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 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:37:30 -0400 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:37:30 -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/Let-Tsarnaev-Live-With-Wha-by-Richard-Wise-Bomber_Bombing_Injustice_Tsarnaev-150409-1.html Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:36:18 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-Tsarnaev-Live-With-Wha-by-Richard-Wise-Bomber_Bombing_Injustice_Tsarnaev-150409-1.html Richard Wise Truncating Tsarnaev's life in the name of justice would do an injustice to the many dozens of innocent victims who were wounded, maimed, and disfigured in the Marathon bombings. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shutdown-and-default-it-s-by-Richard-Wise-Default_Elections_Government_Money-131014-639.html Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:39:44 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shutdown-and-default-it-s-by-Richard-Wise-Default_Elections_Government_Money-131014-639.html Richard Wise Indulge me a brief liberal rant on this holiday morning, the 14th day of the government shutdown with three days to default. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-it-time-for-a-Congress-by-Richard-Wise-Congressional-Gridlock_Republican-131001-916.html Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:24:17 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-it-time-for-a-Congress-by-Richard-Wise-Congressional-Gridlock_Republican-131001-916.html Richard Wise The tea party controlled House GOP caucus has refused to fund the federal government. It's time to put a stop to their idealogical hostage taking. Here's one way to do it. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Does-collecting-welfare-be-by-Richard-Wise-Children_Economy_Families_Food-130910-162.html Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:03:47 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Does-collecting-welfare-be-by-Richard-Wise-Children_Economy_Families_Food-130910-162.html Richard Wise In August, Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes of the Cato Institute issued "The Work versus Welfare Trade-off: 2013." It's Cato's latest biased attempt to prove that some people can make more money by collecting welfare than by working. If that's true, why are so many people looking for work? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mitt-Romney-Man-of-Low--by-Richard-Wise-121025-337.html Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:10:10 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mitt-Romney-Man-of-Low--by-Richard-Wise-121025-337.html Richard Wise Mitt Romney lacks the character to be President. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Freeloader-Tax-by-Richard-Wise-120703-929.html Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:46:06 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Freeloader-Tax-by-Richard-Wise-120703-929.html Richard Wise Conservatives are falling all over themselves to call the individual mandate a tax. Liberals insist it's a penalty. Let's just call it what it is: the Freeloader Tax. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Boehner-In-A-Box-by-Richard-Wise-110729-178.html Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:27:44 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Boehner-In-A-Box-by-Richard-Wise-110729-178.html Richard Wise John Boehner has built for himself a box from which he cannot escape. Only Nancy Pelosi holds the key. Should she use it? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Scott-Walker-Fool-or-Frau-by-Richard-Wise-110301-889.html Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:00:27 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Scott-Walker-Fool-or-Frau-by-Richard-Wise-110301-889.html Richard Wise Public sector employees need union protection from the fools and frauds who would sacrifice their careers for political gain. They need protection from people like Wisconsin's Scott Walker. https://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Showed-Its-True-Colors-by-Richard-Wise-101208-987.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:33:38 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Showed-Its-True-Colors-by-Richard-Wise-101208-987.html Richard Wise In negotiating the tax compromise, the GOP showed that their real interest is in rewarding rich cronies and not in solving budget deficit or national debt problems. https://www.opednews.com/articles/FairTax-Too-Good-To-Be-Tr-by-Richard-Wise-101006-485.html Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:17:59 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/FairTax-Too-Good-To-Be-Tr-by-Richard-Wise-101006-485.html Richard Wise Right-wingers have been touting the FairTax, a scheme that would get rid of all federal taxes and the I.R.S. Sound too good to be true? It is. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly on FairTax. https://www.opednews.com/articles/McChrystal-Must-Go-by-Richard-Wise-100623-254.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:22:05 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/McChrystal-Must-Go-by-Richard-Wise-100623-254.html Richard Wise Everyone seems to be treating General Stanley McChrystal's disastrous Rolling Stone article as a bungled media event. It's not. It is a clear case of insubordination, and McChrystal should be fired and replace at once. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Coburn-s-Hard-Bargain-by-Richard-Wise-100325-683.