Archives for Best Web OpEds
December 2015
Thursday, December 31:
And Now for Another Los Angeles Times Editorial Commending Charters, Sponsored, by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
The Biggest Scandal in US History That We're Still Not Talking About (3 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: NYT Spots the Problem (2 comments)
New York Times' Editorial Defends High-Stakes Testing and Common Core, by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Cartoon: Senior citizens of Counter-Earth, in 'Kick-Butt' gear, by Reuben Bolling (1 comments)
Larry Summers Excoriated for Lecturing Bernie Sanders on Financial and Monetary Policy (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 30:
Karma strikes again: Pharma company with ties to Martin Shkreli files for bankruptcy
After Sanders criticism, Donald Trump flip-flops: US wages "are too low" (1 comments)
Watch: Bernie Sanders Nails Clueless Media On Their Donald Trump Obsession (1 comments)
America's Empty Embassies - By WALTER F. MONDALE (4 comments)
Tuesday, December 29:
North Atlantic storm to lash the UK, push temperatures at the North Pole 50 degrees above normal (7 comments)
Is Tim Cook, the CEO of APPLE, ignorant or a fraud? (2 comments)
Justice Antonin Scalia's racism is unacceptable. Congress must censure him. (6 comments)
Bernie Sanders counters Andrea Mitchell's shallow interview
Hahahahaha! Scott Walker Has Some More Problems. (1 comments)
Monday, December 28:
Russia's Security Council: The Committee That Runs Russia (9 comments)
ESSA Does Not Protect Opt Outs, by Diane Ravitch & Alyson Klein (1 comments)
New Tensions Over the Iran Nuclear Deal (1 comments)
Doubling Down on W, by Paul Krugman (1 comments)
Top 5 Attacks On America Committed By Christian Terrorists, Not Muslims (3 comments)
Sunday, December 27:
Stunning maps showing how much you need to earn in each state to afford a two-bedroom rental unit (1 comments)
Saturday, December 26:
Bipartisan Legislative and Executive Collusion on TPP is Double-Barrel Hit to Democracy (5 comments)
Why There is No Peace on Earth (17 comments)
Susan Sarandon in Greece, Welcomes Refugees
U.S. Foreign Arms Deals Increased Nearly $10 Billion in 2014 (1 comments)
Friday, December 25:
'Twas the Night Before Xmas (1 comments)
Thursday, December 24:
Bernie Would Do Better Than Hillary in 2016 Race Against Trump, National Poll Finds
Bernie Mocks Trump for Discovering Women Use the Bathroom: "It's Very Upsetting for Him" (1 comments)
Donald Trump leads an insane white cult -- and Pat Buchanan just explained how it works - Salon.com
Wednesday, December 23:
Poll: Against Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump Would Get "Schlonged"
Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed
Why Democrats Need to Fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Who Should Replace Her
Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed - The New York Times (1 comments)
Why Investors Are Right to Be Distrustful - (1 comments)
Blood, Sweat and Trump - (1 comments)
Seymour Hersh's Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Provided Tacit Help to Assad (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 22:
Cruz: I would pull US out of Paris climate deal (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton camp to Donald Trump: "Hell no" on apology
Ongoing CIA Support for Al Qaeda and Terrorism (3 comments)
Monday, December 21:
Land of the free, home of the fearful (6 comments)
Trumplandia: a cartoon (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Donald and the Decider
Trump: Hillary Lies About Everything, and I Demand an Apology for ISIS Video Claim (1 comments)
Sunday, December 20:
Sarah Palin Compares Grassroots Conservatives To Battered Women
Compassionate approach leads to more help and less punishment (2 comments)
Bernie Sanders Says What Republican Cowards Won't: Trump Is A Pathological Liar (2 comments)
Friday, December 18:
WOULD MAINSTREAM REPORTERS LIKE TO BE MY DEEP THROAT? - Perdaily.com (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Accuses DNC Of Undermining Campaign And Threatens Federal Lawsuit
Obama Ends A Great Year By Reminding Republicans Of All Of His 2015 Wins
Lurking Within That Ominous, Omnibus Spending Bill (4 comments)
Hagel: The White House Tried to "Destroy" Me
Sanders: Clinton's pursuit of 'regime change' in Libya helped rise of Isis (6 comments)
Thursday, December 17:
Turkey's Dangerous Games Threaten the Entire Region (1 comments)
Corporate Media and a Depraved Indifference to Suffering (1 comments)
Pentagon Officers: We Quit if Trump Wins (1 comments)
Putin Endorses Donald Trump For President (2 comments)
Wednesday, December 16:
Just how dumb is the GOP resolution to "defend" Christmas? (3 comments)
Don't Blame Mental Illness for Gun Violence - (2 comments)
Congress Is About To Make Citizens United Even Worse (1 comments)
Review of Garry Kasparov's Book on Putin and Russia (1 comments)
There Was No Winner in the GOP Debate, But There Was One Clear Loser: The American Public
Judge Calls For US Marshals and FBI To Arrest Congress and The President (1 comments)
