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An OpEdNews editor, Sherwin Steffin is a retired educator, and research analyst. His working career ranged from classroom teacher, university administrator, founder and CEO of two software companies, independent consultant, ending as a research statistician for a large Internet Service Provider.

Although he has some mobility problems, his life continues to be productive and enjoyable. He spends his time doing online tutoring, reading writing entries in his blog, operating an online store, and dabbling a bit in the Foreign Exchange trading markets.

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18 Articles, 27 Quick Links, 291 Comments, 3 Diaries, 6 Polls

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 1:51:43 PM

Poll : "Poll: Should Obama Pull an LBJ and Withdraw His Candidacy fo"

And you know this, How?


Monday, October 24, 2011 at 8:27:09 AM

Article : "The First Amendment And The Obligation To Peacefully Disrupt"

Well Said


Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 8:37:54 AM

Article : ""Occupy" Participants Beware: Agents Provocateur Like The O"

Your metrics for success are different than mine...


Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7:57:25 PM

Article : ""Occupy" Participants Beware: Agents Provocateur Like The O"

Silliness, but Protected Silliness, nonetheless


Friday, August 19, 2011 at 3:56:32 PM

Poll : "Poll: Should Obama Pull and LBJ and Withdraw His Candidacy f"

"A Bird in the Hand..."


Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 10:01:56 AM

Diary : "The Nuerocognition of Reading and Writing"

No excuses possible, but explanations may be useful


Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 6:00:44 PM

Article : "Does the Punishment Fit This Crime?"

When Hypocrites Gather


Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 7:24:09 PM

Article : "Feds Send Swat Team To Break Down Door, Grab, Arrest Student"

Again -- The facts:


Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 5:56:54 PM

Article : "Feds Send Swat Team To Break Down Door, Grab, Arrest Student"

As Dragnet deteectives uses to say, "Just the facts...!"


Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 5:02:12 PM

Poll : "Poll: If Conditions Were Right, Would You Vote Third Party?"

Stop at the comma!


Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 10:41:45 AM

Article : "A Walk Down Memory Lane: Some things haven't changed at all"

Suffering from "Tragedy of the Commons"


Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:25:37 PM

Article : "Dear God, Why Do You Hate Donkeys?"

Outstanding!


Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:03:38 PM

Diary : "Birther Week in Review: 4 2 11"

You have missed your calling....


Monday, March 28, 2011 at 6:31:34 PM

Article : "Tracking Our Downward Spiral: the Ways in Which America Sti"

It's called reading the return address


Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8:35:03 PM

Article : "From The Archives: Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity"

Evil by Any Name


Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:59:23 PM

Article : ""What Am I Supposed to Do?" The Case for Self-Sufficiency Ma"

Outstanding!


Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 7:12:34 PM

Article : "How Angry Are You? Time To Channel and Say It Smartly"

What in the world are you talking about?


Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 3:39:35 PM

Article : "How Angry Are You? Time To Channel and Say It Smartly"

How about looking at your tools?


Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 11:13:58 AM

Poll : "Poll: Are People Who Think Obama is a Muslim Racists or Bigo"

More light and less heat, needed


Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 5:06:34 PM

Article : "Passive Agents Of Disinformation"

Same or Different


Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8:07:11 PM

Article : "Egyptians Ready, Americans Unready"

Problem well defined, not so, solution(s)


Friday, February 4, 2011 at 9:42:12 AM

Poll : "Poll: Does religion do more harm than good?"

Without religion, we'd be a lot better off


Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 8:21:00 PM

Article : "Politics of No Labels on Display at State of the Union"

And your solution is?


Monday, January 24, 2011 at 1:41:56 PM

Article : "Rahm Emanuel Removed From Chicago Mayoral Ballot By Court"

Down for the count


Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 5:40:24 PM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr. Understood U.S. Politics and How to W"

Not quite pot and kettle, but close


Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:34:44 AM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr on 'Consensus Presidents' Like Obama a"

Very Bizarre!


Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:19:39 AM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr on 'Consensus Presidents' Like Obama a"

Some Random Thoughts


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8:27:38 PM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr. Understood U.S. Politics and How to W"

Yep, and arrogant.


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 6:56:06 PM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr. Understood U.S. Politics and How to W"

I forget all the stages of grief, but...


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 5:58:40 PM

Article : "From Military-Industrial Complex to Permanent War State"

You are far too gentle in your explanation of culture.


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 4:30:42 PM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr. Understood U.S. Politics and How to W"

Your faith in American intelligence is misplace


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 12:43:59 PM

Article : "Martin Luther King Jr. Understood U.S. Politics and How to W"

An audience of the elite?


Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8:34:57 AM

Quicklink : "Alice, Meet the Stupids Family"

My response


Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 5:34:42 PM

Poll : "Poll: Did Right Wingers or Left Wingers Influence Jared Lee "

None of us has the faintest clue...


Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 4:26:28 PM

Poll : "Poll: Did Right Wingers or Left Wingers Influence Jared Lee "

None of the above


Friday, January 14, 2011 at 7:55:40 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Killed, Shot In He"

Please explain the lack of respect


Friday, January 14, 2011 at 6:58:15 PM

Article : "Christine O'Donnell: Sacrificing Her Virginity on the Altar"

I have a place for her


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 4:38:17 PM

Article : "Guns For Killing Cops and Soldiers?"

Seperate Guns from Ammunition


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 2:06:50 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

As usual with you, I have little idea...


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 12:48:09 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

Hauser not in the main stream


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 12:20:18 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Killed, Shot In He"

The way this reads...


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 11:52:44 AM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

Just a Decision Tree


Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:55:20 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

"WITH NO EVIDENCE: I Hate that! You and me, both!"


Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 5:49:35 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

The Children's Hour


Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 3:10:42 PM

Article : "News Flash: Most Americans Believe there is No Link Between"

Stochastic thinking is rare, indeed...


Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:21:47 PM

Article : "Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law"

Amazing, how you see only what you want to see


Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 11:44:38 AM

Article : "Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law"

That would work, all right


Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:51:48 AM

Diary : "Whose Fault is it, Anyway?"

Outstanding


Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:27:45 AM

Article : "Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law"

Taylor, I'm Curious


Monday, January 10, 2011 at 8:09:13 PM

Article : "Only 16% of Americans Believe Scientific, Secular Evolution"

I can't recall comparing value of people to bacteria


Monday, January 10, 2011 at 6:21:24 PM

Article : "Killing Words, Metaphors, and Images: Narrative IEDs Come to"

Speech is already limited


Monday, January 10, 2011 at 8:19:06 AM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

You called this one, dead (no pun intended) on


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 8:45:05 PM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

Yes, there was King, but...


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 8:13:35 PM

Article : "Only 16% of Americans Believe Scientific, Secular Evolution "

Useless


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 5:52:19 PM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

He's not a kid


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 5:44:38 PM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

Two Points


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 4:06:39 PM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

I'd really be interested...


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 3:44:49 PM

Article : "Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and Death of Others: Viol"

An extension of your thinking


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 11:41:27 AM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

Hate not only a phenomenon of Right or Left, Everywhere


Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 11:27:55 AM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

Thanks, Scott


Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 7:55:02 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Wounded, Shot In He"

Law only as good as enforcement


Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 6:36:50 PM

Article : "Positive Psychology-- Throwing out the Baby With The Bathwat"

Only Maslow I remember was him making his cats crazy


Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 5:48:42 PM

Article : "Positive Psychology-- Throwing out the Baby With The Bathwat"

A few questions


Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 2:41:08 PM

Article : "Dem AZ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Killed, Shot In He"

Just a terrible event


Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 1:22:20 PM

Article : "Positive Psychology-- Throwing out the Baby With The Bathwat"

Just some small stuff missing -- like Theory and Evidence


Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 8:52:09 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Or maybe just to play with you...


Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 12:57:11 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Won't Kill, just laugh at you


Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 8:41:42 AM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Before being editors, just plain old people


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 7:23:41 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

But this was a Junkyard dog...


