http://www.opednews.com Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News, Opinion, Op-Eds and Politics en-us Copyright 2012 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:31 CST Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:31 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.opednews.com/images/rss_news.gif http://www.opednews.com 144 16 http://www.opednews.com/articles/Does-Racism-Account-for-Va-by-Roger-Shuler-120208-852.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:28 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Does-Racism-Account-for-Va-by-Roger-Shuler-120208-852.html Why does Terrell Owens, a wealthy black man, pay 27 times for in child support than Ted Rollins, a wealthy white man? http://www.opednews.com/articles/21-CA-Dems-Join-GOP--Vote-by-Larry-Gross-120208-261.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:44:41 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/21-CA-Dems-Join-GOP--Vote-by-Larry-Gross-120208-261.html 21 CA Dems Join GOP & Vote Against Low-Income/Sr Mobile Home Owners & Rent Control Much too many times Democratic elected officials have let us down, voting on key issues like there were Republicans. Voting against the 99% & for the 1%. This is nowhere truer than in the California Legislature. Find out how low income and senior mobile homeowners got shafted this time...... http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Iran-Be-Attacked-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-120208-985.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:05:26 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Iran-Be-Attacked-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-120208-985.html Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars--Iraq and Afghanistan--in order to deploy forces against Iran. Two of Washington's fleets have been assigned to the Persian Gulf along with NATO warships. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Oh-So-now-THEY-want-choic-by-Stephen-Pizzo-120208-656.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:09:51 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Oh-So-now-THEY-want-choic-by-Stephen-Pizzo-120208-656.html So, have you been watching the slow boil that's just now beginning to rattle the lid on the health insurance/birth control ruling issued by the HHS? It requires any organization or company that provides health insurance to its members/employees to cover birth control as well. http://www.opednews.com/articles/USA-Today-Touts-the-Govern-by-Trudy-Lieberman-120208-497.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:46:34 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/USA-Today-Touts-the-Govern-by-Trudy-Lieberman-120208-497.html We might be able to excuse the administration's inclination to put the best spin on the non-controversial aspects of the health reform law as part of its campaign talking points. But we can't excuse journalists for not looking beyond the stuff they are being fed. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Anti-Muslim-rhetoric-by-th-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-120207-574.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:25:55 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Anti-Muslim-rhetoric-by-th-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-120207-574.html In the post-9/11 America, anti-Islam and anti-Muslim rhetoric and hate has become commonplace and increasingly acceptable in political and civic discourse. Anti-Islam and anti-Muslim rhetoric or Islamophobia is no longer questioned, even by our elected representatives. During 2011 there was phenomenal rise in anti-Islam and anti-Muslim rhetoric particularly by the Republican Party politicians. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Proxy-War-in-Syria-Threate-by-shamus-cooke-120131-394.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:24:51 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Proxy-War-in-Syria-Threate-by-shamus-cooke-120131-394.html In an effort to undermine Iran by overthrowing its strategic ally, Syria, western nations are using their Middle East client states to conduct a multi-pronged attack against Syria through the media, the Arab League, the United Nations and now through military proxy forces. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-The-USA-The-Only-Nation-by-Rob-Kall-120208-966.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:11:52 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-The-USA-The-Only-Nation-by-Rob-Kall-120208-966.html There are no nations in the world with a constitution that gives corporations the right of personhood. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Irrefutable-Case-for-B-by-Eugene-Elander-120208-795.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:09:42 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Irrefutable-Case-for-B-by-Eugene-Elander-120208-795.html The appointment of Supreme Court Justices is one of the most important of Presidential duties. If Barack Obama has the opportunity to make more such appointments in a Second Term, he will help to preserve America's future as a progressive and humane nation. http://www.opednews.com/articles/At-74-Welding-Latest-Pass-by-Joan-Brunwasser-120208-599.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:36:14 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/At-74-Welding-Latest-Pass-by-Joan-Brunwasser-120208-599.html Art is all about problem solving, whether it is balance, position, color, etc. Even empty spaces create a challenge. All areas have to be judged singularly and as a whole, a constant shift from the particular to the entire. I get an unsettled feeling, a visceral unease, when things aren't just right. Then I feel a sudden relief when the problem has been solved. http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-10-30-AM-PST-In-San-by-Rev-Dan-Vojir-120207-251.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:22:32 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-10-30-AM-PST-In-San-by-Rev-Dan-Vojir-120207-251.html BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the ruling of Judge Vaughn Walker concerning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 STANDS. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Targeting-Syria-and-Iran-by-Stephen-Lendman-120208-193.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:26:46 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Targeting-Syria-and-Iran-by-Stephen-Lendman-120208-193.html Slowed but not derailed by Russia and China vetoing its Security Council resolution, America's regime change/war plans remain on track. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Economic-Recovery-What-Re-by-Stephen-Lendman-120208-953.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:23:41 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Economic-Recovery-What-Re-by-Stephen-Lendman-120208-953.html Reporting it doesn't make it so. In fact, it's more illusion than fact, but that doesn't surprise half of US households impoverished or bordering on it, according to recent US Census data. http://www.opednews.com/articles/my-Newt-song-as-article--by-Craig-Kaufman-120207-548.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:13:12 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/my-Newt-song-as-article--by-Craig-Kaufman-120207-548.html In honor of protest history and as a response to GOP 2012 inanity, my article is primarily lyrics and link to a topical song video I just wrote/created. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Election-We-Should-Be-by-David-Swanson-120208-740.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:12:20 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Election-We-Should-Be-by-David-Swanson-120208-740.html The incumbents are both Democrats, both white, both 65, and many imagine that they do similar work in Washington. In fact, they could not be more different. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Clint-Eastwood-and-Chrysle-by-Brent-Budowsky-120207-682.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:18 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Clint-Eastwood-and-Chrysle-by-Brent-Budowsky-120207-682.html What is good for American auto workers is good for President Obama. What is good for America is good for President Obama. The Republicans can't handle the truth, because they are so negative that what is good for America is bad for Republicans! http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dangerous-Off-Duty-by-Janet-Parker-120207-526.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:28:33 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dangerous-Off-Duty-by-Janet-Parker-120207-526.html All police officers bravely face daily the possibility of their own death on the job and also the possibility that they might need to use lethal force against another. The use of the anti-depressant drug Luvox caused a New Jersey cop to go on a killing spree in 2002. FDA black box warnings about violent behavior and suicide do not stop the sale of these medications. When will policy reflect the true reality of these drugs? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Debt-Toll-Roads-and-Paten-by-Dean-Baker-120207-2.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:36 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Debt-Toll-Roads-and-Paten-by-Dean-Baker-120207-2.html Given the huge amounts of excess capacity in most sectors, it is likely that the deficits are actually increasing investment by increasing demand. In this sense, deficits are making our children richer. This would be even more true insofar as the deficits are being run to build infrastructure or to finance education and training, all of which will make the economy more productive in the future. http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Newt-Speak-Losing-is-W-by-Robert-S-Becker-120207-745.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:07:03 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Newt-Speak-Losing-is-W-by-Robert-S-Becker-120207-745.html Gingrich's denial is beginning to give chutzpah, let alone grandiosity, a bad name. Cosmic inevitability trumps public opinion and elections: the anointed hero need only present himself, then remove Excalibur and accept the glory. Yessiree, lunacy reigns for this ridiculed fan of lunar colonies (yes, both from the same root). http://www.opednews.com/articles/Barrack-Obama-and-Christia-by-Bob-Johnson-120206-232.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:06 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Barrack-Obama-and-Christia-by-Bob-Johnson-120206-232.html Like politicians on the right, Obama attempts to win Christian votes. However, the threat of theocracy is a danger no matter who brings it. What C.S. Lewis envisioned as a Christian society, and what the Bible teaches us about Christian society are both things to be protected against! http://www.opednews.com/articles/Up-a-Lazy-River-by-Bob-Alexander-120207-718.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:00 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Up-a-Lazy-River-by-Bob-Alexander-120207-718.html Stolen elections? No problem. Another War Crime? Forget about it. Mythical "terrorists" blow up a couple skyscrapers and the Pentagon? Go Shopping. A Democratic president signs off on Fascism? It's not really as bad as all that. 150 to 200 species go extinct on planet Earth every day? I'm sure "they'll" think of something. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Dangerous-Method-by-Kathy-Malloy-120207-548.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:34 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Dangerous-Method-by-Kathy-Malloy-120207-548.html Israel has decided to come down hard on Syria, demanding that they rid themselves of chemical weapons in light of the uprising ... or else. Naturally, the United States is backing Israel -- but why? http://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Gave-Obama-No-Choice-b-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120207-728.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:14 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Gave-Obama-No-Choice-b-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120207-728.html President Obama's reversal on his decision to keep hands off the fundraising efforts of his campaign aligned super PACS raised a few eyebrows among campaign finance reform advocates. This seemed like a betrayal of Obama's oft stated position that the relentless chase and dependence on fat cat donors to bankroll campaigns has gone way off the deep-end. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Syria-and-those-disgustin-by-Pepe-Escobar-120207-879.