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<title><![CDATA[Carl M. Cannon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14539.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Carl M. Cannon]]></description><category domain="14539">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Social Media Meets the Flat Earth Society]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/13/social_media_meets_the_flat_earth_society_154116.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the better part of two decades, Democrats, journalists, and progressive academics have marshaled data seeming to show that consumption of conservative media (for much of that time, this mostly meant Fox News) was likely to harbor warped views of the world.
To wit: In 2004, a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happened After Butler &ndash; And Why It Still Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/24/what_happened_after_butler__and_why_it_still_matters_154062.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend,
I want to tell you about one of the most important series in journalism my newsroom has produced, and why it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a perfect example of what your support makes possible.
You remember the Butler rally. July 13, 2024. A gunman opened fire on President Trump, grazed his ear,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RealClearPolitics at 25: Why Our Mission Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/18/realclearpolitics_at_25_why_our_mission_matters_154049.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend,
I hope you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re enjoying your weekend. I wanted to take a few minutes to share something with you.
This year marks 25 years of RealClearPolitics. A quarter century. I've been thinking about that a lot lately. What it means, and why it matters.
When RCP launched in 2000,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom, You&rsquo;re Better Than This]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/25/gavin_newsom_youre_better_than_this_153877.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A spiteful and dangerous obsession has taken hold within the Democratic Party. Basically, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s this: Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidency poses such a unique threat to America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s democratic institutions that responding by acting honestly or decently is for chumps.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Father of Our Country and Stories That Formed Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/22/the_father_of_our_country_and_stories_that_formed_us.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up in the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'60s in California, Presidents Day wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t a thing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' though we did honor our two greatest presidents. Feb. 12 was celebrated as Abraham Lincoln'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s birthday. Ten days later, we observed George Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s birthday.
A word about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RealClearPolitics Presidents' Day Quotation Quiz]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/16/realclearpolitics_presidents_quotation_quiz_153846.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We hold these truths to be self-evident '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';'
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';'
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The only thing we have to fear is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America at 250 Survey Series: Immigration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/america_at_250_survey_series_immigration_153785.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump and his loyalists in the Republican Party and greater MAGA movement insist that the administration has a strong mandate for its zero-tolerance immigration policies. Trump ran on that platform in 2024, winning decisively, and his supporters maintain that most Americans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth': Reagan's Challenger Address]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/28/slipped_the_surly_bonds_of_earth_reagans_challenger_address_153765.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Editor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s note: As part of our special coverage of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 250th birthday, RealClearPolitics is excerpting some of the most evocative oratory in our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s history. These addresses will appear throughout the year, not in chronological order, but, rather on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JFK Echoes in a Week of Legal and Political Turmoil]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/19/jfk_echoes_in_a_week_of_legal_and_political_turmoil_153551.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bad Facts? Bad Law?
One supposes it makes sense that when congressional Republicans and Democrats finally agree on something, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a constitutionally questionable directive to the executive branch ordering the release (within 30 days) of raw investigative files in possession of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Week -- The Follies and the Files]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/14/this_week_--_the_follies_and_the_files.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a busy week. The latest Democrat accused by Trump aides of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mortgage fraud'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' is Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat. On a hyper-partisanship scale of 1-10, Swalwell is a 12, so it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s possible that while filling out his loan papers he got distracted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Follies and the Files]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/14/the_follies_and_the_files_153528.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a busy week. The latest Democrat accused by Trump aides of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'mortgage fraud'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' is Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat. On a hyper-partisanship scale of 1-10, Swalwell is a 12, so it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s possible that while filling out his loan papers he got distracted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can America&rsquo;s National Resilience Long Endure?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/15/can_americas_national_resilience_long_endure_153404.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the autumn of 1775, as George Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s volunteers laid siege to Boston, a local bookshop owner-turned-citizen-soldier named Henry Knox proposed a daring plan: Take a small force to the French-owned Fort Ticonderoga, requisition its 59 cannons, position them on the Dorchester...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Years and a Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/08/two_years_and_a_day_153381.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two years and a day. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s how long it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been since Arab terrorists stormed across the border into Israel, shooting every Jew they could find, raping women, incinerating children, and carrying human beings as if they were trophies back to Gaza to be greeted by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Years and One Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/08/two_years_and_one_day_153382.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two years and a day. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s how long it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been since Arab terrorists stormed across the border into Israel, shooting every Jew they could find, raping women, incinerating children, and carrying human beings as if they were trophies back to Gaza to be greeted by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[King of Denmark]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/23/king_of_denmark_153322.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d think being president of the United States and commander in chief of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s armed forces would be enough of a job for anyone. But no, Donald J. Trump spent Monday in his newest self-appointed role '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' as America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top medical expert. He didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t sound,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad News, Damn Lies, and Revenge Served Lukewarm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/05/bad_news_damn_lies_and_revenge_served_lukewarm_153249.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My summer hiatus is over, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not as though the news cycle slowed down. This week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s headlines alone seem like an entire season'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worth of noteworthy happenings. Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s start with the new employment numbers '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';'
