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		<title>The Case for Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[America stands at a crossroads. From classrooms to newsrooms, from civic centers to courtrooms, from town malls to the halls of Hollywood, institutions, which once encouraged society to hold fast to shared moral boundaries, now consistently undermine them. Cultural trends are heavily contributing to the erosion of the family unit, the re-defining of human nature, &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/10/30/the-case-for-prayer/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Case for&#160;Prayer</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Mid-term Election Reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An interesting question between now and the mid-term elections isn&#8217;t just who is going to win the various congressional, state, and local races. It&#8217;s what the Democratic Party has evidently come to believe in terms of its values, both politically, and in many cases, personally. It’s also what the Party has led fellow Americans to &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/10/18/a-mid-term-election-reflection/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Mid-term Election&#160;Reflection</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Became a Digital Influencer</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/09/28/how-archbishop-fulton-j-sheen-became-a-digital-influencer/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[beatification]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a time when content creators are competing for attention through the use of stunts, dance routines, and street brawls, Christianity’s most unlikely rising digital star is a man who passed away fourteen years before the first iPhone was released. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, renown philosopher, theologian, and television pioneer, is now officially on a &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/09/28/how-archbishop-fulton-j-sheen-became-a-digital-influencer/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Became a Digital&#160;Influencer</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Moral Relativism Paved the Way to Communism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of late has been filled with stories about election wins here in the United States for socialist (aka, communist) candidates. It wasn’t that long ago that a majority of people in our country would have considered it preposterous for a major American political party to openly advocate Marxist governance. But here we are. &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/08/28/how-moral-relativism-paved-the-way-to-communism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Moral Relativism Paved the Way to&#160;Communism</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WNBA Rules Mandate that Enes Freedom and Royce White Be Let In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White just threw their hats into the 2027 WNBA Draft Under the basketball league’s own eligibility language, the two former NBA first-round picks are currently identifying as women. Freedom and White’s declaration of gender has the WNBA dribbling across the cultural court to schedule an emergency task-force meeting of team &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/08/11/wnba-rules-mandate-that-enes-freedom-and-royce-white-be-let-in/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">WNBA Rules Mandate that Enes Freedom and Royce White Be Let&#160;In</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk’s Own Odyssey Film Possibility</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/07/24/elon-musks-own-odyssey-film-possibility/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey, delivered a powerful opening this past weekend, hauling in roughly $125 million domestically and $264 million worldwide. It is the biggest global debut to date for the famed Hollywood director. However, a narrative regarding the movie seems to have developed simultaneously alongside its debut. Much of the entertainment news &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/07/24/elon-musks-own-odyssey-film-possibility/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elon Musk’s Own Odyssey Film&#160;Possibility</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Social Media and AI Are Robbing Us of Personal Connections</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/07/14/social-media-and-ai-are-robbing-us-of-personal-connections/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A young 19-year-old woman sits in her dorm room holding a smart phone. The college student has hundreds of Instagram followers and a favorite AI chatbot. The bot remembers her favorite songs, offers endless reassurances, and never disputes or disagrees. Each night she goes through the same ritual, texting into the wee hours. Although for &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/07/14/social-media-and-ai-are-robbing-us-of-personal-connections/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Social Media and AI Are Robbing Us of Personal&#160;Connections</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Radical Leftist Democrats Are Following a Communist Script</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/06/26/radical-leftist-democrats-are-following-a-communist-script/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recent primary victories by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles are being hailed in certain left-wing circles as some sort of a grassroots movement, when it’s anything but. Those familiar with the wretchedness of communism have for years been doing their best to sound the alarm bells &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/06/26/radical-leftist-democrats-are-following-a-communist-script/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Radical Leftist Democrats Are Following a Communist&#160;Script</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk Becoming a Trillionaire Is Something to Celebrate</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/06/16/elon-musk-becoming-a-trillionaire-is-something-to-celebrate/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk just crossed a new threshold. He became the world’s first trillionaire.  SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO turned out to be the largest in history, raising a record $75 billion. This resulted in Musk’s net worth being boosted past the $1.1 trillion mark.&#160; Musk’s company was able to raise a massive amount of funds by selling &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/06/16/elon-musk-becoming-a-trillionaire-is-something-to-celebrate/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elon Musk Becoming a Trillionaire Is Something to&#160;Celebrate</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hollywood Targets LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt</title>
		<link>https://jameshirsen.com/2026/05/29/hollywood-targets-la-mayoral-candidate-spencer-pratt/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the race for the Los Angeles city mayor heats up, some top-name celebrities are rushing to the rescue of incumbent Mayor Karen Bass by targeting her rising-star challenger Spencer Pratt. Actor, comedian, and game show host Drew Carey recently took to the social media stage to spout off about Pratt and cuss in current &#8230; <a href="https://jameshirsen.com/2026/05/29/hollywood-targets-la-mayoral-candidate-spencer-pratt/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hollywood Targets LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer&#160;Pratt</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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