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:31 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Syria-and-those-disgustin-by-Pepe-Escobar-120207-879.html United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the double veto on Syria by Russia and China a "travesty", while US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice says it was "disgusting". Now it's time to get on with Plan B - to plunge Syria into civil war. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-the-Koch-brothers-say-by-Robert-Greenwald-120207-96.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:22:43 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-the-Koch-brothers-say-by-Robert-Greenwald-120207-96.html Why will Charles and David Koch produce a video about their position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and not testify before Congress about it? The Koch brothers have refused to answer questions about how they stand to profit from the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700-mile long boondoggle that would cut through six states and damage American homes and farmland http://www.opednews.com/articles/Glossing-Over-Distinctions-by-Amy-Fried-Ph-D-120207-14.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:41:26 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Glossing-Over-Distinctions-by-Amy-Fried-Ph-D-120207-14.html Religious Liberty must be balanced against establishment, and hospitals and universities should be distinguished from pervasively sectarian organizations. http://www.opednews.com/articles/That-voice-sounds-familiar-by-Bob-Patterson-120207-92.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:20:07 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/That-voice-sounds-familiar-by-Bob-Patterson-120207-92.html You know that voice. Who is it? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Super-Bowl-Fumble-by-Ray-McGovern-120207-916.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:25:09 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Super-Bowl-Fumble-by-Ray-McGovern-120207-916.html In a televised interview before the Super Bowl, President Obama had the chance to send a clear signal to Israel not to launch a preemptive war against Iran but instead offered ambiguous remarks that Israeli hard-liners might read as a partial green light. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Shameless-Lies-and-Willful-by-Fay-Paxton-120204-894.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:44:55 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Shameless-Lies-and-Willful-by-Fay-Paxton-120204-894.html statistics regarding government entitlements. http://www.opednews.com/articles/An-American-Spring-is-in-t-by-John-Iacovelli-120205-942.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:48 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/An-American-Spring-is-in-t-by-John-Iacovelli-120205-942.html In a conference call held two nights ago, Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, two of the movement's best known organizers, both very active in Occupy Washington DC, answered questions about "Occupy Phase 2," the directions that the movement should take in the Spring. The main point was that "Phase 2" should involve setting up alternate economic structures designed to weaken the "pillars of power." http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Egypt-How-a-Tragic-So-by-Dave-Zirin-120207-206.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:10:25 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Egypt-How-a-Tragic-So-by-Dave-Zirin-120207-206.html There are no words for the horror that took place in Port Said, Egypt last week. A soccer match became a killing field, with at least seventy-four spectators dead, and as many as 1,000 injured. This carnage, however, has produced profoundly unexpected results. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bill-McKibben-Why-the-Ene-by-Tom-Engelhardt-120207-404.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:44:59 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bill-McKibben-Why-the-Ene-by-Tom-Engelhardt-120207-404.html Two Saturdays ago, I was walking with a friend in a park here in New York City. It was late January, but I was dressed in a light sweater and a thin fall jacket, which I had just taken off and tied around my waist. We were passing a strip of bare ground when suddenly we both did a double-take. He looked at me and said, "Crocuses!" Dumbfounded, I replied, "Yes, I see them." http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Catholic-Bishops-Reli-by-Rob-Kall-120207-384.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:34:17 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Catholic-Bishops-Reli-by-Rob-Kall-120207-384.html Some of the same old Catholic Bishops and their proxies are making a lot of noise about Obamacare's requirement that hospitals and schools cover contraception costs. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Glimmer-of-Hope-regarding-by-Robert-James-120126-100.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:57:54 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Glimmer-of-Hope-regarding-by-Robert-James-120126-100.html Recent actions by Obama are surprising, given most his record as President. http://www.opednews.com/articles/When-Good-News-is-No-News-by-Kurt-F-Stone-120207-366.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:54:55 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/When-Good-News-is-No-News-by-Kurt-F-Stone-120207-366.html Last week the Dept. of Labor announced the addition of 243,000 new non-government jobs and a jobless rate of 8.3%. It's pretty good news -- unless you're a Republican. They are in the position -- once again -- of having to deny reality. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Soothing-Those-Vexing-Psyc-by-j-dial-120206-486.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:45:38 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Soothing-Those-Vexing-Psyc-by-j-dial-120206-486.html Time after time sincerely held beliefs and values metamorphize into beliefs and values that contrast immensely with what went before. How does this happen? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Struggle-Against-t-by-Barbara-Stakes-120206-723.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:42:06 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Struggle-Against-t-by-Barbara-Stakes-120206-723.html Obama's is constantly forced to fight against lies about his policies and his personal life. http://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Dear--One-Man-s-Jour-by-Joanne-Boyer-120207-572.