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:25:27 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Coburn-s-Hard-Bargain-by-Richard-Wise-100325-683.html Richard Wise Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced an amendment to the health care "fixes" bill that would prohibit use of federal funds to purchase erectile dysfunction ("ED") medications for registered sex offenders. The amendment failed, 57-42. If Coburn reintroduces it as a bill, by the time it gets through committee it will probably affect only one person in the whole USA. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Reconsidering-Iraq-What-I-by-Richard-Wise-100311-610.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:02 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Reconsidering-Iraq-What-I-by-Richard-Wise-100311-610.html Richard Wise The real reason for the Iraq War has never been revealed. We know what the reason was not, but not what the reason was. My theory is that Bush and Cheney's rationale for invading Iraq was much grander, and much more nefarious, than any of the reasons ever publicly given to justify the invasion. The key to understanding it: follow the money. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mainstream-Media-FAIL-with-by-Richard-Wise-100305-499.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:11 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Mainstream-Media-FAIL-with-by-Richard-Wise-100305-499.html Richard Wise The mainstream media deserve a FAIL for their distorted, misleading, and overhyped reports on two elementary school children in the JFK control tower. https://www.opednews.com/articles/-I-Don-t-Want-to-Pay-for-S-by-Richard-Wise-100121-971.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:40:49 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/-I-Don-t-Want-to-Pay-for-S-by-Richard-Wise-100121-971.html Richard Wise One of the criticisms of the health care bills passed by the House and Senate is that people who already have health insurance may have to pay for coverage provided to the uninsured. Won't they be surprised to learn that they already do that? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Can-Cheney-s-One-Percent-by-Richard-Wise-091207-555.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:50:08 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Can-Cheney-s-One-Percent-by-Richard-Wise-091207-555.html Richard Wise In this article I suggest we apply Dick Cheney's "One Percent Doctrine" to the subject of climate change. The right endorsed this approach when it applied to terrorism; why should climate change be any different? https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Conservative-s-12-Days-by-Richard-Wise-091203-854.html Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:27:57 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Conservative-s-12-Days-by-Richard-Wise-091203-854.html Richard Wise PNC Bank has released its 26th annual Christmas Price Index (CPI), which puts the 2009 price of all the gifts in the song, --??The 12 Days of Christmas,--?-- at $21,465.56. Meanwhile, the Total Cost of Christmas --?? the cumulative cost of all the gifts after all the repetitions of the song --?? comes in at $87,402.81. Here are some lessons from Conservatives on how to cut the Total Cost of your Christmas by nearly half. Satire. https://www.opednews.com/articles/If-Health-Reform-Fails-In-by-Richard-Wise-091119-162.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:09 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/If-Health-Reform-Fails-In-by-Richard-Wise-091119-162.html Richard Wise If health care reform fails, the result will not be a return to the status quo. It will be much worse. The banks and the insurance companies will have won the big prize and they will pay themselves handsomely for their victory. Meanwhile, Democrats in disarray will slink off stage left, blaming everyone but themselves for the outcome. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Women-Take-Charge--The-Ly-by-Richard-Wise-091110-251.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:27:09 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Women-Take-Charge--The-Ly-by-Richard-Wise-091110-251.html Richard Wise The Stupak Amendment takes women's reproductive rights back to the 1950s. Women need to fight back, starting now. Here's how. https://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Health-Reform---The-by-Richard-Wise-091105-91.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:31:28 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Health-Reform---The-by-Richard-Wise-091105-91.html Richard Wise At last, House Republicans have presented their version of health care reform. As with many of their proposals, the GOP health plan is nothing more than --??old wine in new bottles.--?-- Here is a point-by-point recap of the plan's main provisions along with commentary on what those provisions actually entail. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Lieberman-on-Health-Reform-by-Richard-Wise-091101-654.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:05:33 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Lieberman-on-Health-Reform-by-Richard-Wise-091101-654.html Richard Wise Joe Lieberman argues in the November 1 Hartford Courant that the country cannot afford a public health care option right now because the national debt is --??out of control.--?-- He's tight when he says the debt is out of control. He's wrong when he says health care has contributed --??significantly--?-- to it and that a public option would only make things worse. Is he being disingenuous or dishonest? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Nobel-Notes-II-CAN-OBAMA-by-Richard-Wise-091016-47.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:31:27 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Nobel-Notes-II-CAN-OBAMA-by-Richard-Wise-091016-47.html Richard Wise In an editorial in the October 16, 2009 Washington Post, Ronald D. Rotunda and J. Peter Pham argue that President Obama may be barred by the Constitution from accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Could they be right? https://www.opednews.com/articles/NOBEL-NOTE-TO-THE-RIGHT-D-by-Richard-Wise-091012-327.