Archives for Best Web OpEds
February 2013
Thursday, February 28:
Highway of Death: 22 Years Later (What We're Up Against) (6 comments)
The Pope is not the Only Cleric to Watch: Pay Attention to the Rabbinate, for it is the Heart of Israel's Existence (1 comments)
History of the US-Israel Relationship, Part 1; How the "Special Relationship" was created (5 comments)
Wednesday, February 27:
Matt Taibbi: Sequestration Cuts Crisis Makes Me Want to Strangle Both Sides (1 comments)
Grand Theft Election II: Keystone State Stories | ThinkProgress
God's Racket: The Vatican Bank | Alternet (2 comments)
Tuesday, February 26:
David Corn: Boehner Did Not Rule Out Tax Revenues to Prevent Sequestration
Monday, February 25:
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: UNC Rape Victim May Be Expelled For Speaking About Her Case
Begala: The Great Sequester Lie (1 comments)
Congo peace treaty or roadmap to balkanization? (2 comments)
The Billionaire (2 comments)
Time to change the conversation on austerity
Paul Krugman: Austerity, Italian-Style
Sunday, February 24:
Did John Kerry Send a Signal on Keystone XL Decision? (1 comments)
9 Reasons to Love Elizabeth Warren (2 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: The Importance of Men Seeing Women as Human Beings (1 comments)
A new video by Class War Films: 'Financial Crime'
Saturday, February 23:
Better Charter Schools in New York City - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Passing Pesticide Reporting in Maryland--Is the Fourth Time the Charm??
Scott Walker's Latest Victims: The Elderly And Infirm (1 comments)
Friday, February 22:
Paul Krugman: Sequester of Fools
James Hansen and the Climate-Change Exit Strategy, by John Bellamy Foster (2 comments)
Dear Mandela: The dream you went to prison for has never been achieved
Jailed for Posting a Link in a Chat Room (3 comments)
Thursday, February 21:
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: India's Brutal Rape Problem is Beyond Out of Hand (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Alan Simpson and Bernie Madoff (1 comments)
USDA to Begin Pushing Organic Foods? Are You Ready For Organic Wonder Bread? (3 comments)
itccs.org | Taking the Law into Our own Hands: A Fine and Necessary Tradition in the Face of Tyranny (7 comments)
Wednesday, February 20:
Jobs v. Loopholes | ThinkProgress
Tea Party Group, Newt Gingrich Attack Karl Rove
Al Gore: Democracy Needs to Trump Capitalism or the Global Elite Will Triumph (9 comments)
Tuesday, February 19:
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles Unveil "New" "Deficit Reduction" Plan (1 comments)
Gym Class Isn't Just Fun and Games Anymore - By MOTOKO RICHNYTimes.com
China's Army Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.
Monday, February 18:
Wealth vs. Poverty: The NYT's Underreporting of Poverty-related Issues (1 comments)
Free-Trade Kool-Aid Drinking Gets a Pass in "Here's the Deal" (2 comments)
CIA Director convicted of torture charges! Not. But Italy's Spy Chief is.
Updating Reaganomics - By RAMESH PONNURU NYTimes.com
The Second-Mortgage Shell Game - By ELIZABETH M. LYNCH NYTimes.com
Sunday, February 17:
Paul Krugman: Raise That Wage (1 comments)
Equal Opportunity, Our National Myth - By JOSEPH STIGLITZ NYTimes.com (2 comments)
The Real Cost of Shrinking Government - NYTimes.com
Saturday, February 16:
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: The Simple Truth About Gun Control (2 comments)
Charles M. Blow: Don't Mythologize Christopher Dorner (9 comments)
A Tribute to Cecila Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution (2 comments)
Billionaire Burglar Breaks into Obama's Cabinet, by Greg Palast
Friday, February 15:
Iraqi Refugees Desperately in Search of Leonor
The U.S. Military Invented a Medal for Drone "Pilots"?!? (1 comments)
An Innocent Man Remains in America's Gulag
Libor Trap: Banks Want Out But Regulators Won't Let Them Leave - Forbes (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Rubio and the Zombies (1 comments)
Thursday, February 14:
How to Fix Washington in Five Easy Steps - Tom Magstadt - Open Salon (1 comments)
Matt Taibbi: Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
Wednesday, February 13:
Norman Finkelstein's Criticism of BDS: Wrong, But With a Germ of Truth
6 Game-Changers | ThinkProgress (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Marco Rubio Has Learned Nothing
North Carolina lawmakers move to slash unemployment help
G.O.P. Aims for a Calmer Face, Except Maybe for Ted Nugent (1 comments)
Tuesday, February 12:
Connecticut Senator Demands NRA Leadership Condemn Shocking Newtown Comments | ThinkProgress (1 comments)
In Nigeria, You're Either Somebody or Nobody - NYTimes.com