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:22:02 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Dear--One-Man-s-Jour-by-Joanne-Boyer-120207-572.html The road has not been easy for this Nobel Peace Prize-nominated activist. Yet, his commitment to nonviolence and peace is never-ending. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Is-Your-Favorite-Cand-by-Paul-Sedkowski-120203-835.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:32:18 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Is-Your-Favorite-Cand-by-Paul-Sedkowski-120203-835.html What do the presidential candidates ultimately stand for? Do they have a "vision?" I attempt to find out. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Next-With-Iran-The--by-Danny-Schechter-120207-587.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:06:58 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Next-With-Iran-The--by-Danny-Schechter-120207-587.html News Dissector Danny Schechter, just back from Iran reports on growing tensions and the danger of another war. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-A-Manufactured-Threa-by-Stephen-Lendman-120207-426.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:36:28 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-A-Manufactured-Threa-by-Stephen-Lendman-120207-426.html Iran attacked no other country in over 200 years. It threatens none now. It's neighbors know it. So do Washington and Israel. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Israeli-Political-Prisoner-by-Stephen-Lendman-120207-992.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:29:31 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Israeli-Political-Prisoner-by-Stephen-Lendman-120207-992.html Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners languish in Israeli prisons. Virtually daily, more arrests are made. Those incarcerated face torture, appalling prison conditions, and other forms of abuse. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Downward-Mobility-of-t-by-Robert-Reich-120207-6.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:56:39 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Downward-Mobility-of-t-by-Robert-Reich-120207-6.html Romney and other Republicans have cause and effect backwards. The reason for the rise in benefits is Americans got clobbered in 2008 and many are still sinking. They and their families need whatever help they can get. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Fight-Room-by-Elaine-Shpungin-120206-704.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:18 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Fight-Room-by-Elaine-Shpungin-120206-704.html What if every school had a fight room? What would happen there might just surprise you. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Battle-for-Vermont-s-H-by-Wendell-Potter-120206-817.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:35:44 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Battle-for-Vermont-s-H-by-Wendell-Potter-120206-817.html Vermont is seeking to become the first state to institute single-payer healthcare. That will never happen if the health insurance special interests have anything to say about it. http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Super-is-Superhero-Jus-by-Mikhail-Lyubansky-120206-576.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:31:31 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Super-is-Superhero-Jus-by-Mikhail-Lyubansky-120206-576.html Like speculative fiction in general, superhero stories are ultimately about ourselves. The fictional universes allow the writers to manipulate the circumstances to better examine the most complex aspects of the human experience, none more so than the issues of morality and justice http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Newt-Speak-Losing-is-W-by-Robert-S-Becker-120206-36.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:55:52 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Newt-Speak-Losing-is-W-by-Robert-S-Becker-120206-36.html How is it possible that someone who can't distinguish winning from losing hasn't been taken to the funny farm? Well, maybe that fits the GOP campaign for president. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Subsidizing-Healthfood-by-Mark-Overt-Skilbre-120206-659.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:29:47 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Subsidizing-Healthfood-by-Mark-Overt-Skilbre-120206-659.html This is an article supporting organic and sustainable food production in the areas of farming, distribution, wholesale and retail enterprises. http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-drones-also-targeting-m-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-120206-581.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:18:37 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-drones-also-targeting-m-by-Abdus-Sattar-Ghaza-120206-581.html The US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, the British newspaper Sunday Times has reported. The Sunday Times Bureau Investigative report says that since Obama took office three years ago, between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children. http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-is-Insomnia-The-Culp-by-David-Mayen-120206-835.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:44 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-is-Insomnia-The-Culp-by-David-Mayen-120206-835.html What is Insomnia? The Culprit May Be Hyper-Arousal. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Moving-Beyond-Conditioning-by-Burl-Hall-120206-912.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:54 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Moving-Beyond-Conditioning-by-Burl-Hall-120206-912.html Mystic Christians identify Christ as the evolutionary potential of humanity. Yet, we have not evolved in the past 6,000 years while Christians are some of the most outspoken critics of the notion of evolution. What stops us from evolving? It is nothing less than our conditioning. Can we move beyond our conditioning and dive intot he infinite ocean of the non-conditioned where all potentials lie? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Misogynists-by-Kathy-Malloy-120206-821.