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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at the Catholic University of America.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Author of Wagner Labor Relations Act happy over Supreme Court decision. Washington, D.C., April 12. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, was all smiles today as he heard the Supreme Court uphold the validity of the act. Hailed a great victory for the government, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the act in cases of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., and the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co., 4/12/1937</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Professor of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Stice has taught at PBA since 2012 in the history department and in the Frederick M. Supper Honors Program.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adam Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/2/12/federalist77</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/02/12/true-grit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/2/5/graphicnovels-politics</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/2/5/missouri-v-holland</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/29/federalist75</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-03</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-29</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-29</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/22/-mlk-day-virtue</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-22</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/22/lochner-v-new-york</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/22/federalist74</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/15/federalist73</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/15/plessy-v-ferguson</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - By David Ryden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hope College</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/14/common-sense</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Common Sense - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/8/hurtado-v-california</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Professor of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2026/1/8/federalist72</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/10/23/federalist64</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Jason Peters joined Hillsdale’s faculty in the fall of 2021 after spending 25 years at Augustana College, where he was Dorothy J. Parkander Professor in Literature.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/10/02/federalist61</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-08</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-09</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-29</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Ford’s Presidential Brushes with Death - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Ford winces at the sound of the gun fired by Sara Jane Moore during he assassination attempt in San Francisco, California. September 22, 1975</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Ford’s Presidential Brushes with Death - By Richard Gunderman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, as well as John A Campbell Professor of Radiology, at Indiana University.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/18/federalist59</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 59 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 59 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/18/liberty-literature</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Liberty &amp;amp; Literature The Great Books and the Politics of Western Civilization - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Liberty &amp;amp; Literature The Great Books and the Politics of Western Civilization - By David Schaefer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Holy Cross College</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/18/pafamilies</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - PA Families Score Touchdown for Religious Freedom - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - PA Families Score Touchdown for Religious Freedom - By Thomas Olp</image:title>
      <image:caption>Executive vice president at Thomas More Society</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/11/federalist58</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 58 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 58 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/11/courageouscrisis</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Courageous Crisis Statesmen Gerald R. Ford and Bruce Laingen - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/58ec2008-23d7-4a8b-9a9e-160f1b38a7f6/Patterson.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Courageous Crisis Statesmen Gerald R. Ford and Bruce Laingen - By James Patterson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Former U.S. diplomat, life member of the American Foreign Service Association, and worked for the President Ford Committee at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/11/misleadinglabels</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/21dd4c7f-66c6-4787-8d80-f5747e4a5fe4/Definition.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Misleading Labels Used for Political and Economic Movements Distort Our Thinking and Our Actions&amp;nbsp; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/833940cf-c57b-46b3-8690-84584f94fa87/David+Schaefer+Headshot.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Misleading Labels Used for Political and Economic Movements Distort Our Thinking and Our Actions&amp;nbsp; - By David Schaefer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Holy Cross College</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/3/gerrymandering</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Jerry Ford: No Fan of Gerrymandering - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Printed in March 1812, this political cartoon was made in reaction to the newly drawn state senate election district of South Essex created by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the Democratic-Republican Party. The caricature satirizes the bizarre shape of the district as a dragon-like "monster", and Federalist newspaper editors and others at the time likened it to a salamander.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Jerry Ford: No Fan of Gerrymandering - By Gleaves Whitney</image:title>
      <image:caption>Executive Director, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/09/3/republic</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/bfb70a0c-c095-4a4a-a3b4-7c66e154b36d/Deck.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - A Republic, If You Can Keep It - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/2ba5f411-bda4-4425-8513-6ca82295c134/adam+smith+headshot+.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - A Republic, If You Can Keep It - By Adam Smith</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/28/federalist56</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/88f2202a-8e3d-4569-8ce3-dbde4d7679be/HoR+.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 56 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 56 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/28/newrepublic</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/74c81c61-a60c-4113-ac40-f632b4107333/Republic.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - A New Republic - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/3a4b280c-aab3-46b8-ba9b-8ecb1f140ea0/Headshot+.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - A New Republic - By Alli Geiger</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alli Geiger is a student at the University of Louisville.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/21/politicalworld19776</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-21</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/a9ca58b1-a092-406e-bdb9-b144eea860e2/Ford+Carter+.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Jimmy Carter and the Lost Political World of 1976 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/91b7a209-6d7f-4f8a-9c6f-a997a2ffc428/Duncan+Headshot.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Jimmy Carter and the Lost Political World of 1976 - By Jason Duncan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor of History, Aquinas College</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/21/federalist55-partii</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 55 Part II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 55 Part II - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/21/twain</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/7b6a548e-1c0b-46ba-8046-eba913112f4d/Twain.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Mark Twain: America’s Humorously Serious Celebrity - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/434ec3b9-667f-4987-8c63-b87d9d937e99/Hank_Edmondson_III.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Mark Twain: America’s Humorously Serious Celebrity - By Henry Edmondson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Carl Vinson Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Georgia College</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/14/americas-british</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/3310d452-7655-4725-8648-3b0217d69493/Ford+and+the+Queen+Pexels.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - America’s British Culture, and Reaffirming American Pride With Queen Elizabeth II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/51b3bcf3-7efb-4b89-9a32-b2b5cf3412fa/Daniel+Piit+Headshot.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - America’s British Culture, and Reaffirming American Pride With Queen Elizabeth II - By Daniel Pitt</image:title>
