<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>PJ Media</title><link>https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/09/11/an-example-of-how-bad-things-are/feed/</link><description>PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:14:57 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>An example of how bad things are</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[If you&amp;#8217;re looking for ratification of my gloomy post below (let&amp;#8217;s hope you&amp;#8217;r enot), you need go no further than Publius Pundit yesterday.  Robert Mayer&amp;#8217;s blog is one of the best and frequently covers interesting events ignored by the MSM.  This time it&amp;#8217;s the protest of Khatami&amp;#8217;s appearance at Harvard.  According to Robert, 150-200 people showed up.  Robert, keeping some kind of good face, pronounced this a success.  No, it&amp;#8217;s not.  200 people in a city the size of Boston is an abysmal failure.  Nobody cares.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:47:55 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/09/11/an-example-of-how-bad-things-are-n212983</link></item></channel></rss>