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:02:12 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Misogynists-by-Kathy-Malloy-120206-821.html Hey, we're Conservatives -- we can't be bothered by stupid scientific facts! Not about abortion, or cancer, or global climate change, or evolution, or anything! If it's not in the Bible, or wasn't uttered by Saint Reagan, it doesn't exist! How to you expect us to advance our anti-woman, anti-worker, anti-civil liberties, anti-minority agenda if you keep pelting us with meaningless facts? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Halftime-in-America-by-Doug-Thompson-120206-81.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:12:28 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Halftime-in-America-by-Doug-Thompson-120206-81.html We need to get off our asses and start demanding accountability and change from those who make the decisions that affect our lives. Those decision makers exist not only in the halls of Congress or at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. They serve on city councils, school boards, board of supervisors and in state legislatures. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Did-Karl-Rove-and-His-by-Roger-Shuler-120206-265.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:48 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Did-Karl-Rove-and-His-by-Roger-Shuler-120206-265.html Bushies had plenty of reasons to get rid of a Democratic governor in a key Southern state. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-New-Wine-and-Old-S-by-Jim-Prues-120206-513.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:42 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-New-Wine-and-Old-S-by-Jim-Prues-120206-513.html There is a famous biblical parable where Jesus speaks of his new way of thinking as something that cannot be contained in the existing Jewish culture. The idea is that if you put new wine into a used skin, the skin will burst as the new wine ferments, having already been stretched once from its first use. It's an apt metaphor for where we are with Occupy these days. http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-Iran-Policy-in-Lockste-by-Dave-Lindorff-120206-644.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:47 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-Iran-Policy-in-Lockste-by-Dave-Lindorff-120206-644.html Obama, in saying he is moving in 'lockstep' with Israel on Iran, is implying a willingness to attack, at the same time as he says Iran poses no threat to the US. That would make him one of the world's greatest war criminals if he launches an attack, says TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rigging-American-Democrac-by-Robert-Parry-120206-203.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:23:54 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rigging-American-Democrac-by-Robert-Parry-120206-203.html Aided by Republican partisans on the U.S. Supreme Court, America's ultra-rich are buying up the political process with vast sums of cash, some through dummy corporations. The money has made the GOP campaign nasty, but will dirty up President Obama in the fall. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Cancer-in-Occupy-by-Chris-Hedges-120206-321.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50:53 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Cancer-in-Occupy-by-Chris-Hedges-120206-321.html Once the Occupy movement is painted as a flag-burning, rock-throwing, angry mob we are finished. If we become isolated we can be crushed. Losing the ability to show through nonviolent protest the corruption and decadence of the corporate state, would be crippling to the movement. It would reduce us to the moral degradation of our oppressors. And that is what our oppressors want. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-January-Jobs-Are-Stati-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-120206-165.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:24:15 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-January-Jobs-Are-Stati-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-120206-165.html If Americans were aware of the double-digit unemployment rate, would they be as tolerant of Washington's multi-trillion dollar wars? Would Obama be facing a tougher re-election campaign? Would Republicans be pushing to reduce the federal budget deficit at the expense of the social safety net? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Attorney-Gernerals-Do-NOT-by-David-Snieckus-120206-509.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:09:54 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Attorney-Gernerals-Do-NOT-by-David-Snieckus-120206-509.html Exposing the money creation ability of banks and demanding that the Attorney Generals not settle with fraudulent bankers! http://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-GOP-Presidentials-Co-by-Jay-Janson-120205-885.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:53:08 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-GOP-Presidentials-Co-by-Jay-Janson-120205-885.html Mitt, Newt, Rick vow to bomb a foreign nation, a crime against peace indictable under Nuremberg Principles, which, when they was signed automatically became part of the US constitution. At Nuremberg, Nazi media personalities were indicted for promoting war. They stood alongside Nazi officials who ordered the wars and generals who executed criminal orders. Note:During Superbowl games the US is usually bombing poor people http://www.opednews.com/articles/Supreme-Court-Treason-Play-by-Rob-Kall-120206-430.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:41:32 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Supreme-Court-Treason-Play-by-Rob-Kall-120206-430.html At this point, it is impossible to deny that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision was an act of treason, totally exposing the US election system to unlimited influence by foreign nations. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Open-minded-to-a-fault-by-William-Pastille-120205-131.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:20:11 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Open-minded-to-a-fault-by-William-Pastille-120205-131.html Liberals are too open-minded for their own good. They make a vice out of a virtue when they allow their open-mindedness to become their sole virtue, even when dealing with close-minded people who will bully them into sounding weak by prudently considering all sides of an issue. They need to stand up for themselves and for all those who are depending on them to beat back the conservative onslaught. