Archives for Best Web OpEds
August 2014
Sunday, August 31:
Paul Krugman: The Medicare Miracle
Pennsylvania Makes Public 243 Cases of Fracking Contaminated Water; by FishOutofWater. Daily Kos (2 comments)
End the Tyranny of 24/7 Email - By CLIVE THOMPSONAUG NYTimes (1 comments)
Charter School Profits Grow for Investors Through Real Estate Deals; Noah Pransky, WTSP (1 comments)
FBI Tracks Charter Schools; By Ruth Conniff (1 comments)
Endless Assault on Health Care Reform - NYTimes.com (2 comments)
California Governor Appeals Court Ruling Overturning Protections for Teachers - by By ADAM NAGOURNEYAUG ;NYTimes (1 comments)
In E-Sports, Video Gamers Draw Real Crowds and Big Money - By NICK WINGFIELD, NYTimes (1 comments)
ISIS Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media - By SCOTT SHANE and BEN HUBBARDAUG NYTimes. (2 comments)
Stephen Sawchuck Asks: Do Evaluations Punish Teachers of Needy Students? by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Schneider: The New Sales Technique for Common Core: by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
A Canadian Considers: America - He's Your President for Goodness Sake! (9 comments)
Imagining Successful Schools; by Joe Nocera, NYTimes (1 comments)
Keeping Their Voters Stupid Keeps Republicans Elected (8 comments)
Saturday, August 30:
Monsanto Sues Farmers for 16 Straight Years over GMOs, NEVER Loses (1 comments)
Juan Cole: U.S. Public Worried About ISIL and Putin but Climate Change Is the Real Challenge
Mitch McConnell Runs Away From Reporters After Leak Of Secret Speech To the Kochs (2 comments)
Gaza, Israel, and America: Crime and Demolishment (1 comments)
From the "Victim" of a Pedophile
Friday, August 29:
Six Libertarian Ideas That Prove They're Insane (7 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Fall of France
The Mental Virtues - David Brooks; NYTimes
Paul Horton: Why is the Obama Administration Making War on Teachers? by Diane Ravitch (3 comments)
Thursday, August 28:
Grimes Hits Mitch McConnell for Promising to Hurt Kentuckians to Benefit Millionaires
Wednesday, August 27:
Yes, Obamacare is cutting the deficit
Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires (3 comments)
Perry's indictment: Crime and punishment, Texas-style (1 comments)
ALEC And Jeb Bush Are Conspiring To Kill Off Public Schools For Good (21 comments)
Tuesday, August 26:
A Koch Brother Does Damage Control As The American People Reject Their Agenda (6 comments)
Monday, August 25:
Detroit water shut-offs to return
A Necessary Response to ISIS -By THE EDITORIAL BOARD;NY times (4 comments)
Club Med for Terrorists - By RON PROSOR; NY Times
Michael Morrissey: The Coming Race War Won't Be About Race
Bribery, secrecy and the Big Lie. How each day we lose more of our freedom.
Sunday, August 24:
Paul Krugman: Wrong Way Nation
ISIS Has The Sunday Shows Discussing The Specter Of Another 9/11 (1 comments)
When Budgets Are Cut, Which Programs Are the First to Go? by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The strategic campaign needed to save public education -- in nine steps - by Arthur H. Camins (1 comments)
Vermont to the Nation: This Is What Good Education Looks Like, by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Saturday, August 23:
ISIS Atrocities Started With Saudi Support for Salafi Hate (1 comments)
David Cameron's government has blood on its hands over Gaza. We had to act.
Texas Governor Rick Perry Will Look Good In A White Cotton Jumpsuit (5 comments)
America Keeps People Poor On Purpose: A Timeline of Choices We've Made to Increase Inequality (1 comments)
Friday, August 22:
House Candidate Called Female Senators "Undeserving Bimbos in Tennis Shoes"
CHENEY: Obama Would "Rather Be On The Golf Course" Than The Situation Room
Paul Krugman: Hawks Crying Wolf (1 comments)
Thursday, August 21:
Austerity in Detroit: Teachers Get A 10% Pay Cut, 24 Schools Will Close; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Boycott, divest from and sanction the United States
The Coming Race War Won't Be About Race (2 comments)
Nancy Pelosi Debunks John Boehner's 40 Jobs Bills Myth
Breaking News; NC Judge Rules Vouchers Unconstitutional; by Diane Ravitch (11 comments)
Conservation, or Curation? - By JOHN A. VUCETICH and MICHAEL PAUL NELSONNYTimes (1 comments)
Deborah E. Lipstadt on the Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe - NYTimes (2 comments)
When Westboro Baptist Threatens To Protest Robin Williams' Funeral, One Comedian Responds Fittingly
Deborah E. Lipstadt on the Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe (1 comments)
Wednesday, August 20:
Bruce Baker: How to Get Rid of Accountability, Transparency, and Student Rights (1 comments)
An open letter to Frank Bruni about tenure for NYC teachers, by Lois Weiner (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Conservatives Backing Away from Reform (1 comments)
Who Will Stand Up for the Christians?
