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<title><![CDATA[James Meigs - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/42091.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Meigs]]></description><category domain="42091">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Howard Zinn's Horrible History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/howard-zinns-horrible-history-0c1e1e6b?st=VNP1XY</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He advanced a ruthlessly negative worldview that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s now the default for half-educated young Americans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When the Bottom Stories Are the Real News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/when-the-bottom-stories-are-the-real-news-8069bfc1?st=JrDDwn</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why does negative news dominate our national conversation while positive stories quickly fade away? The traditional explanation is that bad events are newsworthy because they break the norm, while positive trends tend to be gradual. And yes, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s still truth to that old maxim,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Costly 'Renewable' Boondoggle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/the-renewable-boondoggle-1f4bff31?st=1UqRvv</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Chris Wright offered a kind of scorecard. Globally, about $10 trillion has been invested in the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'energy transition,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he estimated. Nonetheless, only 2.6% of total global energy comes from renewable sources today.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shoot for the Moon: Artemis II Is an Important Step]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/shoot-for-the-moon-7322a4dd?st=urxssA</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three enormous parachutes will open over the Pacific Ocean on April 10 and, God willing, bring the Artemis II mission'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Orion capsule to a gentle but historic splashdown. No vehicle has ever carried humans so far from home. When the hatch opens, the mission'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s four crew members...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hardware Is Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/hardware-is-back-34e02bb0?st=neq6ff</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Software is eating the world,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' digital-tech pioneer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Marc Andreessen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' proclaimed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 15 years ago. American industries might once have been built out of steel, concrete and oil. But now, he wrote, digitally based companies like Amazon,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Facebook'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Google were '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'poised...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Breaking the Code of Silence on Gender Medicine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/breaking-the-code-of-silence-on-gender-medicine-19ae1b07?st=ewubqf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was obvious that gender transitions for minors were a bad idea. Why did it take so long for medical associations to say so?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Were We Thinking?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/david-zweig-abundance-of-caution-book-pandemic-school-closures?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Zweig writes about the corrupt leadership behind America's disastrous school closures during Covid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace Pays the Piper]]></title>
							<link>https://www.commentary.org/articles/james-meigs/energy-transfer-greenpeace-lawsuit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In March, the pipeline company Energy Transfer won a massive civil suit against the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace. The case dates back to 2016, when as many as 10,000 activists traveled]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NASA Nominee Outlines New Vision for Troubled Agency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/jared-isaacman-confirmation-hearing-nasa-administrator?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his Senate confirmation hearing, private astronaut Jared Isaacman outlined a new vision for the troubled agency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace Verdict a Wake-Up Call for Progressive NGOs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/greenpeace-verdict-energy-transfer-dakota-access-pipeline?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the verdict stands, Greenpeace will have to pay $667 million in damages to Energy Transfer, which built and owns the Dakota Access Pipeline.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Butch and Suni's Long, Strange Trip in Space]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/nasa-astronauts-suni-williams-butch-wilmore-space?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Boeing's Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned, Williams and Wilmore became long-term residents on the space station'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the focus of some political malarky.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Save NASA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/nasa-space-exploration-trump-administration?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three steps the president should take]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Legal War on Greenpeace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/dakota-access-pipeline-energy-transfer-greenpeace-lawsuit?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seeking payback for the violent protests that disrupted its Dakota Access project, pipeline company Energy Transfer targets Greenpeace with a potentially groundbreaking lawsuit.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pull the Plug on 'Environmental Justice']]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/biden-environmental-justice-agenda-trump?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was more damaging than DEI and more wasteful than USAID spending.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Instead of Protecting Citizens, CA Focused on Climate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-la-wildfires-risk-housing-policy?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The risks are growing, but instead of protecting citizens, state leaders focused on climate change.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dismantle the 'Environmental Justice' Juggernaut]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/dismantle-the-environmental-justice-juggernaut?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eliminating this pernicious policy should be on the Trump administration's first week to-do list.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['I Represent Science']]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/review-of-on-call-a-doctors-journey-in-public-service-by-anthony-fauci</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci's autobiography unwittingly reveals his transformation from an open-minded scientist to an imperious, unaccountable public-health bureaucrat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Slush Fund for Radical Protesters?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-slush-fund-for-radical-protesters</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Biden administration's massive program of environmental justice grants appears designed to empower extremist groups.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unscientific American]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/unscientific-american</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Shermer got his first clue that things were changing at Scientific American in late 2018. The author had been writing his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Skeptic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' column for the magazine since 2001.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unraveling the Covid Cover-Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-covid-coverup</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Health authorities and policymakers squandered public trust by lying to the American people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Green War on Clean Energy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/green-war-on-clean-energy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Radical environmentalists fight against the very technologies that would cut carbon emissions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Secure the Vote: The Case for Real Reform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/voter-fraud-future-election-disasters</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Implausible claims of voter fraud shouldn't invalidate the case for real reform'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'we need to harden our electoral system against disaster.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chump Effect of Liberal Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/chump-effect-of-progressive-policies</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Meigs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressive policies penalize those who play by the rules and shower benefits on those who don't.]]></description>
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