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Komen-slapped-for-right-wi-by-William-Pastille-120205-660.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:55 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Komen-slapped-for-right-wi-by-William-Pastille-120205-660.html The debacle of the decision by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation not to fund joint ventures with Planned Parenthood caused a huge defeat for the organization. The reprehensible behavior of the board inserted religiously motivated politics into the issue of women's health care and showed once again the mania of the right's attempts to enforce its dictates on the consciences of all Americans. http://www.opednews.com/articles/NH-Secretary-of-State-Trie-by-Nancy-Tobi-120206-715.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:24:39 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/NH-Secretary-of-State-Trie-by-Nancy-Tobi-120206-715.html The latest in a series of actions taken by the NH Secretary of State to expand his powers at the expense of election integrity and voting rights. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Heading-for-War-on-Syria-by-Stephen-Lendman-120206-307.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:38:38 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Heading-for-War-on-Syria-by-Stephen-Lendman-120206-307.html Washington's longstanding policy is regime change in Iran and Syria. At issue is replacing independent regimes with client ones and securing unchallenged control of valued Middle East resources. http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-s-Racist-Drug-Laws-by-Stephen-Lendman-120206-496.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:32:12 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-s-Racist-Drug-Laws-by-Stephen-Lendman-120206-496.html Criminal injustice is pervasive, especially against people of color. http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Dangerous-Game-on-Iran-by-Gareth-Porter-120206-308.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:18:16 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Dangerous-Game-on-Iran-by-Gareth-Porter-120206-308.html The Obama administration is engaged in complex diplomacy over Israel's possible attack on Iran, trying simultaneously to restrain Israel and use its military threat to pressure Iran on its nuclear program. But some maneuvers may work at cross purposes. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Runaway-Train-Stop-the-Wa-by-Chris-Floyd-120205-953.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:17:44 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Runaway-Train-Stop-the-Wa-by-Chris-Floyd-120205-953.html Almost every day brings some new barrage of fear-mongering lies and vaporous accusations from leading members of the Obama Administration and other nabobs at the top of the political-media elite, all of them aimed relentlessly at one goal: justifying military action against Iran. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-America-a-Police-State-by-Sherwood-Ross-120205-46.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:47 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-America-a-Police-State-by-Sherwood-Ross-120205-46.html You know you live in a police state when the president orders the assassination (i.e., murder) of American citizens without bothering to arrest them and bring them to trial. You know you live in a police state when police forces across the country attack unarmed and non-violent citizen protesters with pepper spray and clubs. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Kicking-Down-the-World-s-D-by-Tom-Engelhardt-120205-389.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:55:25 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Kicking-Down-the-World-s-D-by-Tom-Engelhardt-120205-389.html Onshore, American power in the twenty-first century proved a disaster. Offshore, with Washington in control of the global seas and skies, with its ability to kick down the world's doors and strike just about anywhere without a by-your-leave or thank-you-ma'am, it hopes for better. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Jon-Stewart-Takes-on-Sebel-by-Trudy-Lieberman-120205-665.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:52:30 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Jon-Stewart-Takes-on-Sebel-by-Trudy-Lieberman-120205-665.html Trudy Lieberman covers the healthcare reform beat for The Columbia Journalism Review and often takes the mainstream media to task for its failure to adequately inform the public on this very important issue. In this column she gives credit where credit is due: To Jon Stewart for asking HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius some tough questions about The Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as "Obamcare") http://www.opednews.com/articles/Strange-Fruit-Redux-by-Robert-Bostick-120205-128.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:26:52 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Strange-Fruit-Redux-by-Robert-Bostick-120205-128.html Rove and Norquist fighting Voter fraud or promoting voter suppression to even the odds, while at the same time risking social discontent over the disenfranchisement of some and the benefit of others in a tinder box of economic and social deprivation. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sometimes-by-David-Glenn-Cox-120205-781.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:56:13 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sometimes-by-David-Glenn-Cox-120205-781.html I am in Astoria Oregon sitting in a house overlooking the bay and it is a beautiful site to see. The town is picturesque, like a postcard and here at least, I've yet to see anyone dumpster diving or hand lettering signs to beg for food. I saw them all yesterday on the way up here, http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-American-Police-St-by-Sherwood-Ross-120205-638.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:47:08 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-American-Police-St-by-Sherwood-Ross-120205-638.html There are few, if any, areas left of a citizen's life in which the Federal government cannot probe. There is no citizen in the nation upon which the government cannot spy, remove from his or her abode and incarcerate indefinitely or for life in military detention. This article provides just a glance at some of the many areas in which a despotic government seeks to control its citizens as well as dominate the world. