Archives for Best Web OpEds
February 2015
Saturday, February 28:
Why the Right-Wing Is as Obsessed with Brainwashing Your Kid as With Looting Social Security (1 comments)
Ownership & Business Models as Social & Ideological Battle Fields
Friday, February 27:
About that Donald Trump speech at CPAC...
Scott Walker, God's Gift to the Democratic Party
Three Apparent Whoppers Bill O'Reilly Has Told About His Career
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: RIP to Mr. Spock (2 comments)
After nonsensical comments on Net Neutrality, conservatives rage against Ted Cruz
Shameful American Democracy Ranks 45th In The World In Electoral Integrity (1 comments)
New York Times: "Bill O'Reilly and Fox News: They're in It Together" (3 comments)
Food Waste Grows With the Middle Class - NYTimes editorial board (1 comments)
The Government Loan Program With a 116 Percent Default Rate - Michael Grunwald - POLITICO Magazine (2 comments)
Thursday, February 26:
Following the Agreement Reached Between the Greek Government and Its Creditors: Questions and Answers (1 comments)
Michigan: An Eye-Opening Charter Scam; by Diane Ravitch & Dr. Mitchell Robinson. (1 comments)
Wednesday, February 25:
Borowitz Satire: Republicans Unlearning Facts Learned in Third Grade
Tuesday, February 24:
US Workers Subsidize Corporations at Least $10,000 per Year
LAUSD- THE BUCK STOPS WHERE? AND WHEN? - Lenny Isenberg, Perdaily (1 comments)
"Pro Life" GOPer Says It's Fine For Kids to Die in the Name of God (3 comments)
Bill O'Reilly Has A Long Record Of Threatening And Ambushing Journalists
Huffington Post: Take O'Reilly Off the Air (6 comments)
DNC Endorses Constitutional Amendment Guaranteeing The Right To Vote (1 comments)
The Conservative Attempt to Rewrite the United States' Progressive History (2 comments)
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NEPC: Separating Fact and Fiction About Charter Schools; BY DIANE RAVITCH
Buzz Kill; by BY PATRICK J. KIGER (1 comments)
Monday, February 23:
Paul Krugman: Knowledge Isn't Power
Three Minutes Of Terror for The Koch Brothers As Bernie Sanders Storms Sunday Show (2 comments)
Many Republicans Gambling That A New Shutdown Would Not Hurt Their Party (2 comments)
Patricia Arquette's Badass Oscar Acceptance Speech Demanding Equality for Women (1 comments)
The Rich Pay State and Local Taxes at Half the Rate the Rest of Us Do
"Too Big To Fails" Have Stopped Being Banks
Sunday, February 22:
Giuliani: Obama Has Been Influenced By Communists (1 comments)
Rush Limbaugh's Problem: How The Internet Changed Talk Radio- TIME
Wisconsin Introduces Word-for-Word ALEC Right to Work Bill
The Rich Hide an Estimated 21 Trillion in Offshore Accounts; by James Henry (6 comments)
Red State Voters Are Stupid For Electing Insane Republicans (2 comments)
GOP Governors Slash Education To Grow Their Ignorant Base (2 comments)
Saturday, February 21:
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Fifty Shades of Grey Gets BDSM Dangerously Wrong (1 comments)
Ohio: Who Testifies About Charter Reform; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The Mainstream Media Sides With Fox News (1 comments)
President Obama Shreds Mitch McConnell For Trying To Take Credit For The Economy
Speak out! Go directly to jail, do not pass go... CIA whistleblower story
Bigger Than Science & Religion: The Most Important Story Ever Told (2 comments)
Matt Damon reads from Howard Zinn's 1970 speech, "The Problem is Civil Obedience" on Vimeo
