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Talking across the divide in our nation
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
June 19, 2026
How we see politics reveals a lot about who we are. But it is less akin to a Rorschach ink blot than one of those reversible images, like the drawing ...
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The left’s disturbing reaction to a would-be assassin
Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
May 5, 2026
This assassination attempt felt different. Following the previous attempts on the president’s life, progressives briefly acknowledged that their false...
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Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 20, 2026
Chicago politics have taken root in Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV may be a man of the cloth, but he is also a Southsider, so it is not surprising that he...
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Good information is hard to find
Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
March 5, 2026
Will President Trump fall prey to the “Pottery Barn Doctrine”? Articulated by Secretary of State Colin Powell in the run-up to the Iraq War, it holds ...
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