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		<title><![CDATA[The Issue is Israel]]></title>
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The little girl had to go to the bathroom. They went into the cafe, one
of a small chain, and the barista was happy to help. The father, who
wasn't really thirsty, bought a cup of coffee anyway and added a tip to
thank her.

A few hours later, a...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4238654</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mocking Watergate Scandal, Vance Flaunts Corrupt Cynicism of Trump White House]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his clueless and clumsy style, JD Vance has unmasked the cynical
corruption at the core of Donald Trump's White House. Speaking at the
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on June 25, the vice
president said, "As I joked ... backstage,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/joeconason/s-4239423</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is This Column Real?]]></title>
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During the pandemic, I did something stupid: I published a book.
Bookstores were closed, so authors obviously could not promote their
books by going on tour. Like a lot of other titles that came out in
2021, "The Stringer" -- a graphic novel ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tedrall/s-4239129</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pride Isn't About Labels. It's About Making Sure Our Kids Feel Loved.]]></title>
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Last weekend, our family participated in the local pride parade with a
group from my husband's work. Before the parade, our son wanted to get a
pride flag to wave. He has always loved flags and can identify the flags
for most countries of the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/bonniejeanfeldkamp/s-4238458</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vandalism]]></title>
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I mowed the lawn the other day.

Well, I kind of mowed the lawn. I missed a lot of spots, and I didn't
weedwack the borders or trim the shrubbery.

Mostly, I sat on the front steps and drank beer. I drank eight beers, if
you wanna count. I say ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/marcmunroedion/s-4238036</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clarence Page: A president who is never too busy to celebrate himself — at our expense]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be an American in 2026? Two distinctly and significantly different visions showed themselves in recent days. On the South Side of Chicago, there was the long-awaited opening of the Obama Presidential Center. In the presence of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/billpress/s-4238328</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mamdani's Victory Strut Is Premature]]></title>
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Yes, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialist picks just knocked off some
Democratic incumbents in New York City. They included surprising
defeats, especially that of Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Espaillat lost to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4237565</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The War Goes On]]></title>
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So much for a peace treaty. President Donald Trump is back to making
threats.

In a phone interview on Sunday with Fox News, Trump threatened to attack
Iran and take over the Strait of Hormuz if Tehran interfered with
passage through the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4236946</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Tonic for the Times: Barack Obama]]></title>
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What a glorious day in June.

The Barack Obama Presidential Center opening in Chicago gave us a
complete contradiction of the times we've been living through. Community
rather than chaos, lightness versus darkness, and hope instead of fear.

I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jamiestiehm/s-4236666</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good News: Wind Energy Now Surpasses Blowhards of Dirty Energy]]></title>
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Once upon a time, conservative ideologues opposed government
interference in the holy magic of the marketplace.

Take energy policy, for example. Right-wing cheerleaders of fossil fuels
demanded that the government keep its fat thumb off the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jimhightower/s-4236665</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shambles: America Surrenders, Unconditionally]]></title>
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There was a time when lying all the time was frowned upon, and when
easily demonstrable lying all the time could get a fellow into trouble.
If President Donald Trump has succeeded at anything, it is in proving
that those days are over. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrobbins/s-4235794</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We Should Vote on Ideas, Not Physical Likeness]]></title>
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MS NOW commentator Ali Velshi was not alone in complaining that women
are "underrepresented" in Congress. It is true that women account for
51% of the U.S. population but only 29% of the House members.

To which I say, "So what."

Basing the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4235789</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Playbook Takes Tactics From Lavender Scare of the Cold War]]></title>
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A defining feature of the mid-20th century was the government-wide panic
over Communism, anarchism and other leftist beliefs known as the Red
Scare. However, what many don't know is that an estimated 5,000 to
10,000 government employees were ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/aclu/s-4235371</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The green algae president: How Trump is handling four messes he created]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Referring to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, Minnesota
governor Tim Walz commented on X: “Found an imaginary problem, said
only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who
grifted millions, failed miserably, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/robertbreich/s-4235207</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A President Who is Never Too Busy to Celebrate Himself — at Our Expense]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be an American in 2026? Two distinctly and significantly different visions showed themselves in recent days. On the South Side of Chicago, there was the long-awaited opening of the Obama Presidential Center. In the presence of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/clarencepage/s-4233702</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hillary is Right]]></title>
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In a new interview this week, Hillary Clinton identified the key
decision that resulted in President Donald Trump's election in 2024. It
all boiled down, in her view, to a "terrible miscalculation" - former
President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4233514</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proportionality Matters]]></title>
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Every person who has either participated in or witnessed a fight
understands the doctrine of "he started it." The fight begins with a
provocation followed by a response. That same reasoning extends to
politics and war. What has gotten lost ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tedrall/s-4233781</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Childhood Interrupted': What Enslaved Children Teach Us About America Today]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[An elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, sits on land that was once
the Farmington hemp plantation. That fact gutted me as I stood before
"Childhood Interrupted," an art installation depicting enslaved children
on the lawn of the historic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/bonniejeanfeldkamp/s-4233123</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oh! Canada!]]></title>
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OK, so I'm a small-timer.

This column runs in some papers around the country, but I'm not the most
popular columnist this syndicate employs. I've written a few books, but
none of them have been bestsellers. I've been nominated for the Pulitzer
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/marcmunroedion/s-4232697</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump’s War is over. Iran Won]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe anybody could spend $113 billion and get nothing for it. Donald Trump just did. But, of course, it wasn’t his money. It was yours and mine. Trump’s war in Iran is probably the most expensive, ill-conceived, mismanaged, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/billpress/s-4233015</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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