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		<title><![CDATA[Closed Primaries Are Driving America Crazy]]></title>
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How could Donald Trump with bottom-scraping approval ratings decide who
would represent the Republican Party in the upcoming Texas senatorial
race? The primary system offers an explanation. A simple open primary
system would have let the broader...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4267983</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's to Blame When Parents Choose Not to Vaccinate Their Young?]]></title>
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What is the death count under Donald Trump? We're not talking about loss
of life in his war with Iran. We're not talking about natural deaths by
aging or unpreventable diseases. We mean Americans who die because they
refuse safe vaccines that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4264720</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Those Democratic Socialists Are Shockingly Racist]]></title>
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The Democratic Socialists of America use people of color as fashion
accessories. Sure, they put black or brown faces on ballots, and they
talk a big game about racism. But black and brown voters are not
choosing their candidates. The DSA ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4262903</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nebraska's Osborn Is Really Real]]></title>
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"A Face in the Crowd" is the prophetic 1957 movie about a charismatic
drifter "discovered" in an Arkansas jail. The face belongs to "Lonesome"
Rhodes, a scoundrel whose folksy act catapults him to national
prominence. "Lonesome" (Andy Griffith) ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4259347</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Americans Are Free to Be Suckers]]></title>
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Many of today's consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and
used car sellers often steer customers into costly contracts they barely
understand. Low-income borrowers with jobs, and therefore, dependable
cash flow to siphon off, are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4257579</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3 Reasons Not to Visit Europe This Summer]]></title>
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For some reason, many Americans seem convinced they have to tour Europe
this summer -- despite the heat, oppressive crowds and high prices all
descending on the continent. And if anyone needs a fourth reason, it's
to recognize the growing ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4254147</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graham Was the Best Kind of 'Operator']]></title>
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On Feb. 22, 2022, two days before Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rumbling
toward Ukraine's capital, Donald Trump said of the Russian leader: "This
is genius. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy."

Eight days later, Lindsey Graham offered a starkly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4252379</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need to Take the Car Keys Away from Bernie]]></title>
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The Platner fiasco has unleashed something of a brawl in the Democratic
Party over how the sexting candidate with a Nazi tattoo came to be their
rival to Susan Collins, now in her 5th term as Republican senator from
Maine. Bernie Sanders thought...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4248461</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are You Chasing False Gods?]]></title>
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My sadly departed friend, Frank, was a unicorn. He lived 89 years in the
town he grew up in, a village on the Connecticut shore. A reporter at
his local newspaper for over half a century, he had turned down offers
to work for more glamorous ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4246706</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Some French Say 'Non' to Air Conditioning. Others Say 'Oui']]></title>
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Europe is now the fastest heating continent, and Paris is suffering
greatly under 100-plus Fahrenheit temperatures. That has inspired some
conservative Americans to politicize the French aversion to air
conditioning. In return, many in France ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4243159</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Democrats Have the Guts to Let a Toxic Nominee Lose?]]></title>
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One of the saddest posts this weekend featured Democratic Minority
Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a moderate, welcoming three Democratic Socialist
of America candidates who had won primaries with a handful votes. They
included Darializa Avila Chevalier...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4241230</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</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[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[On Oil, China Is Smarter Than We Are]]></title>
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We can thank China that gasoline prices aren't higher than they are.

By last month, China had cut imports of oil by 3 million barrels a day,
the daily consumption of Italy and France combined. China's economy,
meanwhile, hums along.

Americans ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4232257</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Politician Names on Public Works Is Free Advertising]]></title>
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When workers scraped Donald Trump's name off the Donald Trump and John
F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, they should have kept going. They
should have taken Kennedy's name off as well and restored the building
to its original, simple title, the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4228317</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Platner Wants Redemption. Others Want a Refund]]></title>
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Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial
candidate that Graham Platner's actions have not been sterling. Voters
considering Platner don't like his "shameful" actions against women, the
Californian said, but "they are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4224745</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loneliness: People Do Need People]]></title>
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Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans
hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a
medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most
serious injuries is almost ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4222990</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Price Gouging Is Whose Problem?]]></title>
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Horrors. The profiteers running this year's World Cup are forcing fans
to shell out thousands for a single ticket.

But they're not. FIFA, which oversees the once-every-four-years soccer
tournament, is slapping astounding prices on the tickets. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4219234</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Platners Are in Therapy. They Really Need It]]></title>
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The Democrats' apparent choice to replace Maine Republican Susan Collins
in the U.S. Senate has built a rap sheet of dazzling disqualifiers.

It wasn't enough that Graham Platner's impersonation of a blue-collar
oysterman has been exposed. Turns...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4217543</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonny Rollins Knew Not to Die Young]]></title>
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How is it that the "Saxophone Colossus" Sonny Rollins lived to 95?
Aren't jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages?
Actually, that's a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed.

It's true that Bix Beiderbecke, king of the cornet...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4213752</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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