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							<title><![CDATA[Ignoring the Science: Curious Case of Cell Phone Bans]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The push to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'protect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' children from cell phones and social media is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' gaining'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' momentum worldwide. As EU and Asian countries consider legal limits on minors'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' access to social media, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled in a Los Angeles courtroom last week about whether...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Time Alone, But Are Americans Really Lonely?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/11/06/americans_are_increasingly_alone_but_are_they_really_lonely_1145588.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a bombshell report, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that painted a bleak picture of citizens feeling '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'isolated, invisible, and insignificant.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Most provocatively, it stated that perhaps half of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Taboo: Acknowledging Violent Behavior in Women]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/09/02/the_last_taboo_acknowledging_violent_behavior_in_women_1132368.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Domestic violence is often framed as a crime perpetrated by men against women. There's a federal Office of Violence Against Women dedicated to domestic and sexual violence, but no male]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rethinking Tech Addiction: The Dopamine Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/video/2025/08/04/rethinking_tech_addiction_the_dopamine_myth_and_the_real_mental_health_crisis_1126861.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is TikTok really hijacking young minds with dopamine? In this episode of The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism, Maggie Miller sits down with psychologist and lead investigator Christopher J. F]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Addiction Fiction: Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love TikTok]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, it seems we can be addicted to anything - not just alcohol and drugs, but pornography, random Internet browsing, video games, and smartphones. Academic research papers have investigate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Moral Panic: Social Media]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4653625-the-new-moral-panic-social-media-mental-health-state-bans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This year, my home state of Florida joined'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' several other states'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in banning youth access to social media. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How BLM Got Police Violence Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/05/24/investigative_issues_how_black_lives_matter_got_police_violence_wrong_900833.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the early 2000s the United States enjoyed comparative racial optimism. Majorities of both black and white citizens felt race relations were improving.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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