      <image:caption>Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ludovika University and a Wilber Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/14/federalist55-part1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-20</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/46bed9da-2172-486d-8819-54c6f04fbd1c/Capitol+Pexels+%282%29.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 55 Part I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/1733420105641-O0Y79E4BBTEJOSW82L52/Jeff+Polet+headshot.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 55 Part I - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/14/ford-gergen</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/0ec5aa7c-0351-46bd-951a-b0d3f899abb3/Communicator++Pexels.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - The President’s Voice: How David Gergen Shaped the Message - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/58ec2008-23d7-4a8b-9a9e-160f1b38a7f6/Patterson.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - The President’s Voice: How David Gergen Shaped the Message - By James Patterson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Former U.S. diplomat, life member of the American Foreign Service Association, and worked for the President Ford Committee at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/07/dead-or-mostly-dead</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/f8a12efe-a50a-4af5-8b1d-a462433f6c26/dr+stethoscope+Pexels.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Dead? Or Just ‘Mostly’ Dead? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/dbcf8223-2795-47db-981a-15d732abe816/Madeylynn+McLaughlin+.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Dead? Or Just ‘Mostly’ Dead? - By Madelynn McLaughlin</image:title>
      <image:caption>Madelynn McLaughlin is an intern at RealClearPolitics.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/08/07/postwar</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/b02ef51b-4998-4c4a-a020-388211606ac4/Richard+Opitz+Wiki.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - States of War, States of Mind: Living in the Shadow of WWII - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photograph by Richard Opitz</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/5571c110-d2ef-4472-8c62-a92bf21c0cc8/adam+smith+headshot+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - States of War, States of Mind: Living in the Shadow of WWII - By Adam Smith</image:title>
      <image:caption>Adam Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/07/24/federalist54-part2</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/d0b87fdd-b3ff-465f-8eec-a050278f37b5/Fed54+Canva.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 54 Part II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 54 Part II - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/07/24/addiction-fiction</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-31</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6751e3ffc622295c422a69c4/99f26219-040a-48c6-beb8-a82ca96e920f/TikTok+Pexels.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Observer Essays - Addiction Fiction: Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love TikTok - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-06</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/07/24/federalist54</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-31</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2025/07/24/federalist53</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-30</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/congressmen</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/childbearing</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-17</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist52</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/inneremigration</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-17</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/congress</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-17</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/out-of-many</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-10</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/fords-pool</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Richard Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, as well as John A Campbell Professor of Radiology, at Indiana University.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist51-part2</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/sportsandpolitics</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adam Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist51-part1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 51 Part 1 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/what-makes-it-necessary</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - What makes it “necessary”? - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/uncovering-the-past</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>James Patterson is a former U.S. diplomat.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist50</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 50 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/entangling-grudges</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Entangling Grudges: Washington's Other Warning - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Entangling Grudges: Washington's Other Warning - By Thomas Bruscino</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor at U.S. Army War College, Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist49</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 49 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/raisingchildren</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Business of Raising Children - By Sarah Reardon</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sarah Reardon (formerly Soltis) is a devoted teacher, writer, and editor</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/reese-witherspoon-better-version</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-19</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist48</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-18</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/trump-xi</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/constitutional-crisis</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/should-we-fear-ai</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Should We Fear AI? - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/managers</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-05</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adam Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist47</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-11</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 47 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/beautyandloss</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-29</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/powerimagination</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Richardson doodle dated May 6, 1970, while serving as Deputy Secretary of State. The probable inspiration for this doodle was Operation Fishhook, a U.S. and South Vietnamese assault on North Vietnamese and Viet Cong staging areas in Cambodia taking place at this time (April 29-June 30, 1970).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Power of Imagination - By Tom Vance</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist46</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-04</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/promise-keeping</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-04</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/unabomber</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Real Risks of Modern Technology: Obscuring Human Moral Responsibility Thanks to Irrational Beliefs and Uninformed Demands - By David Lewis Schaefer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Holy Cross College</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist45</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 45 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/capture-of-the-ss-mayaguez</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-21</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Scott Stabler is a professor of history at Grand Valley State University.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist44pt2</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 44 Part 2 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/last-days-of-vietnam</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Riveting Documentary “The Last Days of Vietnam” - By James Patterson</image:title>
      <image:caption>James Patterson is a former U.S. diplomat, life member of the American Foreign Service Association.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-last-three-names-the-uss-mayaguez-incident</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Last Three Names: The USS Mayaguez Incident - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - The Last Three Names: The USS Mayaguez Incident - By Richard Gunderman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Richard Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, as well as John A Campbell Professor of Radiology, at Indiana University.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist44</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 44 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/praise-gossip</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - In Praise of Gossip - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/john-wayne-and-the-american</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - John Wayne and the American Freedom Train - By Jeffrey H. Anderson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jeffrey H. Anderson is president of the American Main Street Initiative, a think tank for everyday Americans, and served as director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2017 to 2021.