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							<title><![CDATA[Guilt-Tripping Our Way to Self-Destruction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/09/guilt-tripping_our_way_to_self-destruction_150469.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everywhere we turn, the country looks like it is falling apart. Crime is out of control. Millions of illegal immigrants are pouring across our borders. Our schools are more interested in cultivating gender dysphoria and a proclivity for porn in our children than in educating them. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Destroying the Rule of Law To Get Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/21/destroying_the_rule_of_law_to_get_trump_150228.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Robert Bolt's prize-winning play "A Man for All Seasons" takes place in 16th-century England during the reign of King Henry VIII. Chancellor Sir Thomas More, a devout Catholic and the country's highest-ranking lawyer, opposes the king's decision to break with the Roman Catholic Church,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Atheism and Antisemitism at America's Universities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/14/atheism_and_antisemitism_at_americas_universities_150195.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ryan Burge is a data analyst who synthesizes information about religion and politics in the United States. He publishes his findings and observations regularly on Substack. Last week, he wrote an article titled "How Weird is The Religious Composition of Harvard's Student Body?" In it, he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rewarding Bad Behavior]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/30/rewarding_bad_behavior_150130.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At this writing, the "ceasefire" in Gaza continues while Hamas dribbles out hostages (who depart the territory amid the bellowing and threats of Palestinian civilians calling for their deaths). How long will this go on? As long as Hamas can stretch it out.
John Hinderaker over at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lives Bereft of Meaning]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, writers Francesca Block and Suzy Weiss co-authored an article in The Free Press describing the phenomenon of (largely progressive) Western women converting to Islam.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
On the same day, Teri Christoph published a piece on RedState in which she remarks on how many of the recent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Did We Get Here?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/17/how_did_we_get_here_150075.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pro-Hamas protests and marches keep expanding across our college and university campuses. Much to the dismay of Jewish students, alumni and donors (as well as non-Jewish Americans watching these events with alarm), those who claim to support the cause of the Arab population living in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Isn't Rocket Science, GOP -- Figure It Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/09/this_isnt_rocket_science_gop_--_figure_it_out_150033.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another election, another round of recriminations.
I have ZERO confidence that the Republican Party will heed anything I say here, since they don't listen to the dozens (or hundreds) of other better-known commentators making similar points. But as proof of the triumph of hope over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Those Who Promote Antisemitism Will Destroy America, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/26/those_who_promote_antisemitism_will_destroy_america_too_149965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Oct. 7 slaughter in Israel, author Brigitte Gabriel posted on X (formerly Twitter) about her experiences growing up in Lebanon. She described her childhood in the once-prosperous and peaceful country as "idyllic" and recalled how its capital, Beirut, had been hailed as the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Has the U.S. Government Betrayed?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/12/who_has_the_us_government_betrayed_149887.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of Hamas' horrific attack on Israel last weekend, and the barbaric kidnappings, torture and slaughter of hundreds of civilians, Jews across the world are asking hard questions about who they can truly count on.
Author and podcaster Liel Leibovitz penned a scathing essay...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Julius Malema and the Deliberate Malevolence of Marxism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/05/julius_malema_and_the_deliberate_malevolence_of_marxism_149855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, England's Daily Mail has published several articles about the growing political unrest in South Africa and the rise of Julius Malema, head of the Economic Freedom Fighters, an expressly "Marxist-Leninist" party calling for "seizure of private property without...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Would Anyone Vote for This?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/28/why_would_anyone_vote_for_this_149820.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A common theme in political news coverage over the past few years has been how "fractious" and "divisive" politics has become in our society. Newspapers, magazines and social media have countless articles and accounts of political disagreements that have torn families apart and destroyed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Mother's Advice for College Students]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/24/a_mothers_advice_for_college_students_149667.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when millions of young Americans are heading off to college, including my own daughter. In the spirit of maternal love and concern, I wanted to offer a bit of wisdom to them, based on my observations and personal experience.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
No. 1: Actually, don't try to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America, Stand Up!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/20/america_stand_up_149526.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I never thought I would see the day that the United States of America would be so weak, so willfully blind to falsehood and so cowed by ignorance. And yet that is where we are.
The consequences of our poor decisions as a people are everywhere.