As Cuts Loom, The Political Forecast Is Mostly Hostile, With A (Slim) Chance Of Unity
Why Social Security Recipients Shouldn't Be Shackled With The Chained CPI | OurFuture.org
Monday, February 11:
Another Self-Inflicted Wound to the Economy? | ThinkProgress
Prison Memoir Excerpt: County Time and The Walls
Obama To Issue Cybersecurity Order Wednesday February 13th 2013
The Ignorance Caucus - By PAUL KRUGMAN NYTimes.com (1 comments)
The U.S. Congress: From One Crisis to Another, The Politics of Debt Default (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Ignorance Caucus
Sunday, February 10:
Quietly Killing a Consumer Watchdog - NYTimes.com
Reflecting on an Asteroid's Really Close Encounter with Earth By ANDREW C. REVKIN NYTimes.com
The Gradual Selling of America the Beautiful - By VERLYN KLINKENBORG NYTimes.com (1 comments)
The Land of the Binge - NYTimes.com
The Secret To Fixing Bad Schools - DAVID L. KIRP NYTimes.com (1 comments)
John Brennan and John Kiriakou: how to get ahead in the CIA, and how not to
Saturday, February 9:
600 homeless children in D.C., and no one seems to care
Former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack Seeks "Army' of Sheriffs to Resist Federal Authority (1 comments)
Britain Considers Taking Power of the Purse Back from Banks (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders: A Choice For Corporate America: Are You With America Or The Cayman Islands
Susan Crawford on Why U.S. Internet Access is Slow, Costly and Unfair
Friday, February 8:
At John Brennan's C.I.A. Confirmation Hearing
The dangerous rebranding of John Brennan
Eugene Robinson: Remote-control assassinations (1 comments)
The Assassination Bureau: the CIA and Zero Dark Thirty
Paul Krugman: Kick That Can (2 comments)
Thursday, February 7:
Savior? Marco Rubio: Just More of the Same
Vets see promise in Hagel and his short VA tenure
New Rove Effort Has G.O.P. Aflame
Haaretz: Bloomberg Tells Brooklyn College Critics To Move To North Korea
Wednesday, February 6:
What's At Stake in John Brennan's Hearing to Lead the CIA
Massachusetts Senate special election: A lost cause for the GOP?
Settlers Increasingly Impinging on Palestinian Lives
Obama's Targeted Killing Policy: Just Trust Me
One on one gets the job done | United Federation of Teachers (1 comments)
New GOP = Old GOP | ThinkProgress
The Day in Gun Violence - Joe Nocera NYTimes.com
The Global Farmland Rush - By MICHAEL KUGELMAN NYTimes.com
Joy Resmovits: George Miller Marks Digital Learning Day With New EdTech Bill
Fifty Years of Failing America's Mentally Ill
Selling Amnesty - By BILL KELLER NYTimes.com
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: What Do Grades Mean? (1 comments)
Robert Reich: The Real Debate Over American Citizenship (5 comments)
Tuesday, February 5:
Fresh Questions Raised Over a Bank of America Settlement -By GRETCHEN MORGENSON NYTimes.com
The Second Amendment Was Not Ratified to Preserve Slavery
Clashing Explanations on How Talks With Teachers Union Failed - NYTimes.com
Burger King Horse-Meat Scandal: Why the Outrage? (1 comments)
A Million Jobs at Stake With Sequester - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Monday, February 4:
Aaron Swartz's Partner: Why Aaron died: I believe that Aaron's death was not caused by depression. (5 comments)
20 Minutes, 4 Assault Weapons | ThinkProgress (2 comments)
Why Closing The Gun Show Loophole Isn't Enough (Or How I Was Able To Buy 4 AR-15s In 20 Minutes) (2 comments)
How can the G.O.P. be so determined to make America safe for financial fraud? -PAUL KRUGMAN
Time: "What Happens When Drones Return to America?"
Why Police Officers Lie Under Oath (1 comments)
The Great Gerrymander of 2012 - By SAM WANG NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Wading uncharted waters: The trial of Rios Montt - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Learning From Research Failure - By SAM LOEWENBERGNYTimes.com
Paul Krugman: Friends of Fraud
Al Gore: US democracy has been hacked
Sunday, February 3:
No austerity anywhere in the world has restored a national economy
Dangerous Gun Myths - NYTimes.com
Mary Jo White: Next SEC Chief's "Skeleton in Closet' (1 comments)
More Lessons About Charter Schools - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Saturday, February 2:
GM Labeling on Ballot in Washington State
The Linchpin Lie: How Global Collapse Will Be Sold To The Masses (6 comments)
How to Win the Gun Debate (2 comments)
Senator Catches NRA Head In Epic Flip Flop | Igor Volsky and Annie-Rose Strasser ThinkProgress
Americans shocked to learn that there isn't actually a Social Security crisis - Salon.com (1 comments)
Friday, February 1:
Fact check: LaPierre's Big Fib on the Assault Weapons Ban
Paul Krugman: Looking for Mr. Goodpain (1 comments)