GOP is bamboozling Americans, Obama says
Bill O'Reilly Is No Brian Williams
Follow the Money: How Charter Schools in Pennsylvania Succeed; by Diane Ravitch (3 comments)
These Are the Questions Bill O'Reilly Won't Answer" by David Corn (1 comments)
The Plot to Kill Health Care - by Timothy Egan NYTimes (3 comments)
Friday, February 20:
Jeb Bush snags opposition research star Tim Miller for 2016 (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Cranking Up for 2016
Guglielmo Tell: Maduro Confirms Arrest of Caracas Mayor for Coup Plotting (5 comments)
The Shockingly Simple, Surprisingly Cost Effective Way to End Homelessness (2 comments)
Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem (2 comments)
Thursday, February 19:
Obama set the immigration trap, and the GOP walked in (2 comments)
Netanyahu's curious GOP connection
Jeb Bush vows to set his own course while tapping longtime family advisers - The Washington Post (2 comments)
State of Emergency -- West Virginia Water Supply Poisoned Again (1 comments)
Wednesday, February 18:
Mark Morford: The mind-boggling grotesquery of the U.S. military (3 comments)
The Problem With Exceptionalism
Why the Mayoral Election in Chicago Matters for the Future of Public Education and Teaching Profession; Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Jeb Bungles Facts, Pronunciation in His Big National Security Speech (2 comments)
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Creating A New Economic Order;Capital & Main | By Andrew Gumbel
Tim Slekar: Governor Scott Walker Really Does Want to Crush Higher Education: by Diane Ravitch
Bush's New Foreign Policy Team (3 comments)
Benjamin Netanyahu Is Playing With Fire
'I am a TEA PARTYER, but this was over the line' - Boycott Rush Limbaugh Sponsor Petition Hits 100k! (1 comments)
A Judge's Assault on Immigration (1 comments)
Si, Podemos: Democracy Appears To Be Becoming Fresh Again In Spain
The Truth is Out: Money is Just an IOU, and Banks are Rolling in It (1 comments)
Learning About Jeb Bush from the Terri Schiavo Case
Tuesday, February 17:
Would you take a one way trip to Mars? (2 comments)
In 1993 the Supreme Court ruled that it is legal to execute an innocent person (2 comments)
Education and class: America's new aristocracy (1 comments)
Boehner Ready to Let Homeland Security Funding Bill Pass Its Expiration Date
NEPC: The Failure of Test-Based Accountabilty, BY DIANE RAVITCH (1 comments)
NYC Charters: Civil Rights Suspended, by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Milwaukee's New War on the Poor; by Peter Greene (1 comments)
Why is No One Talking About the GOP's Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty?
How Trade Deals Boost the Top 1 Percent and Bust the Rest (3 comments)
Get a TAN, Yanis: A Timely Alternative Financing Instrument for Greece
Monday, February 16:
Paul Krugman: Weimar on the Aegean
"The FDA Buries Evidence of Fraud in Medical Trials. My Students and I Dug it Up." by Charles Seife (1 comments)
Dilemma for Jeb: How Bush 3.0 would deal with Iraq (2 comments)
The Koch Agenda Brings Pain And Woe To People In Republican Controlled Red States (1 comments)
Bureaucracy and Deregulation, by David Graeber
Sunday, February 15:
Is Sweden's Offensive Against Assange Unraveling?
Boehner Says He'd Allow Homeland Security Shutdown (1 comments)
Tom Brokaw Warned for a Year That Brian Williams' Iraq Story Was a Big Fib (1 comments)
With Saudi Arabia, How Much Longer Can Washington Look The Other Way?
