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							<title><![CDATA[Restrict Mail-In Voting to Restore Trust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/15/restrict_mail-in_voting_to_restore_trust_147474.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2020 U.S. election was unique in many respects, but its chief distinguishing feature is that it occurred during a full-scale pandemic. One consequence was that the election operated under regulations that changed how Americans vote. Some states bent voting rules to expand access....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Down With Primaries!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/03/09/down_with_primaries_147304.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Most democracies don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have democratic primaries. By and large, party elites choose candidates, and the people then vote for the parties or the candidates. American democracy, by contrast, relies on popular primaries: Ordinary party members select the candidates, or we have open...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Can&rsquo;t Split the Difference on Culture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/25/why_we_cant_split_the_difference_on_culture_147087.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is an outlier among established democracies in two respects: We face both falling social trust and rising polarization. I have argued that the two dynamics connect in a doom loop. Trust in others and institutions falls, leading to greater polarization, which drives...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Untrustworthy COVID Consensus?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/13/an_untrustworthy_covid_consensus_147016.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Omicron will infect us all, or near enough. The new COVID-19 strain, thankfully moderate, is ultra-transmissible and can easily infect the vaccinated. Cloth masks seem not to protect against it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
For nearly two years, progressive officials, especially Democrat governors, have supported...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Can't College Republicans Get a Date?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/21/why_cant_college_republicans_get_a_date__146919.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political polarization in the United States is bad. Americans don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just dislike the other party; we hate anyone associated with it. We increasingly indulge our worst impulses. We grow ever-more biased against people with different political perspectives. Hatred for those in an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Aspen Disinformation Report Won't Restore Trust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/28/aspen_disinformation_report_wont_restore_trust_146797.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Aspen Institute'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Commission on Information Disorder released a report earlier this month containing 15 recommendations for addressing the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mis and disinformation crisis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in the United States. The report reflected the input of 25 experts, whom a commission interviewed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lack of Trust in Elections -- and How to Get It Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/03/the_lack_of_trust_in_elections_--_and_how_to_get_it_back_146350.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Vallier</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a Dec. 30, 2020, interview with Fox News, claiming that he had to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'stand up'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' for his constituents, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced that he would challenge the certification of the 2020 election. These constituents felt disenfranchised, he said, and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that their votes...]]></description>
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