45 Articles
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
America needs "Moore" Democracy
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Michael Moore has a knack for juxtaposing key moments in history. His new film starts the fall of Rome, intercut with the collapse of American industry. Could Rome have acted differently when they knew their end was coming? Moore suggests, return to democracy! Moore shows societies are not sustainable with a widening gulf between "those who have everything, and those that have nothing."
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Open Letter: The Insider on the Informant!
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Famed tobacco whistleblower Jeff Wigand, and subject of the major motion picture the “Insider” asks where is the moral outrage. “Persons of conscience who see or observe harm being committed must come forward with legal knowledge, support and protection for this courageous act.” Adding to Burke's Triumph of Evil - All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. “No more BYSTANDERISM.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Harry Potter: The Wizard Who Came in from the Cold
Be aware: the newest movie "The Half Blood Prince," sharply departs from the book. The book and movie are in fact two different universes, the movie offering but a small taste of the full Potter philosophy of good and evil- and the necessity needed to defeat evil. As Winston Churchill might say, to "Never give in. Never,
Friday, June 19, 2009
Doctors Urge Transparency and Hippocratic tradition
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All but a few holdouts believe that the Hippocratic tradition is the key to maintaining healthcare
Monday, April 20, 2009
"State of Play"- Time for Spy Thrillers to Come in from the Cold.
The zero spy has little connection to either the literary spy or the fantasy spy. The zero spy is a fanciful and confused cardboard concoction that exists only to befuddle the audience . There is no effort to actually solve the mystery he is in. The audience leaves the theater wondering why they went to see the movie.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Doctors Demand Justice for Patient Advocate Whistleblower
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No one is safe when hospitals put profit before patients. Recent revelations of continued fraud at hospitals belonging to the chain of for-profits known as the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA, formerly known as Columbia-HCA) continue to shock the conscience of a people already reeling from fraud in the banking, mortgage and financial sectors. Will a medical meltdown be next? Public safety advocates have asked Congress to
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Direct letter to OEN Readers: Please Attend National Whistleblower Meeting
We are pleased to invite you to attend this year's National Whistleblower Assembly, organized by the Make it Safe Coalition. Individual co-sponsors include the Government Accountability Project (GAP), the International Association of Whistleblowers (IAW), the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA),
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Invitation to the National Whistleblower Assembly!
Dear Op-Ed News readers, writers, and all concerned citizens. This invitation is for each and everyone of you. We need everyone that is part of this community to attend, to support, and to rally for good government, open government, accountability and free speech in America. This is the third annual event of this kind. It will be our biggest, with the most ambitious agenda. We challenge the entire OPN community: be there!
Monday, January 26, 2009
National Whistleblower Assembly Scheduled for March 8 - 11, 2009
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More than 250 good government groups that have worked to pass the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) have been invited to press home the urgent need to enact the WPA into law. All readers of Op Ed News are urged to come.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Why Sister Aloysius "Doubts"
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The best (and last) line of the Pulitzer-prize winning play (turned Blockbuster film) Doubt exposes the moral squeeze on its main character Sister Aloysius. In a final and complete reversal of roles, the starch-collar, old school, Catholic nun reveals to her innocent protg Sister James that she, the hard line absolutist, now has "doubts.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
"Sons of Anarchy": The Prince, The Spy, and The Biker who Came in from the Cold
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The season finale of Sons of Anarchy, the brash new biker-gangster drama, ended this week in the funeral of an innocent woman mistakenly gunned down in a blood feud. This is not just another crime story- Sons is even more ambitious than The Shield, The Wire or The Sopranos. Sons of Anarchy is one of the best counter-espionage stories in recent memory- worthy of John le Carr, even of Shakespeare.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
"The Shield": Crime and Punishment
Police Drama vividly portrays a lower circle of hell for a guilty conscience. t is fiendishly appropriate that the television police drama, The Shield, ended its series in 2008, exactly 700 years since Dante began writing the Inferno. The Shield, possibly more than any other series, demonstrates the most intense hell on earth,
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Whistleblowers Seek to Reform ACORN
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ACORN whistleblower Marcel Reid explains that "ours is the voice for hundreds of thousands of otherwise disenfranchised people." Noting that voice must now rise above questionable voter registrations and America's financial crisis, Reid cautions fellow board members to overcome "the ACORN culture of acquiescence
Saturday, September 13, 2008
A letter to our Readers: Join our petition to end corruption now!
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It is now urgent that every single local and national group that favors good government sign the bipartisan demand to pass the Whistleblower Protection Act! We need you! Please contact your rotary, your local advocacy group, your local coalition. American free speech, American democracy, and our society's integrity are on the line.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wake Up America! Patriotic Truth-Tellers are Ignored, Abused and Betrayed
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It is now urgent that every single local and national group that favors good government sign the bipartisan demand to pass the Whistleblower Protection Act! We need you! Please contact your rotary, your local advocacy group, your local coalition. American free speech, American democracy, and our society's integrity are on the line.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Join Campaign to Protect Truth-Tellers now!
T Whistleblower Protection Act ("WPA") for the federal civil service as the strongest free speech law in history, on paper. Unfortunately, the law has been functionally overturned by a series of increasingly hostile case decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which holds a monopoly on judicial review of whistleblower cases. In practice it has become a rubber stamp retaliation
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Patients and Doctors Demand Protection for Truth-Tellers
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Patient advocacy groups and Doctors groups have joined in an unprecedented cooperation to protect medical quality, safety, cost and efficiency. T
Thursday, July 31, 2008
George Anderson, Citizen-Activist, Reforms Georgia
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George Anderson, executive director of the Ethics in Government Group (EGG), has been a tireless and unique example of how one man can impact an entire state.