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:22:58 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/NOBEL-NOTE-TO-THE-RIGHT-D-by-Richard-Wise-091012-327.html Richard Wise The Nobel Institute's decision to award the 2009 Peace Prize to Barack Obama leaves the wingnut right with just one time-honored option: If you don't like it, do it yourself. https://www.opednews.com/articles/OHIO-BOTCHES-ANOTHER-ONE-by-Richard-Wise-090918-818.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:49:45 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/OHIO-BOTCHES-ANOTHER-ONE-by-Richard-Wise-090918-818.html Richard Wise The State of Ohio botched a lethal injection for the third time in three years. Governor Strickland now must decide what to do. I think he should return Romell Broom to a cell in general population, to live and die in prison. https://www.opednews.com/articles/WILL-GOP-REBUT-OBAMA-S-EDU-by-Richard-Wise-090906-71.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:02:50 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/WILL-GOP-REBUT-OBAMA-S-EDU-by-Richard-Wise-090906-71.html Richard Wise Instead of feigning outrage at the prospect of President Obama addressing school children at the start of the school year, Republicans could simply demand equal time for a rebuttal. Here's how I imagine GOP Chairman Michael Steele might respond to President Obama's opening-day remarks. Parody. https://www.opednews.com/articles/BOB-FENN-AN-APPRECIATION-by-Richard-Wise-090427-882.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:11:32 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/BOB-FENN-AN-APPRECIATION-by-Richard-Wise-090427-882.html Richard Wise I depart from my usual topics to remember here my colleague, mentor, and friend Bob Fenn. Bob died on April 24, 2009. ----Bob Fenn was a man of perspective, proportion, passion, possibility, and persistence. He was one of the most progressive and visionary thinkers I have ever known. I shall miss him. https://www.opednews.com/articles/-Open-the-Drawbridge--by-Richard-Wise-090327-772.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:49:53 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/-Open-the-Drawbridge--by-Richard-Wise-090327-772.html Richard Wise Responding to President Obama's challenge on Tuesday evening, Republicans on Thursday unveiled their version of the FY 2010 federal budget. They should have stayed home. If they were looking for a way to tell the American people that Republicans think "We the People" are gullible and stupid, they found it. https://www.opednews.com/articles/EFCA--THIRD-WAY--NO-WAY-by-Richard-Wise-090325-90.html Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:56:35 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/EFCA--THIRD-WAY--NO-WAY-by-Richard-Wise-090325-90.html Richard Wise The debate over the Employee Free Choice Act heats up as Costco, Starbucks, and Whole Foods, fronted by Washington veteran Lanny Davis, join forces to stop it. But the "Third Way" they propose is not the middle ground in the debate; it's more like the middle finger to workers and customers. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Duplicate-Payments-to-AIG-by-Richard-Wise-090320-359.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:33:03 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Duplicate-Payments-to-AIG-by-Richard-Wise-090320-359.html Richard Wise Could some banks be paid twice for the same troubled assets - once from the TARP fund and once again as an AIG counterparty? It's possible. Here's a draft of a letter to send you can send to your elected representatives. https://www.opednews.com/articles/EFCA-WILL-THE-SKY-REALLY-by-Richard-Wise-090318-308.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:30:11 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/EFCA-WILL-THE-SKY-REALLY-by-Richard-Wise-090318-308.html Richard Wise Will the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) drive up unemployment? Research sponsored by the "Alliance to Save Main Street Jobs" says YES ? it will drive up unemployment and a whole lot more. A closer look at the research-for-hire discounts that research and shows that the business group is using statistics the way a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not for illumination. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-the-Vilification--W-by-Richard-Wise-090313-475.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:10:06 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-the-Vilification--W-by-Richard-Wise-090313-475.html Richard Wise Jamie Dimon thinks the banking system can recover by year end if US officials stop the "constant vilification of corporate America" and work with the financial sector to end the crisis. He thinks all the criticism is hurting the country. We will not erect operational impediments to economic recovery, but we have every intention of finding out what went wrong, turning things around, and holding people accountable. https://www.opednews.com/articles/HOW-TO-AVOID-THE-UNION-by-Richard-Wise-090311-111.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:42:46 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/HOW-TO-AVOID-THE-UNION-by-Richard-Wise-090311-111.html Richard Wise The Employee Free Choice Act has Republicans fulminating and managers running for cover. This article is for managers everywhere: the single best way to avoid having your people unionize is to treat them well enough in the first place that they see little benefit to joining the union now. If you think it's too late to start, read on ... https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shameful--Yes--Surprisin-by-Richard-Wise-090206-299.html Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:21:29 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Shameful--Yes--Surprisin-by-Richard-Wise-090206-299.html Richard Wise President Barack Obama, referring to recent bonus payments at Wall Street firms, said, "That is the height of irresponsibility. It is shameful."