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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Fourth? It's Complicated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/02/fourth-july-celebrations-are-great-date-has-story/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1776, John Adams thought July 2 was the big moment for American independence.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden Flip U.S. Government From 'Them' to 'Us'?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-joe-biden-flip-100019992.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington, Lincoln and FDR championed 'us' government. Will Biden revive it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump: Worst. President. Ever.]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-worst-president-ever-110016451.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's final grade will be in the hands of scholars. It doesn't look good.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Four Words Can Save America--Donald Trump, You're Fired]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/opinions/donald-trump-youre-fired-ellis/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Historian Joseph J. Ellis outlines why the US in 2020 is at an inflection point that will determine the direction of the American story long after the pandemic has receded into the middle distance. Those who have never voted before, and will never vote again, must not miss the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Terrible, Bad, No-Good Week in American History]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-founding-fathers-weigh-100002367.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Hamiliton aren't feeling too optimistic about the American experiment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Demagoguery Is a Threat to Our Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/opinions/2020-election-would-terrify-founding-fathers-ellis/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2020 presidential election is not about personalities, the pandemic, the economy, or Black Lives Matter, though they are all on the ballot, says historian Joseph J. Ellis. It is a contest to decide whether we wish to remain the American republic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Pelosi's Pause Is a Smart Strategy for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/opinions/pelosi-vs-mcconnell-showdown-ellis/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Historian Joseph J. Ellis applauds Nancy Pelosi's pause, suggesting she advise Mitch McConnell that she will forward the impeachment recommendation as soon as the Supreme Court rules on the three cases currently pending in the lower courts concerning the president's refusal to provide...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Green New Deal Is What the Founding Fathers Wanted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/opinions/green-new-deal-not-socialism-ellis/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Advocates of the Green New Deal are proposing a collective response, which has deep roots in American history, to our common problems -- not the abolition of private property, writes Joseph Ellis.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Trying to Erase Over 100 Years of History]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/opinions/gop-tax-plan-income-inequality-second-gilded-age-ellis-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joseph J. Ellis says the GOP tax plan spells the end of the social contract as we know it and has exposed the Republican agenda as the opposite of conservative -- it is a radical attempt to erase the 20th century.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Founding Fathers: Demigods or Scoundrels?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ellis-founding-father-reality-20150920-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For much of American history the founding generation, often mythologized and capitalized as the Founding Fathers, served as the gold standard against which we measured the debased currency that came after them. Ralph Waldo Emerson put this semi-sacred tradition succinctly: "They saw God...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The American Way of War: It May Surprise You]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ellis-iraq-history-vietnam-20140702-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When you study how the U.S. goes to war, there is a prevalent though not perfect pattern. The triggering event is often a sudden crisis that galvanizes popular opinion and becomes the immediate occasion for military intervention but subsequently is exposed as a misguided perception or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Unlimited Right to Bear Arms]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ellis-gun-control-nullification-20130908,0,7673462.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is an opinion abroad in the land that the right to bear arms is unlimited, an absolute right, like the right to vote or the right to a fair trial.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' This heartfelt conviction has surfaced lately in state legislation that attempts to nullify federal gun regulations. For the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Still Arguing About the Proper Role of Govt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ellis9-2009aug09,0,3614997.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joseph Ellis</author>
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