Republicans, the Religious Right and Evolution - Frank Bruni NYTimes (2 comments)
This is How the World Ends: Twelve Risks That Threaten Human Existence (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Reformster Fallacious Argument Made Simple; by Peter Greene (1 comments)
What's the purpose of education in the 21st century? - Arthur Camins; The Washington Post (3 comments)
Walker's budget offers a revealing look into his 2016 ethos: cut mercilessly (1 comments)
Saturday, February 14:
A MUST-READ: Indiana Mom Vents Her Rage at Governor Pence; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion of Public Property? by Rep. Alan Grayson (3 comments)
Jeb Bush's Very Bad, Terrible, Horrible Week; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: What's The Matter With Indiana; by Peter Greene (1 comments)
"The Ideal of Justice: Police and Plunder" by Peter Linebaugh
Noam Chomsky: "The World that We're Creating for Our Grandchildren is Grim"
"The Truth is Unspeakable": A Real American Sniper Unloads on "American Sniper"
Friday, February 13:
Washington Wastes No Time to Sabotage Minsk (2 comments)
Progressives: Between Hillary and a Hard Place
Who's Side is the New York Times On? (2 comments)
Money Makes Crazy - Paul Krugman, NYTimes (2 comments)
Thursday, February 12:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Written in Secrecy, Could Cost U.S. Jobs (1 comments)
Borowitz Satire -- Republican Voters Responding to Walker's Opposition to Knowledge
CURMUDGUCATION: My Public School Sales Pitch; by peter Greene (1 comments)
A MUST-READ: Stephanie Simon in Politico: A Blockbuster Report on Pearson's Money Machine; Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
IF FAILED TEACHERS ARE FIRED, WHY ARE FAILED LAUSD INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED?; By Lenny Isenberg -Perdaily.com (5 comments)
Curtail Iran and Win - by Roger Cohen; NYTimes (1 comments)
San Diego School Board Votes 5-0 to End Annual Testing in NCLB; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Why Most Students Will "Fail" PARCC Test; by Diane Ravitch
Wednesday, February 11:
HSBC documents reveal criminal conspiracy of banks and governments
Tuesday, February 10:
PCR Interviewed by Russian Mag on Washington Plan for Ukraine
In Effort To Reinvent The GOP Jeb Bush Hires Woman Hating Gay Bashing Techie
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Black Men Were Burned Alive in the Bible Belt
It's Time To Face The Truth That Republicans Are Traitors (11 comments)
New Evidence That Half of the US Is Broke (15 comments)
Monday, February 9:
Israeli Official: Boehner And Netanyahu Conspired "To Defy and Humiliate President Obama" (1 comments)
Bill Maher asks a favor of Republicans slamming Sarah Palin (1 comments)
Ten Reasons Why We Should Celebrate the Inevitable Nuclear Holocaust - Russia Insider
Fast-Track: A Root Cause of Wage Stagnation and Income Inequality (3 comments)
Paul Krugman: Nobody Understands Debt
Sunday, February 8:
Universal Healthcare Advocates Renew Push Toward Medicare-For-All (3 comments)
A Reader in Tennessee Writes to Every Member of the Senate HELP Committee about NCLB; Diane ravitch (1 comments)
Saturday, February 7:
A Brief History of Happiness: How America Lost Track of the Good Life--and Where to Find It Now
Spain: Dossier on the Class Struggle and Rise of Podemos
Friday, February 6:
Class Struggle in Brazil Heats Up in Aftermath of Re-election of President Dilma Rousseff (1 comments)
Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People (42 comments)
Koch Lovers Claim Kochs Are Defenders of the American Dream (1 comments)
Thursday, February 5:
Pentagon thinktank claims Putin has Asperger's -- has Putinology gone too far? (1 comments)
Why Dogs Make The Perfect Babysitter - YouTube
Greece: On the Eve of the Prime Minister's Speech to the Parliament (1 comments)
Please Watch This Short, Brilliant Video: What Matters Most Are Relationships- BY DIANE RAVITCH (1 comments)
EPA Finding Signals The Death Knell For The KeystoneXL Pipeline (1 comments)
Wednesday, February 4:
Democrats might skip Benjamin Netanyahu speech
L.A. school board election politics equal gutter politics - LA Times (1 comments)
Economics and Politics; by Paul Krugman (1 comments)
A Bad Mistake - by Thomas L. Friedman, NYTimes (1 comments)
Tuesday, February 3:
Queensland state government defeated in anti-austerity vote
LATINO HIGHER EDUCATION- REALITY OR MERE RHETORIC? - Lenny isenberg, (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Boston Consulting Group: Another Dark Horseman (1 comments)
Jeb Bush's bond with Barack Obama on education poses 2016 challenge for him (1 comments)
Chicago: City for Sale; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Angelina Jolie on the Syrians and Iraqis Who Can't Go Home - By ANGELINA JOLIE;NYTimes.
Monday, February 2:
Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Take on Vaccines
Scott Walker Falls Flat On His Face When Asked About Foreign Policy On ABC (3 comments)
Israeli Ambassador Jokes About Working To Undermine President Obama
The Long-Run Cop-Out (1 comments)
Sunday, February 1:
Bill Whitaker: Let's see how long state Rep. Molly White stays in office (2 comments)
The Republican Passed Keystone Pipeline Bill Violates The Constitution (1 comments)
Debate on Gun Violence Limited by Either-Or Thinking (1 comments)
Obama administration a 'fascist regime': Activist (2 comments)
The Human Race Reaches Its Apex: In Venezuela! (3 comments)