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<title><![CDATA[John Maxwell Hamilton - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/44744.xml</link><description><![CDATA[John Maxwell Hamilton]]></description><category domain="44744">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Propaganda: Paid for by You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/29/propaganda_paid_for_by_you_154542.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s greatest strength is its greatest vulnerability. We are referring to the government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s extraordinary power to communicate. And this weekend we had a vivid lesson in what can go wrong.
We citizens don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think about it much, but the government supplies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fake News, Part III: Paper Bullets]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/21/fake_news_part_iii_paper_bullets_154430.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The moon occupies a special place in human history'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brilliant constellation of fake news stories. When the first British newspapers appeared in the early 17th century, they had a field day with fantastic stories of extraterrestrial life. Playwright and poet Ben Jonson, who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fake News, Part II: Faking for Fun]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/19/fake_news_part_ii_faking_for_fun_154424.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[March 10, 1972, was supposed to be a blockbuster day in the literary world. Publisher McGraw-Hill planned to unveil '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Autobiography of Howard Hughes,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' an as-told-to book midwifed by novelist and investigative journalist Clifford Irving. The book promised to lift the curtain...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fake News, Part I: The Long History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/17/fake_news_part_i_the_long_history_154415.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1896, a daring journalist covering the Cuban revolution against their colonial masters crossed the Spanish lines three times to interview insurgent leaders. William Francis Mannix'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s final trip into the Cuban interior was made at the request of the leader of the insurgent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Impeachment Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/23/the_impeachment_trap__154251.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are licking their chops.
The midterm elections are approaching and with them the prospect that Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate. Even with a majority only in the lower chamber, the Democrats would have the power to torment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Finding the Third Way&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/03/finding_the_third_way_154084.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a nation, we increasingly want our politics the way we want our news, the way we want our Sunday barbeque conversations with neighbors '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and the way we want our marriages. We want to marry people who have the same political affiliation.
In the early 1970s, a little over half of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Manchin and Kennedy: Two Profiles in Courage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/29/manchin_and_kennedy_two_profiles_in_courage_153772.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a tale of two memoirs by two senators. To borrow further from Charles Dickens, they illustrate why we live in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the best of times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the worst of times."
One senator is John Kennedy of Louisiana. He still serves. The other is Joe Manchin of West Virginia. He...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good Advice for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/01/good_advice_for_democrats_152729.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The national election returns last November gave the Democrats a comeuppance. They may not have lost the White House or Congress by large margins, but they cannot take solace in that. The election returns showed support for their party is dangerously eroding among the people on whom they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos and the Goose-Stepping of Opinion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/05/jeff_bezos_and_goose-stepping_of_opinion_152449.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week saw a new attempt to dismantle independent journalism, and it was the most dispiriting kind. The assault came from within.
Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, declared that he was changing the newspaper'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s opinion section. Opinion pieces that run alongside or opposite...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Speech for a Divided Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/22/the_wrong_speech_for_a_divided_country_152232.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1923, Ernest Hemingway, a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, was ushered with other reporters into a press conference with Benito Mussolini. The recently installed Italian prime minister sat at his desk reading a book, his face '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'contorted into the famous frown.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Listserv Journalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/29/listserv_journalism_152139.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone wanting to understand how truth has become a free-for-all need look no further than an idea conceived by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the Los Angeles Times.
This month Soon-Shiong announced his daily newspaper would provide readers with a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bias meter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' next to each...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Would Benjamin Franklin Say?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/16/what_would_benjamin_franklin_say.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a lot to be said for making America great again. But what does that mean?
Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric Weiner, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Ben &amp; Me: In Search of a Founder'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Formula for a Long and Useful Life.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Weiner...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revolution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/04/revolution_152035.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many Democrats find it difficult to get their minds around the idea of another Donald Trump presidency.
How, for instance, could the American people elect a person who called Sen. John McCain a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'loser'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' because his airplane was shot down in Vietnam and he was captured? In more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump vs. Washington Elites]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/15/donald_trump_vs_washington_elites_151948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second presidency is best seen as a revolt against elites, a revolt that has succeeded in sidelining moderating influences in not only the Democratic party but also the Republican party. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Trump ran against what he calls the Deep State. His rhetoric dwelled on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time To Vote for Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/27/time_to_vote_for_democracy__151847.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the early 1990s, when I covered the end of communism in Eastern Europe, I learned a lesson about governance. It had been much easier for the Communists to create an inefficient centrally planned country than it was to turn the wreckage they left behind into a functioning free market...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Misinformation About Fake News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/15/the_misinformation_about_fake_news_151784.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ROME, Italy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Throngs of pedestrians daily pass by the chipped, forlorn statue of Pasquino located here, near the Piazza Navona, without turning their heads to ponder this monument to information warfare. They should. It is instructive.
