republican-politics-portnoy-trump-495221</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Barstool-ification of the GOP could reconfigure its cultural politics for a generation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Everything Became 'Cancel Culture']]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/05/cancel-culture-politics-analysis-491928</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The never-ending debate over what it is to be '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'canceled'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' obscures the reality of our bubble-driven world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How 'Owning the Libs' Became the GOP's Core Belief]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/21/owning-the-libs-history-trump-politics-pop-culture-477203</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The weird journey of a tongue-in-cheek catchphrase from conservative-mocking putdown to the defining tenet of the Republican Party's way of life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 8 Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined the Trump Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/02/pop-culture-trump-era-2020-analysis-449495</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just as our politics fractured over the past four years, so did our culture. Here, a look back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could LeBron James Defeat Donald Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/06/nba-strike-2020-election-voting-lebron-trump-409211</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In securing major concessions and expanding voter participation, NBA players may have ended up changing the way 2020 plays out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant Was the NBA's Last Apolitical Superstar]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/01/kobe-bryant-politics-nba-obituary-110030</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a player, the late icon avoided social activism. By the end of his career, the culture'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the generation of NBA stars who idolized him'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'had passed him by.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The NBA Hasn't Changed. We Have.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/12/nba-china-hong-kong-229848</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wokest professional sports league'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' harshly disappointed its fans this week. But the letdown was inevitable.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Washington, DC: Psychopath Capital of America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/23/washington-dc-the-psychopath-capital-of-america-218892</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new study ranks each state, plus D.C., by their psychopathic tendencies. The race for first? It isn't even close.]]></description>
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