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<title><![CDATA[Glenn Altschuler - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39978.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Glenn Altschuler]]></description><category domain="39978">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Should Academic Depts. Make Political Statements?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5058218-should-academic-departments-avoid-making-political-statements/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few weeks after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Department of Women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College posted a statement on its website supporting Palestinian resistance to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'settler colonial war, occupation, and apartheid,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' decrying Israel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Should Not Be Confirmed as HHS Secretary]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5051344-rfk-jr-is-not-telling-the-truth-about-vaccines/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Efforts to undermine confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re dangerous,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a polio survivor, declared earlier this month.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Academia Regain the Public&rsquo;s Trust?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5039094-public-confidence-higher-education/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public confidence in higher education has hit its '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'lowest level ever.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Only 36 percent of Americans have '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a great deal or quite a lot of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' confidence in higher education,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' down from 57 percent in 2015.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will RFK Jr. Give Trump a Shot in the Arm?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4856037-will-rfk-jr-give-trump-a-shot-in-the-arm/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Aug. 23, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' endorsed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump for president. Kennedy revealed that Trump had offered him a role in a second administration on issues related to health care, food and drug policies.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Fix Faltering Public Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4711810-how-to-fix-our-faltering-public-schools/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York State Education Department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' declared'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' last year that two of the 12 public schools in Ithaca, N.Y., where I live, were not in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'good standing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The announcement came after an analysis of academic achievement, performance in core subjects, English language...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maydays in May: 3 American Distress Signals]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4686204-maydays-in-may-3-american-distress-signals/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conceived as a radio distress signal for airplane pilots and ship captains,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mayday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (the phonetic equivalent of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'m'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'aidez,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the French word for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'help me'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';') was officially adopted by the United States in 1927. The convention requires that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Riding an Imaginary Crime Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4658521-trump-is-riding-an-imaginary-crime-wave/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At his campaign rallies,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' often'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' declares'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'crime is rampant and out of control, like never before.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He claims that the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capital is a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'nightmare of murder and crime. People from Georgia go down to Washington now and they get shot.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Backgrounds of Judges Who Threw Trump a Lifeline]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4578672-the-judges-who-threw-trump-a-lifeline-are-the-kind-of-people-he-usually-loves-to-hate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On March 25, five appellate justices of the New York State Supreme Court threw Donald Trump a lifeline.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Even in Recess, House GOP Priorities Are All Screwed Up]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4487360-even-in-recess-house-gop-priorities-are-all-screwed-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Following an unusually'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' unproductive'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' chaotic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' session in 2023 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Alejandro Mayorkas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' this month'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' without a shred of evidence'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he committed a high crime or misdemeanor '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Republican-led House took a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Instructive History of Book Bans]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4419652-the-instructive-history-of-book-bans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Books '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'are disappearing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' from K-12 classrooms and libraries across the country in an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'unprecedented flood.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' After reaching a record high in the 2021-22 school year, book bans increased another 33 percent last year, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'supercharged'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'punitive state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House GOP Prefers Political Theater To Passing Laws]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4393610-house-republicans-prefer-political-theater-to-passing-laws/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[2023 was the most unproductive session for the U.S. Congress in at least 50 years. The House of Representatives and Senate passed and President Biden signed fewer than 30 bills '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' far below the number when Republicans had majorities in one or both chambers and Democrats Bill Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Six Americans Who Left Lasting Legacies in 2023]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4382731-six-americans-who-left-lasting-legacies-in-2023/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I do not want to achieve immortality through my work,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Woody Allen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' once'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wrote. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I want to achieve immortality by not dying. I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen. I want to live on in my apartment.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Campus War Over Words on Israel and Palestine]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4364136-the-campus-war-over-words-on-israel-and-palestine/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' have highlighted sharp disagreements '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' among college and university leaders, students, faculty, alumni, politicians and the general public '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' over where to draw the line between protected speech and impermissible harassment or threats....