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		<title><![CDATA[Gautam Mukunda: AI isn't built for the black swan era of bad weather]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using artificial intelligence to forecast the weather is getting so
good – and so cheap – that meteorological services are starting to
retire the expensive physics-based systems they have relied on. That’s
a potentially big problem – and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4140296</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mark Gongloff: FEMA can't help until it handles its own disaster]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government agency responsible for handling natural disasters is
something of a disaster itself. The good news is that its prospects are
marginally better today than they seemed just a few months ago. The bad
news is that those prospects would ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4140290</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Noah Kahan shows how common, and harmful, a delayed OCD diagnosis is]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Noah Kahan revealed
that in 2025, while on a trip to Joshua Tree, he was diagnosed with
obsessive compulsive disorder at age 28. This debilitating condition
affects an estimated 10
million people in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4140287</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[COUNTERPOINT: Drug ads are deceptive and deadly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you are sick with a serious medical condition. How would you
feel if someone constantly told you to buy their product because it
would cure you, but this “cure” is actually worse than other
treatments, and the price tag is enormous?

...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138925</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: 'Super meth' isn't exactly real, but the drug is a real factor in LA homelessness]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In last week’s mayoral debate, candidate Spencer Pratt said “super
meth” was driving homelessness in Los Angeles.

After several years reporting and writing a book on this topic, I can
say that Los Angeles, indeed the United States, doesn’...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138924</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Alligator Alcatraz has been a shameful nightmare. Shut it down]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Ron DeSantis was trying to spin the news that he might have to
close Alligator Alcatraz, his fetid, jerry-built concentration camp in
the Everglades.

“If we shut the lights out on it tomorrow,” he said, “we will
be able to say it ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138919</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gustavo Arellano: How a fast food taco showed us who Steve Hilton really is]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out in the high desert city of Barstow stand three Del Tacos that
bill themselves as better than their corporate cousins.

They're the last ones owned and operated by Ed
Hackbarth, the founder of the Mexican fast food chain. Two of them
feature ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138917</link>
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    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: However you feel about their creator, TrumpIRAs are sorely needed]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a progressive economist, I wrote a paper in 2021 with a generally
conservative colleague, Kevin Hassett, who now directs the National
Economic Council in the Trump White House. We agreed then on the
basic arithmetic of the American retirement ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138916</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tom Philp: Newsom goes hyper over a partial solution to the costly California diaper]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new diaper giveaway program is all wet. It is the
latest example of Newsom addressing a costly California problem with a
half-measure while claiming victory.

“This is what affordability looks like,” Newsom said on Friday...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138912</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[David M. Drucker: Flipping the Senate is a real possibility. It won't be easy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party began this midterm election cycle as the heavy
favorite to retain the Senate majority. That was still the case just 10
weeks ago, on the eve of the Iran war. Today, the prospect of the
chamber’s control changing hands can’...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138911</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: 'Protect Act' an end-run around Constitution]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Constitution is not an a la carte menu. States can’t pick
and choose the amendments and clauses they’ll abide by and those they
won’t.

But this is Massachusetts, and our Legislature
is trying to do an end run.

Lawmakers are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138910</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[POINT: Policies restricting patient education are the wrong prescription]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more than four decades, I have navigated life managing a chronic
disease. This experience comes with countless appointments, trying new
medicines and learning to be my own advocate in a health system that can
feel overwhelming for patients.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138876</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lisa Jarvis: Makary is out, but the FDA is still far from normal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an ideal world, this week’s resignation of Food and Drug
Administration Commissioner Marty Makary would signal the end of a
troubling period at the agency — one where the job of overseeing a
sizable chunk of the U.S. economy had steadily ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4138460</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Noah Feldman: The Virginia ruling bolstered democracy, if not Democrats]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Distraught that the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated a statewide
referendum that would have enabled them to gerrymander their way to a
10-to-1 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation in November,
up from the current 6-to-5 split, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4131079</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: 'Tax the rich' won't save cities like New York]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Tax the Rich” is a catchy, intuitive and politically potent
slogan. In a period of rapid wealth creation alongside rising costs and
constrained opportunity, it speaks to a real and widely felt imbalance.
Whether one sees that divide as a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4100261</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Democrats, Chicago is your proven convention choice]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a roaring
success and you didn’t have to be a partisan to admire its logistical
prowess.

We recall marveling at how rapidly, and seamlessly, the convention
planners switched gears from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4097266</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aaron Brown: Nationwide hack exposes a dangerous weakness in online education]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- College students might imagine many nightmare
scenarios during finals week.

A damaged laptop entombs an important essay. The least useful member
of a group project accidentally deletes the shared Google document. A
burrito consumed...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4097265</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: What will it take to truly negotiate paid leave? Getting to 'yes' on three questions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the United States deserves time to care for themselves
and their loved ones, whether to see a baby’s first smile or hold the
hand of a parent who takes their last. Recently, Virginia became one of
a growing number of U.S. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4097264</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Elon Musk's chainsaw has brought world health crashing down]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February 2025, the richest man in modern history raised a chainsaw
over his head to wild applause while on stage at the Conservative
Political Action Conference. The image of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon
Musk donning a “Dark MAGA” hat, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4097254</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Vladimir Putin's costly warmongering is stirring up resentment at home]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ask the average person to name one of today’s dictators,
Russia’s Vladimir Putin would likely be the first to come to mind. The
former career intelligence operative and mayor of St. Petersburg has
ruled Russia’s political system since...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4097222</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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