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-AGs-Must-Not-Settl-by-Ellen-Brown-120205-622.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:39:49 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-AGs-Must-Not-Settl-by-Ellen-Brown-120205-622.html A foreclosure settlement between five major banks guilty of "robo-signing" and the attorneys general of the 50 states is pending for Monday, February 6 th ; but it is still not clear if all the AGs will sign. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Antibiotics-Injected-Direc-by-Martha-Rosenberg-120205-445.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:15:42 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Antibiotics-Injected-Direc-by-Martha-Rosenberg-120205-445.html There is no scientific evidence that antibiotics used in food animals have any significant impact on the effectiveness of antibiotics in people," deadpans the Animal Health Institute, representing Abbott, Bayer, Elanco/Lilly, Merck, Novartis and Pfizer in a brochure. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Where-are-Romney-s-Blacks-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120205-427.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:13:24 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Where-are-Romney-s-Blacks-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120205-427.html An NAACP notable, that is a local NAACP branch notable in Texas, praised GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul to the skies after the barrage of attacks on Paul for the racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic digs in his Ron Paul Survival Report newsletter. Herman Cain endorsed Paul rival Newt Gingrich. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Russia-and-China-Veto-Syri-by-Stephen-Lendman-120205-987.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:37:52 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Russia-and-China-Veto-Syri-by-Stephen-Lendman-120205-987.html Shortly before 1PM EST, Reuters headlined, "Russia, China veto UN resolution telling Assad to quit. http://www.opednews.com/articles/City-of-Brotherly-Love-Eve-by-Stephen-Lendman-120205-872.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:20 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/City-of-Brotherly-Love-Eve-by-Stephen-Lendman-120205-872.html On February 2, notorious hatemonger Alan Dershowitz keynoted a Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP)/Hillel of Greater Philadelphia "Evening of Unity & Community Solidarity" with Israel. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dershowitz-Attacks-Penn-BD-by-James-Wall-120205-981.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:14:22 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dershowitz-Attacks-Penn-BD-by-James-Wall-120205-981.html During his talk, Dershowitz' comment that the UN is a "house of hypocrisy" was greeted by loud cheers and applause. Also in his speech, Dershowitz charged: "BDS hypocrites [are] interested in de-legitimizing Israel." http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Betrayal-of-the-Nobel-by-David-Swanson-120204-890.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:51:16 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Betrayal-of-the-Nobel-by-David-Swanson-120204-890.html Alfred Nobel's will, written in 1895, left funding for a prize to be awarded to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." http://www.opednews.com/articles/Newt-Gingrich-the-spawn-o-by-Jim-Hightower-120204-653.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:41:49 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Newt-Gingrich-the-spawn-o-by-Jim-Hightower-120204-653.html Justice Kennedy, meet Sheldon Adelson -- a product of your cluelessness about how real politics work. For years, this casino baron has spent lavishly on right-wing front groups to advance his personal agenda, including pouring money into Newt Gingrich. http://www.opednews.com/articles/National-Attack-on-OCCUPY-by-Brett-Redmayne-Tit-120204-178.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:36:46 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/National-Attack-on-OCCUPY-by-Brett-Redmayne-Tit-120204-178.html An apparent National assault against American's First Amendment rights to free assembly began this morning Sat, Feb. 5, 2012 when National Park Service police raided, barricaded, and began razing to the ground all tents at McPherson Park. http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-Business-and-Government-by-Joan-Brunwasser-120204-102.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:12:25 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-Business-and-Government-by-Joan-Brunwasser-120204-102.html The practical implications of the State Department's conduct is that every U.S employer can now hire as many foreign workers as they desire to replace all American workers. U.S. business is "gaming the system." If no one is talking about the issue of importing immigrants to take American jobs away from Americans, then there is no problem. Will you stand with me to save the American Dream? http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-American-Dilemma-by-Gilad-Atzmon-120204-703.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:48:25 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-American-Dilemma-by-Gilad-Atzmon-120204-703.html The Quaker Seminary is facing a serious challenge here. It has to decide whether to stand up for its precious principles or surrender to mammon seeking and face total moral bankruptcy. Interestingly enough, America faces the exact same dilemma. It has to choose between a fight for freedom or total surrender to a foreign materialist ideology conveyed by AIPAC, ADL and other Zionist warmongers. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mitt-Romney-s-Man-on-Iran-by-Max-Blumenthal-120204-126.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:41:49 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mitt-Romney-s-Man-on-Iran-by-Max-Blumenthal-120204-126.html As tensions between Israel and Iran rise to unprecedented levels, and Israel's leadership beseeches the US to join a military strike on Iran, Eliot Cohen's visions of regime change seem closer to realization than ever before. For him and the neoconservative policy elite, a Romney victory in November might deliver the next "big prize." http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Way-It-Was-McPherson-by-Marta-Steele-120204-969.