https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News, Opinion, Op-Eds and Politics en-us Copyright 2026 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:06:58 -0400 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:06:58 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.opednews.com/populum/pthemes/opednews/images/rssbanner.png https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 152 149 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mr-Trump-Have-You-Heard-by-John-Dean-Trump-Idiot-in-chief_Trump-Lies_Un-american_Unconstitutional-170809-169.html Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:42:13 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mr-Trump-Have-You-Heard-by-John-Dean-Trump-Idiot-in-chief_Trump-Lies_Un-american_Unconstitutional-170809-169.html John Dean Trump appears to believe, or maybe just pretends, he is above other mortals. With the American presidency under Trump slowly becoming unorthodox and un-American, perhaps before long it will be unlawful and unconstitutional. Somehow, someway, the Trump presidency must be controlled. He is not above the law, or the Constitution. https://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Dean-Knows-How-to-Get-by-John-Dean-110629-522.html Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:50:04 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/John-Dean-Knows-How-to-Get-by-John-Dean-110629-522.html John Dean The way Thomas reached the court is important for two reasons. First, there was once a time when those sitting on our highest bench would never do anything to tarnish the court, and this factors into both his conduct and the chances of his removal. Second, Thomas' deceit during his confirmation hearing has overshadowed all of his behavior since he arrived on the court. https://www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-For-Better-or-W-by-John-Dean-101214-594.html Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:18:59 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-For-Better-or-W-by-John-Dean-101214-594.html John Dean Those who see Assange and other WikiLeaks members as evil and horrifying are just as wrong as those who find them heroic and praiseworthy. In fact, the organization and its work is all those things, which is both its strength and its weakness. In this sense, the organization is very much like the topic with which it deals, secrecy and openness: inherently conflicted. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Tea-Party-s-Apparent-W-by-John-Dean-101112-828.html Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:21:44 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Tea-Party-s-Apparent-W-by-John-Dean-101112-828.html John Dean Threatened shutdowns are political tantrums, and thus a form of extortion. If such behavior is rewarded, it will only become more frequent and demanding. Historically, when exposed and dealt with firmly, these efforts have failed. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Miller-v-Murkowski-v-McA-by-John-Dean-101029-793.html Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:20:39 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Miller-v-Murkowski-v-McA-by-John-Dean-101029-793.html John Dean Lisa Murkowski is not going to win, and Joe Miller fits perfectly into the mold of the authoritarian conservative, and those who fit that type are all a bit scary. Alaska is an awesome place, and the state's people deserve the kind of solid citizen and leader that Scott McAdams will be when elected. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-The-Tea-Party-Election-by-John-Dean-101022-114.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:10:25 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-The-Tea-Party-Election-by-John-Dean-101022-114.html John Dean The Tea Party movement is and always has been leaderless and largely unorganized, although politicians like Sarah Palin and former Republican House leader Dick Armey have sought to exploit it, and guide it, for their own purposes. Fox News Channel has profited by becoming its principal broadcast outlet, if not its voice. Glenn Beck is its leading "intellectual" light. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Should-Shirley-Sherrod-Sue-by-John-Dean-100723-994.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:59:16 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Should-Shirley-Sherrod-Sue-by-John-Dean-100723-994.html John Dean the Court has created a wonderful refuge for scoundrels, the kind of place from which a Fox News or Andrew Breitbart can safely attack others with impunity. Here, in the Sherrod situtation, it would be all but impossible to prove that Fox News acted with actual malice. https://www.opednews.com/articles/President-Obama-s-Scandal-by-John-Dean-100620-311.html Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:30:37 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/President-Obama-s-Scandal-by-John-Dean-100620-311.html John Dean Republicans pushing the view that the Sestak and Romanoff job discussions should be seen as some kind of scandal simply pass over the fact that such activities have occurred with Republican presidents. Bush II's White House ethics adviser Richard Painter and his Attorney General Michael Mukasey, have explained that this conduct is not unusual or criminal. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Political-Manipulation-of-by-John-Dean-090904-599.html Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:50:26 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Political-Manipulation-of-by-John-Dean-090904-599.html John Dean If Ridge was so sure that Rumsfeld and Ashcroft only had the best interest of the country in mind, then why did he wonder, at the time, if politics were involved? I find it difficult to believe Ridge's post-publication retraction. As the author of ten non-fiction books, I would be the first to acknowledge that mistakes do happen, but not mistakes consisting of entire sections of a book. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Barack-Obama-Is-A-Fox--N-by-John-Dean-090724-9.html Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:51:22 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Barack-Obama-Is-A-Fox--N-by-John-Dean-090724-9.html John Dean fox-like people would find "politics more cloudlike than clocklike" and they would agree with statements such as: "Even after making up my mind, I am always eager to consider different options" or "when considering most conflicts, I can usually see how both sides could be right." https://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-We-Civilized-Enough-to-by-John-Dean-090129-268.html Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:16:49 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-We-Civilized-Enough-to-by-John-Dean-090129-268.html John Dean Eric Holder, recommended by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Cornyn and Coburn dissenting)as Attorney General, will be the one to deal with questions of Bush administration culpability. John Dean, former counsel to Richard Nixon has looked into possible future action. He says, "The World Is Watching" https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_dea_080112_broken_government_3a_h.htm Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:40:47 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_dea_080112_broken_government_3a_h.htm John Dean Excerpted from John W. Dean's Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches----Republicans had learned little about abusing power in the ways that ultimately destroyed the Nixon presidency. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_dea_060710_how_conservatives_ha.htm Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:04:29 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_dea_060710_how_conservatives_ha.htm John Dean excerpt from John Dean's Conservatives Without Conscience; authoritarians are frequently enemies of freedom, antidemocratic, antiequality, highly prejudiced, mean-spirited, power hungry, Machiavellian, and amoral. They are also often conservatives without conscience who are capable of plunging this nation into disasters the likes of which we have never known.