----Shameful? Yes. Surprising? Not in the least. Here are five lessons I learned during 33 years in and around some of the country's largest financial services firms. https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Nation-of-Deadbeats-by-Richard-Wise-090204-304.html Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:15:06 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Nation-of-Deadbeats-by-Richard-Wise-090204-304.html Richard Wise GOP chairman Michael Steele needs to rethink what it means to create a job and to hold one. Or he should look for a new one for himself. https://www.opednews.com/articles/WHAT-OUR-FIRM-WOULD-DO-WIT-by-Richard-Wise-090128-130.html Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:48:36 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/WHAT-OUR-FIRM-WOULD-DO-WIT-by-Richard-Wise-090128-130.html Richard Wise Republicans continue to see tax cuts as the cure for all our economic woes. Here is what our firm would do with a tax windfall, and it's not what John Boehner thinks. https://www.opednews.com/articles/OBAMA-WON-IN-THE-RACE-CHA-by-Richard-Wise-081113-131.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:58:40 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/OBAMA-WON-IN-THE-RACE-CHA-by-Richard-Wise-081113-131.html Richard Wise The Race Chasm Effect threatened to derail Obama's candidacy in 2008. It's not the same as the Bradley Effect but it could have led to the same result. https://www.opednews.com/articles/ONLY-A-MAVERICK-by-Richard-Wise-081031-571.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:03 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/ONLY-A-MAVERICK-by-Richard-Wise-081031-571.html Richard Wise John McCain would like us to think he is a true contrarian. He isn't; he is only a maverick. https://www.opednews.com/articles/-WE-THE-FRINGE-PEOPLE--by-Richard-Wise-081011-778.html Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:13:39 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/-WE-THE-FRINGE-PEOPLE--by-Richard-Wise-081011-778.html Richard Wise In 2005 - 2006, Maryland State Police infiltrated at least 32 progressive activist groups and added the names of 53 people and groups to terrorist watch lists. The governor's special investigator says the police "overreached" and police have offered to remove the names from those watch lists. This is not good enough. https://www.opednews.com/articles/EASIER-TO-ASK-FORGIVENESS-by-Richard-Wise-080930-431.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:44:26 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/EASIER-TO-ASK-FORGIVENESS-by-Richard-Wise-080930-431.html Richard Wise Paulson and Bernanke only mistake was asking for permission in the first place. They didn't get it so they spent the money anyway. https://www.opednews.com/articles/BUSH-IN-DRAG-by-Richard-Wise-080913-782.html Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:10:19 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/BUSH-IN-DRAG-by-Richard-Wise-080913-782.html Richard Wise In selecting Sarah Palin, John McCain picked as his running mate a veritable clone of George W. Bush himself. He has brought "McBush" to life. https://www.opednews.com/articles/PARTY-UNITY-CUTS-BOTH-WAYS-by-Richard-Wise-080828-778.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:35:38 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/PARTY-UNITY-CUTS-BOTH-WAYS-by-Richard-Wise-080828-778.html Richard Wise Party leaders ask us to unite to win the November election. I am willing to do that, but Senate Democrats have to be willing to unite in the confirmation (or rejection) of future Supreme Court nominees. Their track record since the 1980s is not good. https://www.opednews.com/articles/JUSTICE-OR-BLOOD-LUST-TOM-by-Richard-Wise-080806-977.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:13:20 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/JUSTICE-OR-BLOOD-LUST-TOM-by-Richard-Wise-080806-977.html Richard Wise The Alabama Supreme Court stayed Thomas Arthur's execution after another man confessed to the murder. The prosecutor was disappointed with the Court. Alabamians should be more than disappointed with the prosecutor. https://www.opednews.com/articles/NEVER-TOO-LATE-FOR-AN-EXEC-by-Richard-Wise-080730-318.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:54:29 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/NEVER-TOO-LATE-FOR-AN-EXEC-by-Richard-Wise-080730-318.html Richard Wise On Monday, lame-duck president George W. Bush approved the execution of Army Private Ronald Gray. Gray has been on death row for 20 years. It will probably be Bush's last execution and, as usual, he got it wrong. https://www.opednews.com/articles/MARYLAND-STATE-POLICE-TARG-by-Richard-Wise-080727-748.html Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:23:35 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/MARYLAND-STATE-POLICE-TARG-by-Richard-Wise-080727-748.html Richard Wise Maryland State Police infiltrated peace and anti-death penalty activist groups in 2005 - 2006. The State's response so far has been completely inadequate. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Cold-Comfort-in-Cold-Beer-by-Richard-Wise-080719-161.