Beginning in the 16th century, Romans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Getting a Laugh Out of Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/19/getting_a_laugh_out_of_politics_151649.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The other day, I asked several AI engines for a list of funny things the two presidential candidates have said so far on the campaign trail.
I did not expect much. I had not seen anything to bring a smile to my lips. But surely, I thought, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris had said something...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Over Ruled&rsquo;: Who Guards the Guardians?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/02/over_ruled_who_guards_guardians_151546.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Who guards the guardians? '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' is an old question that began as amusing repartee and has bedeviled democratic government from the beginning of its formation.
The phrase originated with the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, who was presented...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Heroes for Hitmen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/08/heroes_for_hitmen_151412.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even the most principled journalists are whipping boys these days. Former President Donald Trump has called them enemies of the people. Their public standing has fallen with those of many other institutions. But another factor is at work, too. Serious journalists are lumped with partisan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Words, Words, Words]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/04/words_words_words_151384.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Words everywhere. Words in laws passed by Congress, words in instructions for the devices that make our lives easier, words in novels and newspapers that edify us, words we use to convey our heartfelt sympathies, words we use to debate what course of action is good for our families and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Take Away the Car Keys]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/11/take_away_the_car_keys_151244.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the saddest moments of my life was the day I felt compelled to tell my father that he should give up his car and stop driving. He resisted, but only briefly. It was an example of the kind of man my father was.
And it is an example for us today when we consider the peril our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Government Project&rsquo;: Lessons for a New Millennium]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/11/government_project_lessons_for_a_new_millennium_151079.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly 45 years ago, I paid a visit to a fertilizer plant in Chengju, South Korea. The low-slung, dingy gray facility had been built with U.S. assistance a quarter of a century earlier. The equipment was a mosaic of rust and peeling patches of paint. The original equipment was no longer...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Going Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/11/no_going_back_150930.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Do you want to talk about something else today?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' an exasperated Kristi Noem asked a television interviewer this week. The topic the beleaguered South Dakota governor preferred to avoid was the execution of her dog Cricket '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' by her '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' which she describes in her new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lagash Lounge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/30/the_lagash_lounge_150857.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2023, an Italo-American archaeological team announced their discovery of a 5,000-year-old tavern in Lagash, an ancient city-state capital in southern Iraq. A cuneiform tablet found among the ruins carried a recipe for beer, which the team believed to be the bar'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most popular...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Is the Political Courage on the Right?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/29/where_is_the_political_courage_on_the_right_150717.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a story of courage and an object lesson for Republicans who have lost their courage and lost their way.
The hero of the story is Marina Vashakmadze, a journalist in the Republic of Georgia and, I am proud to say, a friend of mine. The story took place when she was a fledgling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Transfer Portal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/07/the_transfer_portal_150611.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1908 the University of Chicago installed chimes in a tower on its campus. The idea was football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s, as was his wish that they ring out nightly at 10:05 to signal it was time for players to go to bed.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Why not have a good night chime for our own...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Learning To Do Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/26/learning_to_do_democracy_150384.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, over a dinner with college students, I asked if they longed for a normally functioning government. Their collective answer was, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know what normal government looks like. The government we have today is the government we have had our entire lives.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
As...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New &lsquo;Test of the News&rsquo;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It is admitted that a sound public opinion cannot exist without access to the news. There is widespread and growing doubt whether there exists such an access to the news about contentious affairs.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
This was written more than a hundred years ago by two young journalists, Walter...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thank You for Your Service!]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Has it dawned on you that you work for everyone who is supposed to work for you? Have you noticed it is a lonely job?
You work for your bank, which pushes you to spend a long time navigating its automated telephone system after the announcement, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We have installed new features to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Book Review: Martin Baron&rsquo;s &lsquo;Collision of Power&rsquo;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Maxwell Hamilton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From time to time, journalists write books that make young people want to be journalists. In my father'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s generation, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' did that by recounting the author'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s muckraking of political corruption and poverty. For my generation, the book...]]></description>
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