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Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, MS is a Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine at StonyBrookMedicine (NY). As well as having been a regular political columnist on several national websites for over 20 years, he is the author/co-author/editor/co- OpEd News Member for 733 week(s) and 1 day(s) 634 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 176 Comments, 0 Diaries, 1 Series, 0 Polls
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Friday, July 26, 2024Harris for President: Some Thoughts at this Time This column briefly reviews a variety of topics: the accession of Vice-President Harris to the Democratic Presidential nomination; the legacy of Joe Biden; the dangers of TrumpFascism; the (very) bad joke (first and foremost for Trump) of JD Vance; Trump's favorite foreign leaders; briefly for now, Project 2025 (it's real, folks); and the candidacy of the now second oldest candidate, my fellow med. school alum., Jill Stein.
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Monday, July 22, 2024Chapter Seventeen - 2019: The Restoration Declaration From the most recent printing, the 2nd (from 2013), of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022, this entry in this OpEdNews.com serialization presents Chapter 19, entitled "The Restoration Declaration." First published in 1996, the text of this book has remained essentially unchanged since that time. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) 
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Friday, July 19, 2024TrumpFascism and the Republican National Convention This column is on Trump and TrumpFascism at and around the 4th night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), in particular on Trump's "acceptance speech" (if one could call it that). It begins with a few thoughts/observations of my own, and then presents a series of thoughts and observations from other commentators.
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Monday, July 15, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution," Chap 16: The Legitimation Treaty, 2016 2015 This is Chapter 16/Section 2 ("The History"), of the 2024 Serialization of the Second Edition (2013) of the book by Steven Jonas: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022." The book was first published in 1996. The 2nd Edition is available in Kindle on Amazon. A third, printed edition, of the book is currently in preparation and should be in publication sometime this month. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views)
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Monday, July 15, 2024Two Short Thoughts: The Role of Luck in History; The Place of High-Level Political Violence in US History in US History This entry to my space on OpEdNews introduces a new, occasional feature, entitled "Short Thoughts.
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Saturday, July 13, 2024The 'Popular Front' Reappears Once Again: In France In response to a Far-Rightist "National Rally" win in the first round of the recent French "snap elections," that Pres. Macron had called in the aftermath of a Rightist win in the European Union Council elections, a grouping of Center-Left-to-Left parties in France formed a "Popular Front." It won in the French second round elections. This column revisits the original French "Front Populaire" of the 1930s, with lessons for us 
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024The "Shall He Stay or Shall He Go" Controversy, in a Shakespearean Context I am presenting here, anonymously at the request of the writer, a fascinating analysis of the "Biden-should-he-stay-or-should-he-go" controversy, in the context of several of Shakespeare's plays. I think that it is a) most intriguing, and b) very well done. I hope that you do too.
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Monday, July 8, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution," Chap 15: The National Plan for Social Peace, 2015 This chapter describes in general terms what life is like in the apartheid state of "The New American Republics," under the leadership of the American Christian Nation Party and President Jefferson Davis Hague. It begins with an "Author's Commentary," that is, some observations made by the (fictional) author of the book, Johnathan Westminster, from the perspective of (the imaginary) 2048. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) 
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Friday, July 5, 2024Is a 2nd Civil War Coming? No. It's Already Here (less the shooting --- so far) After defining what a "civil war" is, and listing some of the major ones that have occurred in history, I make the case that: a) given the Supreme Court's recent amendment of the Constitution in re Presidential powers (without going through the normal Constitutional amendment process), and b) the release of Project 2025, intending to govern policy in a next Trump Admin., the U.S. is in a so far non-shooting 2nd Civil War.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024The Supreme Court's Power for Constitutional Review is Unconstitutional (Ho, ho, ho) The Supreme Court's decision in "Trump v. United States," using its "review for Constitutionality" power, precisely enables the establishment, through the manipulation of the law, of a future fascist-in-practice dictatorship (which of course would destroy Constitutional government in the United Sates). Here I am re-posting, from "The 15% Solution," a fictional Rightist Supreme Court's decision removing that power from itself. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views)
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Monday, July 1, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution," Chap 14: The Natural Resources Access Act of 2013 From the most recent printing, the 2nd (from 2013), of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022, this entry, in this OpEdNews.com serialization, presents Chapter 14, entitled "The Natural Resources Access Act of 2013)." First published in 1996, the text of this book has remained essentially unchanged since that time. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) 
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Saturday, June 29, 2024On Displaying/Teaching the 'Ten Commandments' and 'The Bible' in the Schools, Repsectively in Louisiana, and Oklahoma The Gov. of Louisiana and the Superintendant of Schools in Oklahoma have recently introduced the mandated offering/teaching of religious texts into the public school in their respective states. This column contains some commentary, historical and otherwise, on the actions taken.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 13 From the most recent printing, the 2nd (from 2013), of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022, this entry in this OpEdNews.com serialization presents Chapter 13, entitled "The Declaration of Peace and The Establishment of the New American Republics (2011)." First published in 1996, the text of this book has remained essentially unchanged since that time. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) 
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Thursday, June 20, 2024" "Say, Hey" Willie Mays: A Fond Personal Farewell to the Greatest All-round Baseball Player of All Time The greatest of the "Five Skills" baseball players: hitting, hitting for power, fielding ability, speed, and arm strength, Willie Mays, passed away on June 18, 2024, at the age of 93. This column combines a brief biography with some personal reminiscences that I have about this man, especially when he was breaking in with the New York Giants, and I was growing up as a fan of his, and of the Giants.
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Monday, June 17, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 12: The Original Intent Amendment This column presents Chapter 12/Section 2, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022." It is from the most recent printing, the 2nd, 2013. The book was first published in 1996. This Chapter is entitled "The Original Intent Amendment, 34th." A third, printed, edition of the book is currently in preparation, to be publ. next month.
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Friday, June 14, 2024The Israeli Likud Coalition's Policy of Expulsionism: Revisited This column is a revisit to the original, published in this space a bit over a year ago. (That one was in turn based on previous columns. I have been writing on this subject for quite some time.) This version has a new brief introduction, on the question "why won't Israel come to a settlement of the current crisis, which would at least get the remaining hostages returned." Simply, because their true objective is Expulsion.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 11: The Proclamation of Right This column presents Section 2, Chapter 11, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022" (from the second edition, 2013). The book was first published in 1996. This Section is entitled "The History," and this Chapter, 11, is entitled "The Proclamation of Right." Its principal function was to outlaw homosexuality. Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) 
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Thursday, June 6, 2024D-Day; and, Trump's Trial(s) and the (Fascist) Defense This column has two parts. The first, for this 80th Anniversary of "D-Day," June 6, 1944, when Allied forces landed on beaches on France's Normandy Peninsula, presents some personal recollections from my childhood and very briefly, some of the history of the time. The second part deals with Trump and his trials, and the essentially fascist-program responses coming forth from him and his troops, in the field and in politics.
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Monday, June 3, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 10: The Second Inaugural Address of Presi This column presents Section 2, Chapter 10, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022" (from the third printing, 2013). The book was first published in 1996. This Section is entitled "The History," and this Chapter, 10, is entitled "The Second Inaugural Address of President Jefferson Davis Hague." Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views)
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Thursday, May 30, 2024From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 9: The Supremacy Amendment This column presents Chapter 9/Section 2, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022." It is from the most recent printing, the third, from 2013. The book was first published in 1996. This Section is entitled "The History," and this Chapter, 9, is entitled "The Supremacy Amendment." Series: "The 15% Solution:" A Retrospective View of U.S. History: from 2048 (17 Articles, 10809 views) Page 1 of 32 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