Tuesday, August 19:
John Boehner Blames All Of His Failures On Obama Not Being Up To The Job Of President (1 comments)
Conservatives Suggest Armed Rebellion If They Can't Impeach President Obama (4 comments)
Europe's Malaise: The New Normal? (1 comments)
Monday, August 18:
There Is A God, Unfortunately It's Not Rick Perry's, For Now Anyway (31 comments)
John Oliver: Police Militarization in Ferguson, MO
Owen Davis: What Is Driving the Charter Movement in Newark? by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Flip That School: In Newark, Reform and Real Estate Go Hand in Hand (1 comments)
New York: Common Core Tests Fail Our Students Again by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
It's hard to remember when one wishes to forget (2 comments)
Sunday, August 17:
Paul Krugman: Why We Fight (5 comments)
Playing Soldier in the Suburbs - by Ross Douthat; NYTimes (2 comments)
A Battleground and Bellwether - Frank Bruni; NYTimes (1 comments)
Friday, August 15:
Lisa Woods: Why Schools Don't Run Like Businesses (1 comments)
Wall Street's Money Is Flooding Congress - by Jim Lardner; US News (1 comments)
Defense Industry-Backed Lawmakers Voted to Continue Police Militarization Program (1 comments)
How Israel has been 'mowing the lawn' in Gaza to unmake Palestinian society
Clueless Conservatives Blame Obama for the Militarization of the Police (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Forever Slump
Lewis Black Slams Rush Limbaugh With A Big Ol' F*CK YOU!
Thursday, August 14:
Willie Nelson on Texas Border Children: "We've Got to Help Those Kids"
Rep. Alan Grayson: American people say, 'No' (8 comments)
Laura H. Chapman on the Common Core Standards (1 comments)
Don't Dismiss the Humanities - David Brooks (1 comments)
Missouri: Rex Sinquefeld Wants to Gut Local Control and Impose Unfunded Mandates (1 comments)
Wednesday, August 13:
Hillary Clinton Twists Herself In Knots To Avoid Blaming Israel For UN Bombing (2 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Dear Michelle Rhee: y PETER GREENE (1 comments)
Michigan State Board Calls for Sweeping Changes in Charter Law: by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The rise of Isis is the ultimate disaster for the US, Britain and their allies who invaded Iraq (1 comments)
How Saudi Arabia is helping Isis take over Iraq (2 comments)
""A Hideous Atrocity": Noam Chomsky on Israel's Assault on Gaza & U.S. Support for the Occupation"
Tuesday, August 12:
The Israeli Army Knew Gaza Was a "Ticking Bomb" Before War Broke Out (2 comments)
Fracking Success Shut Down US Climate Change Policy - Christopher Williams on Reality Asserts Itself (3/5) (1 comments)
The Daily Show: Robin Williams
"Billions Behind: New York State Continues to Violate Students' Constitutional Rights" (1 comments)
Mourning a Great Teacher: Robin Williams by Diane Ravitch
Monday, August 11:
The Holes in the Chetty et al VAM Study as Seen by the American Statistical Association; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
James D. Hogan: The Pay Scale That No Politician Wants You to See_ by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Wallethub: The Best and Worst State School Systems- By Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Newt Gingrich, Educational Expert, Says We Must Replace Teachers with Technology (4 comments)
Civil Rights or Civil Wrongs: A Closer Look at the Common Core (1 comments)
Edward Berger: Who Are the "Reformers" and What Do They Want? (2 comments)
Paul Krugman: The Libertarian Fantasy (5 comments)
Sunday, August 10:
Hillary Clinton Slams Obama's "Failure" to Act in Syria (3 comments)
Hillary Clinton Dismisses Obama's "Don't Do Stupid Sh*t" Foreign Policy (3 comments)
Lindsey Graham: If Obama Doesn't Go On Offense, Terrorists Are 'Coming Here' (7 comments)
Saturday, August 9:
U.S. "Humanitarian" Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual - The Intercept (4 comments)
Iran: Fair-Weather Friend to Gaza? (5 comments)
Friday, August 8:
The CIA Must Tell the Truth About My Rendition At 12 Years Old
Paul Krugman: Inequality Is a Drag
UPDATE: Bank of America Fined Another $16 Billion for Fraud
Rudy Giuliani Says Jimmy Carter's A Terrorist Spokesman Who's To Blame For Gaza Violence (1 comments)
Thursday, August 7:
Hadar Goldin and the Hannibal Directive
Fighting Ebola for Us All (1 comments)
Wednesday, August 6:
FL: NO charges against gunman who fled scene after shooting victim 10 times WALKING AWAY (10 comments)
After Criticizing President Obama Hypocrite John Boehner Refuses To Visit The Border
Viral Video of the Day: Hillary Clinton Name-Drops on "Colbert" (2 comments)
Commentary: The National Security Risk Presented By The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict (1 comments)
Everyone I know is brokenhearted (4 comments)
Tuesday, August 5:
Conflict Resolution 101: Talk to Hamas (1 comments)
Fox News Claims Obama Is Forcing Republicans To Impeach Him
Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza: Buffer Zone'? Or Bigger Plan?
Monday, August 4:
Media Ignores Gaza Protests (1 comments)
Stocks rise for Israeli drone-maker as Gaza slaughter continues
Sunday, August 3:
Paul Krugman: Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Is Working
Cliven Bundy: God Told Me To Fight "Civil War" Against Feds (1 comments)
Saturday, August 2:
Egypt's propagandists and the Gaza massacre
For the Sake of the Burning Children of Gaza (2 comments)
U.S. Holds the World Record of Killings of Innocent Civilians
House Republicans Vote To Deport 550,000 Kids Who Have Spent Much of Their Lives In The US (5 comments)
House Republicans Refuse to Honor Pope Francis Because He is "Too Liberal" (1 comments)
Why Eric Cantor really resigned
Friday, August 1:
Democratic Congressman Says That GOP Senator Ted Cruz Is Essentially Speaker Of The House
Death and Devastation in Gaza: Defining the Cruel Reality and Preparing the Tasks Before Us
Canada's Pro-Israel Zealots (2 comments)