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<title><![CDATA[Jackie Gingrich Cushman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39648.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jackie Gingrich Cushman]]></description><category domain="39648">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Elevate Your Thinking]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/26/elevate_your_thinking_145310.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you've seen the signs reading, "Science is real," heard the phrase, "follow the science" or been told to "trust in science," and if these statements have often been used to try to curb your dissent, free thinking and discussion -- then elevate your thinking. These statements are the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Main Event]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/02/main_event_144352.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you watched this week's presidential debate between Republican President Donald J. Trump and Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden, you might have felt as though you were watching a mixed martial arts match among three people, the third being Chris Wallace, the beleaguered Fox...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Great Outdoors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/07/the_great_outdoors_143904.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, the Great Outdoors Act was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump. This is an enormous achievement. It provides permanent financial support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, using a small fraction of offshore oil and gas drilling revenues. The backlog of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Send Your Kids to School!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/17/send_your_kids_to_school_143738.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, when I started working in financial analysis for a $3 billion company, my first project was to work with the company's field organizations to ensure that the metrics (financial and operational) were sent in a timely manner and based on consistent definitions. The goal was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hot Times in Atlanta]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/10/hot_times_in_atlanta_143676.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I've lived in Atlanta for over three decades. I grew up an hour west in the then-rural town of Carrollton, where my father taught at West Georgia College. Twice a year, we traveled to Atlanta, in August to do our back-to-school shopping and in December to attend "The Nutcracker" ballet....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Accountability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/10/media_accountability_142113.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Late last January, a short video showing Catholic high school boys and an indigenous drummer in Washington created a media and social media flurry. The video documented a confluence of two marches (the March for Life and the Indigenous Peoples March) near the Lincoln Memorial. It showed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2020 Vision]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/03/2020_vision_142069.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you have 20/20 (or better) vision, you probably don't even think about seeing -- unless you previously had worse vision. If your vision has declined over the years (as mine has), you probably wish for the times when you took your vision for granted.
That applies to more than vision;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Constant Work: The Price of Freedom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/13/constant_work_the_price_of_freedom_141243.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We were attacked 18 years ago by Islamic terrorists. They attacked us -- our country -- because they hate our way of life and our freedoms. Imagine what our lives would be like if we were stripped of our freedoms. What if we could no longer speak our minds, protest or vote? We should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Grateful for Freedom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/06/grateful_for_freedom_141183.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine you're 20 years old and living in Hong Kong. For your entire life, you have lived in a quasi-democracy. Then, about three months ago, that all changed when a bill was submitted that raised the possibility of extradition to China. Let's be clear: This would put Hong Kong's legal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Narrative]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/09/the_problem_with_narrative_140976.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, The New York Times caved to online bullying and changed a headline for an article covering President Donald Trump's remarks after the horrible shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The original headline, "Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism," was met with outrage on social...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Proud to Be an American]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/05/proud_to_be_an_american_140709.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Gingrich Cushman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am proud to be an American. Yes, I know that our system of government is not perfect, but I firmly believe that it is the best in the world. We are an exceptional country -- not because our people are exceptional but because we have a different and exceptional structure of government....]]></description>
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