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:22 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Way-It-Was-McPherson-by-Marta-Steele-120204-969.html Some photos I took last week with my cellphone and finally succeeded in pulling out of cyberspace today. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Exposed-The-Arab-agenda-i-by-Pepe-Escobar-120204-855.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:48:52 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Exposed-The-Arab-agenda-i-by-Pepe-Escobar-120204-855.html The report points to shady armed gangs as responsible for hundreds of deaths among Syrian civilians, and over 1,000 among the Syrian army, using lethal tactics such as bombing of civilian buses, bombing of trains carrying diesel oil, bombing of police buses and bombing of bridges and pipelines. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Return-of-Cheney-s-One-Per-by-Robert-Parry-120204-787.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:46:39 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Return-of-Cheney-s-One-Per-by-Robert-Parry-120204-787.html ust as happened before the Iraq War, those who want to bomb Iran are scaring the American people with made-up scenarios about grave dangers ahead, new warnings as ludicrous as the "mushroom cloud" tales that panicked the U.S. public a decade ago. http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-s-Jobs-Deficit-an-by-Robert-Reich-120204-469.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:11:29 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-s-Jobs-Deficit-an-by-Robert-Reich-120204-469.html When they're not blaming Obama for a bad economy, Republicans are decrying the federal budget deficit and demanding more cuts. But America's jobs deficit continues to be a much larger problem than the budget deficit. http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-The-Real-Non-Propagand-by-William-Blum-120204-901.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:50:32 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-The-Real-Non-Propagand-by-William-Blum-120204-901.html As we all know only too well, the United States and Israel would hate to see Iran possessing nuclear weapons. Being "the only nuclear power in the Middle East" is a great card for Israel to have in its hand. But -- in the real, non-propaganda world -- is USrael actually fearful of an attack from a nuclear-armed Iran? http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Beginning-of-the-End-f-by-michael-payne-120204-694.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:20:58 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Beginning-of-the-End-f-by-michael-payne-120204-694.html Dark times lie ahead for the U.S. dollar as its future as the world's reserve currency looks to be in great jeopardy. For more than 50 years the U.S. dollar has been the chief monetary instrument used by the nations of the world to facilitate trade. But the times are changing and many of these nations, with China at the forefront, are finalizing trade agreements that utilize only their own currencies. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Your-Future-and-the-Justic-by-Daniel-Geery-120204-250.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:02 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Your-Future-and-the-Justic-by-Daniel-Geery-120204-250.html This is a highly summarized version of the interview that Rob Kall did with Rocky Anderson, Presidential Candidate via the newly-formed Justice Party, about two weeks ago. If you missed that, or couldn't get to it all, I recommend this summary. http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-End-of-Days-in-Palesti-by-Juda-Engelmayer-120131-849.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:50:47 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-End-of-Days-in-Palesti-by-Juda-Engelmayer-120131-849.html Warning: The video embedded here is a dramatization, but it is graphic and shocking. Please watch knowing it is not real. Now imagine the threat is not a tidal wave, rushing floodwaters, a violent tornado or some other natural disaster, and something that can wipe out life as we know it for years to come, destroying not just property, but everyone and everything in its wake. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Here-s-looking-at-you-New-by-Bob-Gaydos-120203-400.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:43:10 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Here-s-looking-at-you-New-by-Bob-Gaydos-120203-400.html By Bob Gaydos Floridians proved to be smarter than South Carolinians, but Republicans still have a mess on their hands. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Security-Council-Showdown-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-88.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:14:51 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Security-Council-Showdown-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-88.html Slowly things are coming to a head. America, Israel, rogue NATO partners, and regional despot allies are itching for a fight with Syria. Russia and China stand firmly opposed. http://www.opednews.com/articles/OCCUPY-DC--5-35AM-Cops-a-by-Brett-Redmayne-Tit-120204-961.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:58 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/OCCUPY-DC--5-35AM-Cops-a-by-Brett-Redmayne-Tit-120204-961.html Forty cops on horseback and another forty on motor cycles roared into McPherson Park this morning at 5:35 AM Saturday Feb.4, 2012. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Say-No-to-War-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-458.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:49:45 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Say-No-to-War-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-458.html Wolfgang Borchert : German, author, playwright, poet. His experience under Hitler and Wehrmacht service changed his life. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Walid-Hanatsheh-Palestini-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-287.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:37 CST http://www.opednews.com/articles/Walid-Hanatsheh-Palestini-by-Stephen-Lendman-120204-287.html The Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association calls Hanatsheh "a human rights defender who is currently in administrative detention."