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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Alpert - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/53106.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Alpert]]></description><category domain="53106">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Keep Coming Back to Hasan Piker]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6089598-piker-influence-young-voters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hasan Piker keeps saying things that should make mainstream Democrats want to keep their distance. Yet they keep coming back. Maybe that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because he has something they need.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' 192-Page Autopsy Sounds Like Bad Therapy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dncs-192-page-autopsy-sounds-like-bad-therapy-democrats-still-have-big-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DNC released a post-election autopsy with disclaimers on every page, which a therapist says reveals Democrats' deeper self-examination problem.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Therapy Doing More Harm Than Good?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/therapy-culture-blame-victim-mentality?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame, writes Jonathan Alpert.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;No Kings&rsquo;: Politics as Bad Group Therapy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-kings-politics-as-bad-group-therapy-df3778ff?st=7QGEoS</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Participants in the rallies accomplish nothing practical but feel heard, validated and affirmed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Therapist's Warning About the Politics of Outrage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/therapists-warning-trump-didnt-break-america-permanent-outrage-did</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, a psychological pattern has spread across American life, crossing class and geography: chronic political anxiety marked by outrage and a constant sense of threat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Therapy-Speak Sabotages January Resolutions]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/opinion/new-year-new-excuses-how-therapy-speak-sabotages-january-resolutions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every January, Americans swear this will be the year they finally change. Lose weight. Fix a relationship. Stop procrastinating. Drink less. Show up more. And every February, most of those resoluti'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ozempic Melted Away Weight--and Idea of 'Body Positivity']]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ozempic-melted-away-weight-and-the-idea-of-body-positivity-4917671c?st=rTaEX9</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People no longer feel obliged to pretend there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s something shameful about wanting to be thinner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Real?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1?st=Jpq9jv</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No therapist would render such a derogatory and partisan diagnosis, but I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen it in my practice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics Makes for Bad Therapy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/politics-makes-for-bad-therapy-ad629070?st=dx3KPb</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When practitioners indulge their own biases, patients can become more anxious and depressed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight Rise of Political Violence By Calling Out Victim Culture]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/opinion/fight-rising-political-violence-by-calling-out-victim-culture/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the murder of Charlie Kirk, we need leaders who stop modeling grievance and citizens who push back when they hear justifications for violence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why American Doctors Medicate Sadness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/why-america-medicates-sadness-opinion-2132589</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If we want a healthier nation, we need to teach people how to face sadness, not erase it. Medication has its place, but resilience must be the goal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Rising Fragility': Therapy Culture Is Harming Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5360971-mental-health-crisis-americas-frailty/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alpert</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The unrest in Los Angeles isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just about politics. It is a symptom of something deeper: a national collapse of resilience.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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