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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 779 week(s) and 0 day(s) 669 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 191 Comments, 0 Diaries, 1 Series, 0 Polls
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Thursday, November 12, 2020Some Random Thoughts on the 2020 Elections As the title says, these are some random thoughts on the 2020 Elections. They start with an observation on their historical importance and end with some speculation on what might or might not happen to Trump when he leaves office, in the matters of civil and criminal investigations and actions. 
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Monday, November 2, 2020Some Thoughts on Trump and the 2020 U.S. Elections, Plus my Prediction for the Outcome Being a set of pre-election comments, posted on Election Eve. Mainly Trump-analysis, but also presenting a hopeful picture of why all the indicators, including what might or might not, go on in the Supreme Court, pointing to a Biden victory. 
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Friday, October 30, 2020Little Scotty Atlas: Boy Public Health Doctor "Herd immunity" is an intervention which the Trumpites are now pushing as an alternative to undertaking any serious public health measures to control the SARS-Co-V-2 Trumpidemic2020. It is being promoted by a neuroradiologist who obviously knows nothing about public health or what "herd immunity" really is. And so we have little Scotty Atlas playing public health physician, at the potential cost of 100's of 1000's of lives. 
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020Trump: The Accidental Fascist: The Force of Personality Fascism is a form of government developed in the 20th century designed to maintain control over State Power for a capitalist ruling class, when that control through the means of monarchical or constitutional democracy is threatened. The fascists who have come to power knew what they were doing and on their way to power planned what they were going to do with it when they got there. Trump is what I call an "Accidental Fascist." 
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020Trump Goes Back to his Box of Magic Tricks As I have detailed more than once in previous columns, Trump has a Box of Six Magic Tricks by which he has managed to live a life and lifestyle that would have brought down just about anyone else who would have tried it. This column applies that analysis to the current situation, in an attempt to explain what might seem otherwise to be a totally inexplicable set of behaviors. 
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020Bill Barr's Useful Idiot: Donald J. Trump; plus an Appendix on the Nature of The State Trump is often described as Putin's "Useful Idiot." But in the context of U.S. politics, governance, and the potential for the imposition of a fascist state in the U.S. following the upcoming election, he is really Bill Barr's useful idiot. This column explains why. 
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020Trump, COVID-19, the Election, and Planned Chaos This column is a presentation of an hypothesis of mine that the chaos that has gripped the nation since Trump and his administration refused to employ the standard, well-known, fairly easy-to-implement measures that have worked in many other countries, that could have prevented the development of the Trumpidemic2020(C) was planed. Far out? Yes. But given how the Trumps, and Barr, think, possible. Read on. 
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020The Destruction of Abortion Rights and the Rise of Religious Authoritarianism Abortion rights for women without State interference for reasons other than legitimate, non-interfering medical safety, is once again coming before the Supreme Court. The openly avowed objective of those bringing these cases is the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which would allow states to totally illegalize abortion. This is discussed in the context of the introduction of religious authoritarianism into U.S. civil life. 
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020Let's Hear it for Original Intent As the confirmation process for Trump's third Supreme Court Justice barrels along, we are going to her alot about "Original Internet," a favorite saw of Justice Scalia (except when it wasn't). In my book "The 15% Solution" I wrote a fictional Supreme Court decision, authored by "Chief Justice Steps" that overturns "Marbury v. Madison" etc., revoking established Review power for the Court. This column presents that chapter. 
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Thursday, September 17, 2020'Socialism,' Trumpite Red-baiting, and Bernie Sanders The Trumpites are running on a very simplistic platform, that is the "Four R's and an F:" Racism, Red-Baiting, Repression (of the vote), Red China, and Fear. One of their favorite targets is the "socialist" Bernie Sanders, not the nominee. This column explains what Bernie's version of "socialism" is (which is not really socialism, because it explicitly does not comprise collective ownership of the means of production. 
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Thursday, September 10, 2020Trump, His Magical Thinking, and Bob Woodward Trump has lived his life using a box of "Six Magic Tricks," of which I have written previously: click here. This column shows how, in the context of the "Woodward Revelations," he has used it to create what I have called the Trumpidemic2020(C). 
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Thursday, September 3, 2020"Trump and Fascism: A Retrospective This column presents brief descriptions and links to a Trump/fascism series of previously published columns of mine, beginning in 2011. That series was recently published on BuzzFlash.com. (Most of the columns were first published here on OpEdNews.) The series shows a steady progression in Trump's thinking (sic) and actions, progressing from "birtherism" to his recent complete takeover of the Republican Party. 
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Friday, August 28, 2020Der Fuerherprinzip, the Republican Party, and Leader Trump On his way to transforming our nation, Donald Trump has also been transforming the Republican Party, into what I for quite some time now have been calling "The Trumpublican Party." At the RNC that transformation was completed. For the Party no longer has its Platform. Rather, there is Trump's own AGENDA. Trump has made himself into the unquestioned leader, Der Fuerher, of the Party. And that's what this column is about. 
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Friday, August 21, 2020What is the Most Important Election in U.S. History?" There have been many highly critical elections in U.S. history, such as those of 1828, 1860, 1864, 1932 and 1940. Of those, up until now those of 1860 and 1864 have always been in contention for the top two slots (in the "most important" contest). In this column, I argue that, hands-down, the upcoming election is THE most important, without question. I give some historical background on each of the three. 
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Saturday, August 15, 2020Trump and Testing Trump just DOESN'T like Corona virus testing. This column discusses why this is so. 
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Thursday, August 6, 2020The Trumpidemic2020(C): What's in a Name? Some qualified observers (not just the Fox"News"/OANN alternate newsiverse) say that the Trumpidemic2020(C) is "America's" fault. It ain't. It's Trump's fault, and that is what this column. 
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020Fascism, the U.S. Ruling Class, and Trump The upcoming US election is primarily a battle between the two wings of the U.S. ruling class. One believes that the best way to maintain its control over the state apparatus is through a return to a set of democratic reforms, along the lines of an expanded "New Deal." The other is the wing that believes that its control can only be maintained through the imposition of fascism. It all revolves around the nature of the State. 
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020How Do You Spell "Democratic Party" in 2020? Without the Letters C-L-I-N-T-O-N in the Name: Responding to Commentaries This column is a collective response/commentary by me on the set of Commentaries that were offered on my previous column for OpEdNews. (For the link to that column see the beginning of this one.) I had fun doing it. I hope that you will have fun reading it. 
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020How Do You Spell 'Democratic Party' in 2020? Without the Letters C-L-I-N-T-O-N in the Name The Center-Right Democratic Leadership Council, originally founded by Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the 1980s, has dominated the Party from then until after Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat. The Party now has a moderately progressive platform (with much input from the "Bernie Wing" of the Party), and a candidate who is rapidly becoming moderately progressive himself. This column is about the Clintons and what they did over time. 
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020If at First You Do Succeed, Do Do It Again This column is on Trump's current racist/red-baiting campaign strategy and why he has adopted it. The first part worked in 2016, so why not do it again. And if it needs a bit of updating this time around, the old Roy Cohn shtick certainly compliments it well. Page 13 of 34 First Last Back Next 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 View All |