Monday, July 14, 2008
200 Citizen Groups Unite to Protect The Public! We Need You! Join The Petition for Whistleblower Rights Today
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GROUP SIGN-ON OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WHISTLEBLOWER LEGISLATION IN A GENERATION!
ALL groups interested in genuine free-speech rights for government workers are encouraged to sign the Whistleblower Protection Act Petition.
E-mail tomd@whistleblower.org with 'WPA Petition' in Subject Line to sign.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thousands of Whistleblowers Silenced By Bush DOJ!
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This is just another example of how the Bush Administration political prioritization of the government has continued to negatively impact the DOJ. Beginning with the Ashcroft Justice Department and its anti-civil rights and anti-civil liberties enforcement policies, through the Gonzales Justice Department's politically motivated prosecutions and retaliation against honest U.S. Attorney's and finally the Mukasey Justice Departm
Thursday, June 26, 2008
U.S Nuclear Stockpiles: On the Road to Nowhere?
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U.S Nuclear Stockpiles: On the Road to Nowhere?
Sunday, June 15, 2008
South African High Court Rules Against AIDS Denialitsts
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South African High Court Rules Against AIDS Denialitsts. Victory for the rule of law and the scientific governance of medicines. South Africa has been devastated by Aids and HIV
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Coalitions Support HIV World Bank Whistleblower
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Dr. Saha explained the World Bank corruption in a session of the International Association of Whistleblowers (IAW) May 16, 2008.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
AIDs Denialists Continue to Harm African Millions
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Aids Denialists Continue to Harm African Millions. The author urges all persons to support Africans and other victims of AIDs who request proper education, treatment and prevention.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Peace Hero Michael McCray: Be the Rock!!!
Michael McCray, Esq., co-chair of the International Association of Whistleblowers (IAW), is being awarded today the Arkansas Peace & Justice Award.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
National HIV Testing Day: June 27, 2008
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June 27, 2008 is national HIV testing day. There are more than 1 million people in the United States living with HIV. One-fourth of them do not know that they are HIV-infected. Could you be one of them? The only way to know if you have HIV is to get tested.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Michael R. McCray - Peace Hero 2008
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Michael R. McCray - Peace Hero 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Epidemics of AIDS and Ignorance Grip South Africa
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Epidemic of AIDS and Ignorance Grips South Africa
Friday, June 6, 2008
Doctors Back New Patient Safety Protections
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American Medicine is at a crossroads. Doctors coalitions, led by the Semmelweis Society International (SSI) spotlighted the incredible danger to the public at their annual meeting May 11- 18, 2008.
Friday, June 6, 2008
The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know
The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know
June 23, 2008- American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603, Washington, DC 20016
Friday, June 6, 2008
Equal Justice Alliance Opposes Internet Censorship Bill
Today, the Equal Justice Alliance, together with the Liberty Coalition and the International Association of Whistleblower (IAW), announced that recent California legal developements threatens freedom of the speech everywhere in the United States.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Most Historic Day for Whistleblowers: 112 Public Groups Unite!
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112 Public Interest Organizations Support Swift Action to Restore Strong, Comprehensive Whistleblower Rights
Thursday, June 5, 2008
"eBill of Rights" Proposed by Politically Diverse Organizations
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Transpartisan Alliance Seeks Internet Privacy/Security Guarantees; Demands Government and Business "Stand Up and Play Right"
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Truth-Tellers promote Scientific Freedom & the Public Good
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Truth-Tellers promote Scientific Freedom & the Public Good
Monday, June 2, 2008
Lifetime Achievement Award Given to Ernest Fitzgerald, Father of Modern Whistleblowers
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Lifetime achievement award given to Ernest Fitzgerald, father of modern whistleblower. The global scope of whistleblowing was central to the gathering of truth-tellers.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Profiles in Courage: Citizens against Fraud
"Profile in Courage" awards were given to extraordinary whistleblowers who stood up for public integrity.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Do-not-resuscitate: A Revolution Now 30 years old
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The quality and dignity of life needs continued discussion during the 30 year anniversary of the Dinnerstein decision that began the national ethical, moral, theological, medical and legal consensus that DNR is a decision to be left to the patient and the patient's doctor.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Blue Ribbon Panel Speaks out against Domestic Survelliance
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Whistleblowing Vital to Nation's Security. A blue-ribbon panel convened to show how the Bush administration's domestic surveillance programs are counter-productive, and have jeopardized national security.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
United Whistleblowers Demand Resignation of Office of Special Counsel
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Whistleblower Coalitions demand resignation of Boch, the head of the Office of Special Counsel.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Doctor and Reformers Demand Change
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Doctors have formed a national association for good faith and integrity in medicine. Patients, taxpayers and citizens have an important stake in restoring good faith in medicine
Monday, May 19, 2008
From Immunity to Impunity: International Whistleblowers Unite!
The second annual meeting of whistleblowers held in Washington DC. May 11- 18, 2008 expanded its focus from a purely American to a global focus. Whistleblowers from around the world united. The truth, at last, will make us free.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
International Paul Reveres Ride Again!
Whistleblowers, From Revere, to Lincoln to Semmelweis, Inspire Modern Truth Tellers at Second Annual Whistleblower Lobbying Meeting in Washington.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Michael Clayton: Just Pretend this isn't Madness
Michael Clayton: Just Pretend this isn't Madness. I am Shiva, God of Death- "Corruption is why we win"
Friday, July 13, 2007
Harry Potter Battles Big Brother
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Order of the Phoenix" flies into philosophy, civics, religion, ethics; transporting Potter to new ethereal realms. Rowling got a new generation to love reading. Now, can she take the next step, and spark a new rebellion for critical thinking?
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Op-Ed: America needs "Moore" Health Freedom
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Why a growing number of Conservatives agree with Michael Moore on Healthcare Reform
