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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Chaos is the leader in California's hot mess of a governor's race]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eric
Swalwell is out— of the California gubernatorial race and
Congress, spending time with family, as they say, after allegations
of rape and sexual misconduct. That could be considered good news
for the slew
of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4071144</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Swalwell resignation shows that the default is no longer to shame accusers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The lightning-fast downfall of Eric Swalwell is a testament to the
astonishing, often-denigrated “soft power” of public shame.

Swalwell was shamed out of politics in recent days after being accused
by multiple women of sexual misconduct. He ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4071143</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lynn Schmidt: Trump's screed against the pope desecrates our Catholic faith]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an American Catholic who has sat in a church pew my entire life,
received the Holy Eucharist, marked more than 50 Lents with ashes, and
been taught from childhood that the pope is the Vicar of Christ on
earth, I never thought I would have to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4071141</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: President turns up the economic heat on Iran]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American blockade in the Strait of Hormuz alters the strategic
equation in the Iran conflict. It also has the attention of our
enemies.

Peace talks between the United States and Iran broke down over the
weekend as the latter made a number of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4071093</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lionel Laurent: Putin's 'mouse' is gone. That's terrible news for MAGA world]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hungary’s Viktor Orban pulled almost every lever available to
extend his 16 years in power. In the end, neither an in-person
endorsement from U.S. Vice President JD Vance nor a captive media
machine was enough to save the man who admits playing ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070665</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marc Champion: The Hormuz blockade is a throwdown the US can't win]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a man who understands the power of leverage, Donald Trump is
being remarkably slow to recognize the influence Iran has gained in the
Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. president’s threat to complete its closure
by blocking Iranian exports through it...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070664</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Joe Battenfeld: Kamala Harris Harris teases run with mob boss misfire]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought Democrats couldn’t sink any lower, along
comes retread Kamala Harris to kiss the ring of Al Sharpton and adopt a
fake mafia boss accent to tease another presidential run.

You can’t make this stuff up. 

Harris, the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070395</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: On President Trump's war of words with Pope Leo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-two years ago, the U.S. was at war, just as it is today, and a
president visited the pope at the Vatican.

President George W. Bush’s meeting with Pope John Paul II was
reported to be an awkward one. With the war in Iraq raging, the
84-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070394</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Don't mess with Chicago O'Hare, DHS Secretary Mullin. Start talking, instead]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Abolish ICE” makes for red-meat copy on the side of a Chicago
street sweeper. But neither Mayor Brandon Johnson nor Democratic Senate
candidate Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton really wants to abolish
immigration and customs enforcement in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070391</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Trump's desecration of the flag]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Trump and his followers make such a show of honoring the flag,
how can I say that he desecrates the flag? The answer comes from the
Pledge of Allegiance itself, which clearly states the meaning of the
flag. Republicans recite the pledge at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070345</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Battle Creek, a Rust Belt icon, battles back as American manufacturing jobs decline]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For generations, the Kellogg food company and Battle Creek, Michigan,
went together like corn flakes and milk. Then came 2023.

After decades as an independent public company, Kellogg split in two,
later selling its storied cereal business to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070343</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Build better AI]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something I think just about all of us agree on: We want better AI. Regardless of
your current perspective on AI, it's undeniable that, like any other
tool, it can unleash human flourishing. There's progress to be made with
AI that we should all ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070341</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: For now, Chicago's public schools will be open May 1. But the CTU saga may not be over]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will Chicago Public Schools be open on May 1?

As of now, they will. That’s thanks to CEO Macquline King’s
directive last Thursday following a confusing closed-door meeting
Wednesday of the Chicago Board of Education during which board members...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070340</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Abby McCloskey: Can RFK Jr. save Republicans' midterms hopes?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, is
once again out in front. This week, he launched his new podcast, which
promises “fearless conversations” because “the government lies to
us.” 

He’s scheduled to testify ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4070338</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gustavo Arellano: Pope Leo isn't afraid of President Trump. We shouldn't be, either]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["I'm not afraid."

With these three words Sunday morning, Pope Leo XIV offered as
powerful a rebuke of President Donald Trump and everything he has
wrought on the world as anyone ever has.

Three words that mocked Trump for being the bully that he...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069871</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: The election that unseated strongman Viktor Orban is the most important I've witnessed]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday night, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded
defeat in one of the most important elections I’ve ever witnessed. The
right-wing strongman stepped down from power in Hungary after a rule of
16 years — years that spanned the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069870</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Artemis II does for our era what Apollo 8 did for 1968]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Millions in the streets. An unpopular war. Violence. And in the
middle of all that: a moonshot.

The parallels between today and 1968 are eerie.

Nearly 60 years ago, civil rights marches and anti-Vietnam-war
rallies burst across the country. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069865</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: In Iran negotiations, the White House's military options are dwindling]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[With no breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad this past
weekend, President Donald Trump is reverting to his preferred tool: the
U.S. military. Last week he vowed to keep American forces in the region
at an elevated level and to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069837</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steve Lopez: Trump says his social media post depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus. A Catholic school alum weighs in]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The general consensus is that President Donald Trump's social
media post of himself dressed in robes, after a busy weekend in
which he blasted
Pope Leo and attended a prizefight while an Iran peace plan fell
apart, was an attempt to cast himself ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069833</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: The global ripple effects of the United States' diplomacy with Iran]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vice President JD Vance and hundreds of expert-level U.S. officials
arrived in Islamabad last weekend with a sliver of hope that a deal to
end the nearly seven-week war in Iran could be hammered out. By the time
they left on Sunday after 21 hours ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4069802</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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