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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Some people struggle with Mother's Day. Can you 'opt out'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can you “opt out” of your mother? I recently received a
kindly worded email from Ancestry.com.

“We realize that for some, Mother’s Day may be a tough time, if
you prefer not to receive emails about our Mother’s Day sale you can
opt ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091930</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Xavier Becerra shows that his loyalty lies with fossil fuels]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In June 2017, with President Donald Trump newly installed in office
for the first time, one of the biggest battles with the administration
was about oil. He’d just named the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex
Tillerson, as his secretary of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091613</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Some people struggle with Mother's Day. Can you 'opt out'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can you “opt out” of your mother? I recently received a
kindly worded email from Ancestry.com.

“We realize that for some, Mother’s Day may be a tough time, if
you prefer not to receive emails about our Mother’s Day sale you can
opt ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091341</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Trump's ballroom vanity project, your bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump charged into this destructive crusade without
a word to Congress, without a clear rationale for why he was doing it
and, now, with a spiraling price tag for the American taxpayers.

No, we’re not referring to Trump’s ill...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091332</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gustavo Arellano: How I learned to stop worrying about noncitizens voting in LA elections]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[¿Qué en la fregada?

What the hell?

That's what I muttered after learning that Los Angeles Councilmember
Hugo Soto-Martínez wants
to allow noncitizens to vote in city and school board elections.

Talk about a solution in search of a problem, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091327</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: California law limiting bail is clear. Will judges keep ignoring it?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gerald Kowalczyk tried to buy a hamburger
with credit cards he found on the floor. Then, while presumed innocent,
he spent months in a California jail — not because a judge determined
he was dangerous, not because he threatened anyone, but ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091324</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Reining in wasteful federal spending: A vital step to reducing energy costs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy (DOE) has increasingly become a vehicle for
federal spending to shape energy markets and subsidize favored
technologies. The result has been higher energy costs, growing deficits,
and a sprawling bureaucracy that often ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091323</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beth Kowitt: Dress codes are no way to fix what is broken]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last year, Target Corp. started giving detailed guidance to
store employees about how to act. The 10-4 rule, as the company calls
it, directs them to smile, make eye contact and wave when a shopper
comes within 10 feet. If they come within ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091303</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gautam Mukunda: The cost of gutting science is invisible yet enormous]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intelligence agencies often complain that they are judged unfairly
because you hear about their failures, not their successes. It’s hard
to evaluate anything based on what didn’t happen — even when
that’s really the important thing. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091302</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: A commencement speech for anyone standing at the edge of becoming]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring never asks. It shows up pushing green through dirt that barely
gives, cracking open what winter froze, murmuring to everything stalled:
try again. This is the season of robes and tassels, names called out,
and the myth of completion. But ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091301</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: No Mow May might be the easiest way to help pollinators this spring]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawns are everywhere. In the U.S., they cover tens of millions of
acres, more land than we devote to many crops grown for food. But unlike
those crops, most lawns don’t feed anyone. They demand time, water,
fertilizer and fuel—about 9 billion ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091296</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[POINT: Jones Act waiver has proven why repeal is the wrong answer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years, critics of the Jones Act have made the same promises:
Repeal the law, allow foreign vessels into domestic trade, and American
consumers will see lower prices and stronger supply chains. Now the
real-world test case is underway, and it ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091290</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[COUNTERPOINT: A 100-year-old shipping law is driving up costs for Americans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s recent decision to issue a 60-day
waiver of the Jones Act — extended just last week by an additional
90 days — amid the continuing conflict in the Middle East was a
recognition of a simple reality: When it ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091289</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[John Rash: Despite the dangers, journalists aren't letting up]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[An indelible image from the Minnesota Star Tribune’s coverage of
last August’s Annunciation Catholic School shooting — which on
Monday, May 4, was deservedly awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news — is of
a mother running barefoot ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4091285</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: US automakers have to build more affordable cars]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need some new wheels? You can buy a new 2026 Jaecoo J5 compact SUV
for the equivalent of just $18,400, out the door, all fees and taxes
included and with a list of features that includes keyless entry, LED
lighting, six-speaker audio, adaptive ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090598</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Robin Abcarian: Take a cue from the California billionaire unbothered by a targeted tax]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't really understand why tax avoidance is the holy grail of the
richest American families.

When you've got more than enough money to fund your lavish lifestyle,
your family foundation or, say, send your wife on a girls'
trip to outer space, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090597</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: A pernicious attack on worker rights]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aaron Ford wants to be Nevada’s next governor. He also wants to
make state workers indentured servants by forcing them to join labor
unions. This is a particularly pernicious and self-defeating proposal
gussied up as a means of empowering ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090596</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aisha Sultan: Who is more likely to fall for fake news?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t need a study to know that the internet is awash in
propaganda, AI slop and outright lies.

But, we are far more susceptible to falling for this kind of
information fraud than we may realize. A 2024 study by professor Andrea
Prat at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090595</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: An indictment of Sinaloa's governor could roil US-Mexico ties]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As all eyes remain on the U.S. war in Iran, another international
development may throw a wrench into one of America’s most valuable
foreign relationships.

On April 29, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed
indictments against 10 current and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090353</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: The face Hollywood reserves for evil]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent “One Chicago” crossover event on NBC aired three hours
of doctors, firefighters and detectives racing to stop a chemical
attack. The villain across the episodes was a man named Thomas Marr, a
burn survivor identified by facial scars ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4090346</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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