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		<title><![CDATA[Stephen Mihm: Thomas Jefferson's DNA punctures America's slavery amnesia]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research using a strand of hair from Thomas Jefferson has
effectively settled a longstanding, acrimonious debate: He almost
certainly fathered children with Sally Hemings, a young Black woman he
enslaved.

The latest scientific discovery, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311655</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Catherine Thorbecke: What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Covering the recent round of AI apocalypse warnings, I’ve tried to
reject this cult-like deference toward all-powerful computer systems and
the inevitability rhetoric: If Silicon Valley doesn’t build them
first, someone else — likely China �...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311522</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LZ Granderson: Trump's fits of pique explain his lifetime of failure]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideally, the screams of infancy and the insolence of toddlerhood fade
as a person grows and the scalpel of life begins sculpting away. Yes,
problems still persist, but part of maturing is understanding that
"he that is slow to wrath is of great ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311315</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Allison Schrager: The 'intangible economy' is making everyone miserable]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the best of times for Americans — at least economically
and at least on paper (in the metaphorical sense of course, since no one
uses paper anymore). We’ve never been richer or more prosperous as a
nation. Living standards and life ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311175</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: We can fix youth sports in America. Here's how]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The bleachers were packed for the 1989 Little League championship
game because every kid in my community played in the same league, and if
they weren’t in the game, they were there to watch. Also, it was
inexpensive and required no travel. After...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311173</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scott Maxwell: Faith-based voucher schools can reject students with disabilities in Florida]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the dirty little secrets about school choice in Florida is
that students with disabilities often don’t actually have many
choices.

That’s because, while public school districts are required to serve
all children, Florida allows private...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311165</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mary McNamara: Killer mosquitoes, rabid bats and bear attacks -- Climate change is making eco-horror feel real]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rabid
bats and rattlesnakes.
Mosquitoes
carrying West Nile virus and dengue
fever. Increased bear
and mountain
lion attacks. A summer full of tragic hiker
deaths, many brought on by extreme heat.

The news cycle has begun to resemble all those “...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311164</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marc Champion: I read Iran's 14,390-word letter to Americans so you don't have to]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has published a letter to
the American people ahead of midterm elections in the U.S. Suffice to
say that this remarkable document ends with Jesus Christ and the last
Imam, Mahdi, rising together to lead ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311163</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: 'Make Education Great Again' for which children?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the U.S. Department of Education posted
an image to Facebook styled like an old woodcut print, with
President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon above the
words MEGA and “Make Education Great Again.” 

The slogan ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311162</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Andreas Kluth: Trump's legacy at halftime -- Weakness through war]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the congressional midterm elections nigh and the midpoint of
Donald Trump’s second presidency not far behind, it’s time to ask:
How does Trump’s foreign policy measure up so far? And where is it
likely to go once he’s a lame duck?

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311160</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has set an ethical example for a corrupt era]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In announcing the resignation of New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell
amid allegations of harassment and ethics violations, Gov. Mikie
Sherrill said an independent investigation had found “a pattern of
behavior that does not meet the standards of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311159</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: What Trump's 'triumphal arch' really means for America]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot-high triumphal arch at
the foot of Arlington National Cemetery, which he has proposed
outfitting with armed drones and manning with snipers, is easy to shrug
off as nothing more than a malignant daydream...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311158</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Confessions of a political handicapper]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if we got it all wrong? That’s the question that usually goes
through my mind at this point in every election cycle. Because 25 years
of experience in analyzing elections has made me more humble, rather
than more cocky. 

Political ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311156</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Jack Smith's honesty and the truth on Trump's crimes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former federal prosecutor Jack Smith, who led the Justice Department
investigation into Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference and the
purloining of classified documents, laughed off a GOP
Senate Judiciary Committee trap, part of their years-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311154</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Map fight shows why Missourians must strengthen ballot initiative process]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took most of the year and three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court,
but the citizens of Missouri recently finally won the right they should
have had all along: to weigh in on the hyper-gerrymandered new
congressional district map the state ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311151</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Our children are listening -- How to parent through election season]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer rarely ends all at once. It slips away by degrees.
Neighborhood pools close, backpacks replace beach bags, and daylight
shortens. The U.S. Open tennis classic gives way to football as families
rearrange weekends around school activities and...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4311150</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: I was a Cornell student in 1987. Now I'm a Cornell mother]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I arrived at Cornell University in 1987. My daughter is now attending
there, and I can’t believe we are still having the same conversation
about sexual assault at Cornell.

The spring before I enrolled, two Brown University students accused
two ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4310951</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anita Chabria: The 'authoritarian scent' in Trump's ego-laden ads]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In recent weeks, the Trump administration has
been using taxpayer dollars — your money and mine — to pay for a
series of cringy, self-glorifying advertisements that feature, you
guessed it, President Donald Trump ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4310935</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Return of 'might makes right' imperils the UN's mission as AI threatens our existence]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“To the victor belong the spoils.” This is what President Donald
Trump told leaders of the world’s nations in the middle of his
rambling address to the United Nations General Assembly’s annual
meeting in New York last week. It was an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4310909</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: The flawed logic of Medicare for All]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, has
a simple pitch to voters. Imagine, he says, a health-insurance plan with
“no premium, no copay, no deductible — just healthcare when you need
it.” El-Sayed and other ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4310539</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/02/2026</pubDate>
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