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-43</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 43 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-17</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-31</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/winston-churchills-reception</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/what-you-need-to-know</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-01</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/president-fords-eulogy-for-president-carter</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/cant-you-take-a-joke</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-09</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-26</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-multitude-of-words</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/what-has-been</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/common-sense-for-reclaiming</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-25</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/2024/12/26/christmas-message-from-president-ford</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-16</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-01</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/are-students-reading</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-23</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-22</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/in-his-own-words</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/reckoning-at-hand</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-21</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/proclamation-4333</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/contrasts-in-character</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Richard Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, as well as John A Campbell Professor of Radiology, at Indiana University.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-18-20</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-07</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/what-a-difference-an-election-makes</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/gerald-fords-legacy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-17</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Judy Whipps is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-significance-of-vice-presidential-debates</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-16</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-01</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/does-foreign-policy-matter</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-15</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-14</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/presidential-transitions</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-strenuous-life</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Adam Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Dubuque</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/america-in-the-age-of-nero</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/americas-cultural-revolution</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Henry T. Edmondson III, is Carl Vinson Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Georgia College.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-36-y82z3</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/elections-civility-and-strawberry-matcha</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Allison Tate is a Ford Fellow at the University of Michigan.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/what-undecided-voters</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Ross Douthat is a columnist for the New York Times op-ed page.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/carter-ford-nonviolent-campaigns</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Mike Ford is the oldest son of President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford. He is the Associate Director of the Pro Humanitate Institute at Wake Forest University and serves as lay leader at First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Currently, he serves as a Trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-10-pt-2</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/why-a-president-cannot-whip-inflation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Richard Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, as well as John A Campbell Professor of Radiology, at Indiana University.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/constitution-day-reflections</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Matt Riffe joined the Jack Miller Center in June 2022.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-10-part1</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Federalist 10, Part 1 - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/september-17-at-the-convention</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/federalist-no-9</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/on-empathy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Co-President of the Ford Leadership Forum at Hope College.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/watering-a-nations-roots</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Hans Zeiger is President of the Jack Miller Center.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/reflection-and-choice</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-federalist-an-introduction</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/living-a-life-of-civility</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-melodrama</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/energy-in-the-executive-branch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/alexis-de-tocqueville</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/aristotle-on-democracy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/thoughts-on-the-current-push</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-14</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/democracy-and-literature</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/elites-and-our-democracy</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/well-always-have-casablanca</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/friendship-and-liberal-democracy</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-origins-of-the-electoral-college</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/a-primer-on-politics</loc>
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      <image:caption>Susan McWilliams Barndt is a professor of politics at Pomona College, where she has won the Wig Award for Excellence in Teaching three times</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-two-times-gerald-ford-swore</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/common-ground-for-what</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/gerald-ford-eagle-scout</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Gerald Ford: Eagle Scout - By Richard Gunderman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Richard Gunderman is John A Campbell Professor of Radiology; Bicentennial Professor; and Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/the-14th-amendment</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/whither-brexit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Whither Brexit? - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/americas-founding</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - America's Founding - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/democracys-interest-in-kindness</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Democracy’s Interest in Kindness - By John von Heyking</image:title>
      <image:caption>John von Heyking is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/is-it-time-to-panic</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/robert-frosts-the-mending-wall</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Jason Peters joined Hillsdale’s faculty in the fall of 2021 after spending 25 years at Augustana College</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/horace-mann-and-public-edcuation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Horace Mann and Public Education - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/loneliness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Loneliness - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/lincolns-second-inaugural</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/reforming-reformism</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Reforming Reformism - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/can-progress-be-resisted</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Can Progress Be Resisted? - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/how-many-is-too-many</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - How Many Is Too Many? - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/why-liberal-or-conservative</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Why Liberal or Conservative - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/annapolis-convention</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Annapolis Convention - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/walker-percy-and-southern-stoicism</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Walker Percy and Southern Stoicism - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/at-least-theyre-not-dimwits</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - At Least They're Not Dimwits - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/burkes-speech</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Burke's Speech to the Assembly - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Burke's Speech to the Assembly - By Jeff Polet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of the Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/golf-and-manners</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Golf and Manners - By Henry T. Edmondson III</image:title>
      <image:caption>Henry T. Edmondson III is Carl Vinson Chair of Political Science &amp; Public Administration in the Department of Government and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Georgia College.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.fordforum.org/observer-essays/gouverneur-morris</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Observer Essays - Gouverneur Morris - By Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Kirstin Birkhaug teaches political science at Hope College.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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