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why American Politics Has Become Vulgar and Violent]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4327182-why-american-politics-has-become-vulgar-and-violent/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In September, Senate Majority Leader'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Chuck Schumer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' relaxed the chamber'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s formal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' dress code'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' coat, tie and slacks for men, but no specified attire for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to accommodate Sen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' John Fetterman,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' who wore hoodies and gym shorts in the Senate cloakroom. After...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democracy Dies, Right Here in America]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4293643-how-democracy-dies-right-here-in-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature recently approved a bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' redrawing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 14 congressional districts. The map makes it quite likely that, in a state almost equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP will win 10 or 11 House seats in 2024.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Doubtful Convictions of Donald J. Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4231247-the-doubtful-convictions-of-donald-j-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Indicted four times on a total of 91 criminal charges, former President Donald Trump has not yet gone to trial. And so, at present, Trump is, in more ways than one, a man with no convictions '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' other than those that serve his own personal and political interests.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Deniers Are Not Entitled to Their Own Facts]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4172158-climate-deniers-are-entitled-to-their-own-opinions-but-not-their-own-facts/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans and their cable news allies are still hot and bothered about climate change. A few examples:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) accused Climate Envoy John Kerry of being a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'grifter,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' trying to charge taxpayers '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a quadrillion dollars to fix a problem that doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Getting a Bad Rap]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4138422-biden-is-getting-a-bad-rap/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He has been remarkably successful at steering the nation through a deadly pandemic that brought the economy to its knees.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conspiracy-mongers in Congress: GOP Goes Off Deep End]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4110729-conspiracists-in-congress-republicans-go-off-the-deep-end/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, conspiracy theories are in the saddle, and facts have become fungible.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Weaponization Wannabes]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4076603-republicans-are-weaponization-wannabes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have kept Democratic weaponization on page one of their playbook, even though they have uncovered virtually no evidence of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Florida's Anti-LGBT Laws: Unwarranted and Un-American]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4022542-floridas-anti-lgbt-laws-are-unwarranted-and-un-american/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4022542-floridas-anti-lgbt-laws-are-unwarranted-and-un-american/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After her 5th graders in Winding Waters elementary school in Hernando County, Florida spent the morning taking standardized tests, Jenna Barbee, their teacher, gave them a study break. The class watched '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Strange World,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a 2022 Disney animated science fiction movie....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of 'Woke' Indoctrination of Students]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3941143-the-myth-of-woke-indoctrination-of-students/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Almost all the conservative claims about left-wing indoctrination are wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 GOP Primaries May Be a Rerun of 2016]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3895992-2024-republican-primaries-may-be-a-rerun-of-2016/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Larry Hogan,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the former Republican governor of Maryland,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he would not seek the GOP nomination for president. To be successful in 2024, according to Hogan, the party must abandon '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'angry, divisive, politics;'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' elected officials must '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'say...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carter Teaches Us What It Means To Live a Good Life]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3868075-jimmy-carter-continues-to-teach-us-what-it-means-to-live-a-good-life/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Carter's choice of hospice care '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' like so much of his post-presidential life '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' sets an example, leads the way, if you will, toward what Carter considered a better way of living.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Police Reforms Can Save Lives and Save Money]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3865201-police-reforms-can-save-lives-save-money-and-strengthen-law-enforcement/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Comprehensive reforms of police practices are long overdue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Own Patent on Partisan Weaponizing]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3824148-mirror-mirror-whos-the-fairest-weaponizer-of-them-all/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans, it is worth noting, are no strangers to weaponizing political institutions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A War on Democracy Has Begun]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3721885-it-can-happen-here-it-is-happening-here/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[About 18 million Americans agree the use of force is justified to restore Donald Trump to the presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Immigration Crisis Isn't What You Think It Is]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/3690232-the-immigration-crisis-isnt-what-you-think-it-is/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This July, employers advertised 11.2 million jobs, but only 5.7 million workers sought employment, the biggest gap in American history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should College Students Follow the Money?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/should-college-students-follow-the-money/ar-AA12dD4Y?ocid=a2hs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2022 elections are, so far, shaping up to be better than Democrats had imagined. They're now favored to hold the Senate, and they appear likely to keep their losses in the House below the historical midterm average for the party that controls the White House.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Are Regaining Momentum]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3609333-why-democrats-are-regaining-momentum/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Altschuler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This summer, high temperature records were'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shattered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' across the United States; wildfires burned millions of acres from Oklahoma to Alaska; droughts ravaged Western states, and floods devastated Appalachia. These disasters contributed to a sense of urgency that helped Democrats pass a...]]></description>
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