The "Sexual Revolution" was supposed to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics Without Principle Will Devolve Into Chaos]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/12/30/politics_without_principle_will_devolve_into_chaos_148671.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George Santos, a newly elected congressman from Long Island, New York, has been caught in a string of embarrassing lies about his background. He claimed to have received a degree from Baruch College in 2010; he didn't. He claimed to have worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he didn't....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[January 6 is a Stalking Horse for Government Power Grabs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/09/january_6_is_a_stalking_horse_for_government_power_grabs_146055.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the nation limps out of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans assume that we are also leaving behind the serious -- and in some cases, shocking -- power grabs that government leaders insisted were necessary to "defeat the virus."
The headlines suggest otherwise. A number of trends...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cut Off the Checks -- America's Businesses Need Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/18/cut_off_the_checks_--_americas_businesses_need_workers_145955.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like a lot of other Americans, I have been shocked in recent weeks at the number of businesses that cannot find workers. My daughter and I stopped at a fast-food restaurant here in South Bend, Indiana, two weeks ago on our way home from Chicago. After waiting 40 minutes in the drive-thru...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Innovation Saves Lives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/26/innovation_saves_lives_145485.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was a testy Twitter exchange last week between Bernie Sanders, the socialist Democratic U.S. senator from Vermont, and eccentric billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Sanders started by tweeting that Musk and Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos have more wealth than "the bottom 40% of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Giving Thanks for a System That Creates Prosperity -- and Leftovers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/29/giving_thanks_for_a_system_that_creates_prosperity_--_and_leftovers_141850.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis has made a number of public statements decrying the waste of food around the globe. Most recently, he voiced his support for the objectives of the World Food Programme. He echoed the words of his predecessor, St. John Paul II, who called food waste "a paradox of abundance."...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Generosity of Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/28/the_generosity_of_americans_139032.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nine days ago (at this writing), Iraq War veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage launched a GoFundMe page to help build the wall on the United States southern border with Mexico. In a week and a half, Kolfage has raised over $17 million (toward his stated goal of $1 billion) with gifts...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Making of a Red Wave?]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2018/10/25/the-making-of-a-red-wave-n2531684</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are Republicans finally getting the message?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Guilt by Accusation Is a Frightening Standard]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/10/innocent_until_proven_guilty_protects_all_of_us</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One evening, my senior year in college, there was a knock at my door. When I answered, a student I didn't know was standing there. He asked my name, and when I told him, he very politely asked if I would perform a sex act on him. After I told him he was out of his mind (or words to that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Business Lesson for Socialists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/17/a_business_lesson_for_socialists_137818.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a career academic who teaches entrepreneurship, I am very familiar with the anti-business sentiment that pervades so much of higher education and the public discourse about policy in this country. It is a spreading plague grounded in infuriating ignorance. 
So when I run across...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Have Become What They Say They Despise]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/10/democrats_have_become_what_they_say_they_despise_137769.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Candace Owens, a young black conservative, was shouted out of a restaurant by a white crowd screaming obscenities and racial epithets at her and her dining companion, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk (who is white). The police had to be called, and the mob...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI Collusion: We Were Never Supposed to Know]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/07/fisa_documents_reveal_fbi_collusion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our media's valiant efforts to distract us notwithstanding, information continues to seep out that underscores how badly a housecleaning is needed in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Are Democrats Running On?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/20/what_are_democrats_running_on_137572.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2018 midterms are fast approaching, and Democrats are still crowing about the coming "blue wave." If past is precedent, I suspect that this is just media-fueled propaganda. (Remember Hillary Clinton's 98 percent certainty of winning the presidency?) There has been recent news about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free Speech for the Goose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/06/free_speech_for_the_goose_137436.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York Times, borrowing Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's language from her dissent in last week's Janus v. AFSCME case, purported in a June 30 article to explain "how conservatives (have) weaponized the First Amendment." 
The plaintiff in Janus successfully argued that he should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Depths of the Left's Duplicity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/23/the_depths_of_the_lefts_duplicity_136603.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Hollis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We've known for years that we have a "ruling class" (as author Angelo Codevilla dubbed it), which looks out for its own interests. We also know that members of the ruling class despise the rest of us. Former President Barack Obama was responsible for the term "bitter clingers" when he...]]></description>
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