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Bad News 
The jobs market is stagnant '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Second Acts in America &ndash; Or at Least Second Innings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/08/second_acts_in_america__or_at_least_second_innings_153162.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another Pan-Mass Challenge has come and gone. There are thousands of worthy charities in this world and a million noble causes, so it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s dicey to single one out, but the Pan-Mass is dear to my heart for several reasons. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll mention three or four:
First, its origins involve...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Brother's Keeper]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/01/my_brothers_keeper_153133.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fifty-nine years ago today, mass murder in the form of a rampage shooting on a school campus blasted its way into the American consciousness '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' never to leave. This searing event also took place in the Lone Star State, from atop the fabled tower at the University of Texas in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Scandal I Haven&rsquo;t Much Cared About &hellip;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/18/the_scandal_i_havent_much_cared_about__153069.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' continues to take up everyone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time, mine included. Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and I talked about Jeffrey Epstein every day on our SiriusXM radio show this week (on POTUS channel 124 at 6 p.m. Eastern Time). I guess we will again today. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to keep up with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fed Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/15/fed_fight_153050.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inflation rose 2.7% in June (compared to June last year), which isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t a crisis, but it isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t great either. This is the highest reading since February. Speaking somberly in the Rose Garden, President Trump acknowledged that his tariffs were a contributing factor and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Is Our Children Learning?&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/11/is_our_children_learning_153033.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s largest teachers union has decided it doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t really want to teach American schoolchildren about the Holocaust anymore. The official question put to a vote at the 2025 National Education Association meeting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' held in Portland, Oregon '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' was whether to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Independence Day (Somewhere)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/02/its_independence_day_somewhere_152989.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With apologies to Jimmy Buffett, Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar issued a proud Independence Day message this week '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' for Somalia. It was a contrast to her recent comments about her adopted country.
Omar arrived on these shores at age 12 with her family and was given asylum while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['How To Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/27/how_to_succeed_in_politics_without_really_trying_152972.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It Takes a Village
Conservatives were chagrined this week by a passage in a speech given by Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates. Addressing the City Club of Chicago, Gates approvingly invoked James Baldwin on the responsibility of adults toward society'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crude Talkers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/25/crude_talkers_152958.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump followed up the U.S. bombing of Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear facilities by dropping a verbal f-bomb on both Israel and Iran. My friend George Condon, who covers the White House for National Journal, found historical significance in the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s profanity. In private, every...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran&rsquo;s Future in the Balance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/18/irans_future_in_the_balance_152933.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As he weighs whether to commit American air power to supplement Israel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shockingly effective aerial attacks on Iran, President Trump issued an ambiguous '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and ominous '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' threat aimed at Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 86-year-old leader.
The United States knows where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys: 'God Only Knows']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/15/brian_wilson_and_the_beach_boys_god_only_knows_152926.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Part I
Wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t It Be Nice
The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach. Testimonials to Wilson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s musical talent and the Beach Boys'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' influence came from the California coast and the Jersey Shore, from the two living Beatles and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/13/brian_wilson_and_the_beach_boys_152922.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Part I
Wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t It Be Nice
The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach. Testimonials to Wilson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s musical talent and the Beach Boys'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' influence came from the California coast and the Jersey Shore, from the two living Beatles and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Viva Los Angeles! Viva Claudia!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/10/viva_los_angeles_viva_claudia_152902.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Preaching to the choir Monday evening in a friendly venue ('&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Rachel Maddow Show'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';'), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accused the Trump administration of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'terrorizing the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' with last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s immigration raids. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a remark that can be considered in various...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Francesca, the French, and Self-Reflection at Harvard]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/27/francesca_the_french_and_self-reflection_at_harvard_152845.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Vive la Diff'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'rence!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';'
As the world now knows, France'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first lady was caught on camera shoving her husband in the face as they arrived in Vietnam for an official state visit. Perhaps this was the first time anything like that happened between this couple, although...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Globalizing Naziism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/25/globalizing_naziism_152838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl M. Cannon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It takes severe depravity, not to mention sheer stupidity, to believe that shooting an unarmed couple in the back as they stand at a crosswalk is somehow going to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Free Palestine,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' which is what the cowardly killer yelled into the Washington night as he was led away by...]]></description>
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