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 6:52:31 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Lots of weird, but this takes the prize, Weirdest ever!


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 6:17:34 PM

Article : "Electromagnetic Frequency Mind Control Weapons"

Long way from R&D to Deployment


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 2:22:44 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Response to a couple of issues


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 1:03:43 PM

Article : "PsySR Open Letter on PFC Bradley Manning's Solitary Confinem"

Earth to Shrink: Not going to happen


Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 12:26:02 PM

Article : "The best and worst online communities for writers and blogge"

Definitely a winner


Monday, January 3, 2011 at 5:23:06 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Some things about which we disagree


Monday, January 3, 2011 at 3:19:19 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Your reaity is fantasy when you say...


Monday, January 3, 2011 at 9:13:00 AM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Hard to tell - Kevin Snarkiness or serious comment?


Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 8:17:21 PM

Article : "Reasons why Bradley Manning's alleged Crimes are Serious and"

Mystery(ies) wrapped in Enigma(s)


Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 11:08:17 AM

Article : "2011 Is Here (Almost): Where to Next, Fellow Citizens?"

Happy to respond


Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 8:19:03 AM

Article : "I Owe a Debt of Gratitude to OpEdNews"

All the very best, Kevin


Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 4:08:09 PM

Article : "2011 Is Here (Almost): Where to Next, Fellow Citizens?"

Two different worlds


Friday, December 31, 2010 at 1:25:21 PM

Article : "2011 Is Here (Almost): Where to Next, Fellow Citizens?"

Good set of questions


Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 7:05:24 PM

Quicklink : "CNN 2012 Poll: 78% of Democrats Want Obama for Second Term,"

Yours, a thoughtful and insightful response...


Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 4:30:54 PM

Article : "Look What Happened to the Democratic Party's Brand"

NGram deceptinve


Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 2:42:19 PM

Article : "Look What Happened to the Democratic Party's Brand"

That Explains it


Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 2:19:32 PM

Article : "Look What Happened to the Democratic Party's Brand"

Great tool... great article until!!!


Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 1:38:25 PM

Quicklink : "CNN 2012 Poll: 78% of Democrats Want Obama for Second Term,"

Very Interesting Idea, but....


Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 8:23:11 PM

Diary : "Check This OEN Feature Out-- Most popular tags over the past"

Database Accessible?


Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 6:58:20 PM

Diary : "Check This OEN Feature Out-- Most popular tags over the past"

Really Nice


Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 6:39:56 PM

Quicklink : "CNN 2012 Poll: 78% of Democrats Want Obama for Second Term,"

After murderous fantasy, then what?


Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 3:17:05 PM

Article : "Veterans Want YOU for Civil Resistance!"

Who's the Troll!


Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 2:37:07 PM

Article : "Bradley Manning's Pre-Trial Punishment"

Presumed innocent, but still confined


Monday, December 27, 2010 at 3:11:35 PM

Article : "Bradley Manning's Pre-Trial Punishment"

A really complex situation


Monday, December 27, 2010 at 1:54:02 PM

Article : "Veterans Want YOU for Civil Resistance!"

Be nice to know what you are intending to say...


Monday, December 27, 2010 at 11:23:49 AM

Article : "Veterans Want YOU for Civil Resistance!"

Myth and truth are not the same thing


Saturday, December 25, 2010 at 5:46:29 PM

Article : "Twenty Songs for a Merry Christmas"

Have a happy holiday Kevin


Saturday, December 25, 2010 at 5:28:52 PM

Tweet : "They're "Slow Torturing" Bradley Manning Right Under Our Nos"

Tweet: Only psychopaths can do this


Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 1:07:44 PM

Article : "Veterans Want You for Civil Resistance!"

It's the certainty which bothers me


Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 10:44:08 AM

Article : "Veterans Want You for Civil Resistance!"

Activists, once more mythology rules!


Monday, December 20, 2010 at 12:41:58 PM

Article : "Feeling The Wrath of The FRC: Republicans Rue The Day"

Cockroaches a better description

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