Tuesday, December 15:
Dana Milbank: Meet the Islamophobe inspiring Trump to redefine extremism
Donald Trump tweetstorms furiously at CNN and Fox News
Monday, December 14:
US and UK Dominate Global Arms Industry - Report
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton "killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity" (3 comments)
Here's the real story behind the Time photo shoot where a bald eagle attacked Donald Trump
Sunday, December 13:
With The Ink Not Even Dry, Republicans Blast Historic Paris Climate Agreement
Saturday, December 12:
Meet The Mega-Donors Funding Donald Trump's Islamophobic Allies
Friday, December 11:
Bernie Sanders Calls Out The Biased Corporate Network News For Blacking Out His Message (10 comments)
Ben Carson Threatens To Leave The GOP
House Averts Government Shutdown -- For 5 Days
Paul Krugman: Empowering the Ugliness
Thursday, December 10:
Moderate Marco? Rubio Wants to Undo Gay Marriage, End Obama's LGBT Protections
Mark Twain on Helen Keller (1 comments)
Playing the Kurdish card against Turkey (1 comments)
New Report Shines A Light Into The Charter School Black Box (1 comments)
Lost on the 'Dark Side' in Syria (2 comments)
Wednesday, December 9:
Donald Trump: Time picked Angela Merkel for Person of Year? (1 comments)
How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps (2 comments)
Techno-Optimism and Bad Science in Paris: The Problem With Carbon Capture and Storage
Leaked EU Memo: Block Measures to Curb Global Trade & Tech Profits at COP21 Conference
Tuesday, December 8:
Thin-Skinned Donald Trump Calls Female Reporter "Little Katy, Third-Rate"
Congressman: At Least 72 Homeland Security Employees on Terrorist Watchlist
Creationism isn't just an ideology-its a weapon of political control
Candidates use the Bible to justify their views: We must use reason
Boredom is not a problem to be solved
'TIME' 'Person of the Year' Snubs Bernie Sanders for Donald Trump (3 comments)
Bernie Sanders Exposes The Weakness and Cowardice Behind Trump's Plan To Bar All Muslims
Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the last thing the United States should do! (2 comments)
Monday, December 7:
Born to Be Conned - By MARIA KONNIKOVA (4 comments)
Memes, Dreams and Themes - By COLIN MCGINN, (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Unveils Forceful Climate Change Plan, And He's Going After Big Oil (4 comments)
Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries (1 comments)
Donald Trump Calls For "Complete Shutdown" Of Muslims Entering U.S. (4 comments)
Currency Games: Exit Dollar Hegemony, Enter Renminbi and Russian Gold Ruble
Daniel Lazare: The Incredible Shrinking President
Paul Krugman: The Not-So-Bad Economy
Pollyanna isn't naive, she is a badass. -- Robb Hillman Coaching (2 comments)
PBS Joins the MSM's Syria-Russia Bias (1 comments)
The real rea$on gun$ are not well controlled (3 comments)
Sunday, December 6:
The Rise of the Illegitimate Authority of Transnational Corporations (2 comments)
Crimea Was One of The Great Heroic Battles of WW2. The West Seems Ignorant of This (3 comments)
This is fascism, and we should say it clearly ... while we can (7 comments)
5 Signs That Benjamin Netanyahu's Split With Israel Security Chiefs Is a Crisis (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton Sends Ted Cruz Back To The Kiddie Table
Are Americans Becoming More Narcissistic? (14 comments)
Russian Retaliation Will Be Defeating NATO in Syria (2 comments)
Saturday, December 5:
Insider Tells how Mainstream News is a CIA Mouthpiece (1 comments)
Kristof: Hysteria About Refugees, but Blindness on Guns
Syria facing "humanitarian crisis" as winter approaches
An Island off Korea Takes on the U.S. Military Machine
Media Storms Apartment Of San Bernardino Shooting Suspects, An "Active Crime Scene"
Gordon Hahn: 'Putin's Russia' or Russia's Putin? (2 comments)
Reasoned analysis (2 comments)
The hippies knew something we don't about saving the planet
Friday, December 4:
Paul Krugman: Republicans' Climate Change Denial Denial (1 comments)
Mark Morford: Can anything stop America's savage gun epidemic?
Why Sale of National Geographic To Fox Signals Perilous Times For Photojournalism (1 comments)
Is the 'political revolution' of the 2016 US election - the resurrection of the Vision and Boldness of RFK? (1 comments)
Thursday, December 3:
After Paris and Beirut, It's Time to Rein in Saudi Arabia
Politicians' tweets on San Bernardino shooting mocked and NRA connections spotlighted
Supporters of Syria Airstrikes need some education (6 comments)
Wednesday, December 2:
Sorry, Ted Cruz: Women Don't Want Your "Rubbers"
Glenn Beck: Maybe Trump's a "Spoiler" to Help Hillary Win
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Widow on What Went Wrong Between Russia and the West (3 comments)
Tuesday, December 1:
Black Pastors Confront Trump Over "Slurs"
As a Deadline Looms, Paul Ryan Finds Himself in a Boehner-Like Spot
Our Incoherent China Policy: TPP is bad economics and bad at containing China
Bernie Sanders' High School Yearbook Photo with OEN Member Susan Schwartz (4 comments)