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							<title><![CDATA[We Can&rsquo;t Control This: The Populist Tide Is Coming for Both Parties]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Who was David Brat?
Many Americans have forgotten the name. We haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t. In 2014, David Brat, then a little-known economics professor, stunned the political world by defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary in Virginia. At the time, most observers viewed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reconciling US Needs vs. Danish Claims]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 1998, I traveled to Denmark to take up my duties as the American Ambassador in Copenhagen. Often referred to as the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Fairytale Kingdom,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' courtesy of its native son, Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark is a remarkable country that has been an exceptional ally of the...]]></description>
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