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      <title>The educational battle between middle America and radical America</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Choosing what to teach in a limited day at school will always carry some questionable implications. But what is happening in Philadelphia is different.]]></description>
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      <title>Library's OK to show anti-Israel film creates its own controversy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chicago Jewish Alliance said decision to show 'Israelism' violated Northbrook Library's code of conduct.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Massachusetts teachers' event is not about education</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[All-day training program is about indoctrination and fringe politics and not about how to improve local schools.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:16:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Saudi Arabia: A scapegoat for human-rights abusers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bad actors, particularly China, whose misdeeds have been magnified due to the coronavirus pandemic, and others in the anti-Western axis needed a whipping boy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Washington celebrates Abraham Accords, but must prepare for challenges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The trend towards peace between Arab states and Israel is the most promising in the region in a long time.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The black box: How Arizona’s response to a congressional letter is proof of the problem</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Universities are so used to simply spending federal dollars on whatever they want, they feel no need to pay attention to how they do it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Omar’s Indian nemesis highlights the congresswoman’s radical supporters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) may have a lot to hide, according to a reporter she continues to verbally attack.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 18:44:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama’s UN team sought to overturn terror designation of bin Laden charity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now, the Islamic Relief Agency seems to have shut down.]]></description>
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