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:13:54 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Cold-Comfort-in-Cold-Beer-by-Richard-Wise-080719-161.html Richard Wise After eight disastrous years under George W. Bush, the US is effectively insolvent. One result: iconic American assets, like Anheuser-Busch, are now susceptible to foreign takeover. The next president must take five steps at once to keep American businesses in American hands. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080420_hope_or_experience_3f_.htm Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:49:55 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080420_hope_or_experience_3f_.htm Richard Wise A Clinton victory in Pennsylvania will force superdelegates to choose: hope or experience? https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080406_do_senators_make_goo.htm Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:04:35 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080406_do_senators_make_goo.htm Richard Wise Margaret Bassett asked, "Do Senators Make Good Presidents?" Not necessarily. Presidents tend to be viewed more favorably if they have not served in the US Senate. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rick_wis_080325_memo_to_wilmer_3a_give.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:05:19 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rick_wis_080325_memo_to_wilmer_3a_give.htm Richard Wise Brian Sliter, a registered sex offender, is running for mayor of Wilmer, Texas. Voters should take his candidacy seriously. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080306_superdelegates_3a_thin.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:38:57 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080306_superdelegates_3a_thin.htm Richard Wise Neither Clinton nor Obama will have enough delegates after primary season to secure the nomination. The nomination will belong to the superdelegates, who must think beyond 'delegates' to 'electoral votes.' https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__071105_where_is_the_punishm.htm Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:47:18 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__071105_where_is_the_punishm.htm Richard Wise If being dead is not a punishment and the execution process is not punishing, where is the punishment? It's in the incarceration. We should not truncate that punishment. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060505__22it_don_t_work_21_22.htm Fri, 05 May 2006 15:17:22 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060505__22it_don_t_work_21_22.htm Richard Wise This week featured another botched execution, this time in Ohio. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060501_immigration_2c_1_3a_what.htm Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060501_immigration_2c_1_3a_what.htm Richard Wise The size and scope of the undocumented immigrant problem narrows the range of possible solutions. Part 1 of 2 parts. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060501_immigration_2c_2_3a_what.htm Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060501_immigration_2c_2_3a_what.htm Richard Wise The size and scope of the undocumented immigrant problem narrows the range of possible solutions. Here is an approach that might work. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060224_capital_punishment_3a_.htm Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:00:03 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060224_capital_punishment_3a_.htm Richard Wise Article published on Friday, February 24 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060210_carter_and_lowery_sp.htm Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:40:05 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060210_carter_and_lowery_sp.htm Richard Wise Critics have charged that remarks made at Coretta Scott King?s funeral by former President Jimmy Carter and the Reverend Joseph Lowery were outrageous, inappropriate, and out of line. Were they? https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060201_democrats_elevate_al.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:16:50 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060201_democrats_elevate_al.htm Richard Wise Fifteen Democratic senators are responsible for Samuel Alito?s confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice. A little party unity from now on won?t kill us ? and we may even win some elections. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060128_the_2006_elections_3a_.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:28:13 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__060128_the_2006_elections_3a_.htm Richard Wise It's an election year and Republicans will again run on 9/11, the war on terror, and liberals' lack of patriotism. Let's not let them get away with it. https://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_richard__060109_stop_clarence_ray_al.htm Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:53:38 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_richard__060109_stop_clarence_ray_al.htm Richard Wise If he's executed on January 17, Ray Allen will become, at 76, the oldest man executed in the US in more than 50 years. It's not too late to stop it. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__051218_the_wartime_presiden.htm Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:12:01 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__051218_the_wartime_presiden.htm Richard Wise A semi-serious review of the wars of George W. Bush. https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__051217_terminator_to_willia.htm Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:35:06 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__051217_terminator_to_willia.htm Richard Wise Article published on Saturday, December 17