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<title><![CDATA[Michael Torres - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/45400.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Torres]]></description><category domain="45400">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Long-Overdue Shakeup in Higher Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-admissions-exams-accreditors-college-rankings?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New schools, accreditors, and tests'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'plus new rankings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'mean much-needed competition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whether You Like It or Not]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/transgender-secrecy-policies-at-public-schools</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More than 10 million American children attend public school in districts that require employees to hide students'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' gender transitions from their parents. The revelation of how widespread secrecy polices are comes thanks to a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' list'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' compiled by the parental-rights advocacy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Malpractice in PA Governor&rsquo;s Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/09/28/political_malpractice_in_pa_governors_race_148247.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We the people are pissed off,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Doug Mastriano said at a sparsely attended Saturday rally on the state Capitol steps. The rally was similar to most of his campaign events, which relive the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'darkness'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of the state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fearful Students in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/fearful-students-in-pennsylvania</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As school violence surges, the state and its school districts refuse to reconsider misguided disciplinary policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Second Coming of Trump in Pennsylvania?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/19/the_second_coming_of_trump_in_pennsylvania_147623.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite facing rivals who outspent him by well over $20 million and a whirlwind of negative media, state Sen. Doug Mastriano has won the Republican nomination for governor in Pennsylvania. His ascension can be largely credited to an undercurrent of grassroots supporters who act and vote...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Battle for Hispanic Voters Comes to Key PA City]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/03/24/battle_for_hispanic_voters_comes_to_key_pennsylvania_city_823360.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The battle for Hispanic voters in traditional Democratic strongholds is intensifying in Pennsylvania. Last month, the Republican National Committee opened a Hispanic community center in Allentown, the]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania's Redistricting Is Marked by Hyper-Partisanship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/18/pennsylvanias_redistricting_is_marked_by_hyper-partisanship_147044.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In December, a Democratic activist group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder filed a lawsuit over congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania, where the state House voted on a proposed map last week. The National Redistricting Action Fund argues that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Democrats Have a Union Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/12/10/pennsylvania_democrats_have_a_union_problem_807258.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Joe Biden kicked off his presidential campaign in April 2019 at the Teamsters Local 249 union hall in Pittsburgh, he declared himself a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'union man,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' sounding a theme that he repeated during his more than 25 campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' visits'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to the state. When Election Day came, however,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Old School GOP' Prevailed in Pennsylvania's Swing Counties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/09/old_school_gop_prevailed_in_pennsylvanias_swing_counties.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, voters in Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s key swing counties sent a message to Republicans: Nominate a competent candidate who cares about our quality of life, and we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll give you a win. Given that a few thousand of these voters can easily determine statewide and even national...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Parents Grapple With CRT Madness in a Philly Suburb]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/philly-suburbs-schools-adopt-critical-race-theory</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Torres</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Schools in Lower Merion Township adopt critical pedagogy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and face a parental backlash.]]></description>
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