Archives for Best Web OpEds
January 2015
Saturday, January 31:
Thomas Ultican: The Illusion of "Failing Public Schools"by Diane Ravitch
Duncan Threatens to Punish Chicago If They Don't Give PARCC; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
From a 1986 CIA Manual (1 comments)
Friday, January 30:
Koch Congress Still Pushing Keystone after Four Pipeline Explosions in a Month (2 comments)
US announces plan to ration health care under Medicare (12 comments)
Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For Violating Federal Law
Can Cool Pope Francis Change the Catholic Church?
Gorbachev: US Pulled Russia Into New Cold War That Could Turn 'Hot'
Indiana: OUTRAGE! Republicans Sneer at State Superintendent Glenda Ritz:by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Thursday, January 29:
Georgia's New State Superintendent Criticizes Federal Testing Mandates: A Must-Read!; Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
SCOTUS, Interrupted: Wolf PAC Takes Citizens United Repeal To The States (3 comments)
Yes, We Can Prosper Without Growth: 10 Policy Proposals for the New Left (6 comments)
Wednesday, January 28:
Dossier on Greek Elections and the Fight Against Austerity and the EU
Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For Violating Federal Law
Republicans and Wall Street Say to Hell With Protecting the Public!
Tuesday, January 27:
Michael Moore disses Fox News and right wing critics in the best way
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Emerges As The Republican Candidate To Fear Most (2 comments)
Monday, January 26:
Boehner and McConnell Bomb On 60 Minutes When Asked For GOP Alternative to Obamacare (7 comments)
Loonies Come Out of the Woodwork: Catholics Who Are Outraged!
Palin for 2016? Ha! It's Ohio Governor John Kasich Who Has A Puncher's Chance (1 comments)
Pipeline leak spills thousands of gallons of crude oil into Yellowstone River (1 comments)
GOP's New Social Security Playbook: Pit The Disabled Against Retirees (4 comments)
Sunday, January 25:
A Review of "American Sniper": The White US Gunman as "Hero" and Iraq As Backdrop
George Joseph: Black Lives Matter in School- Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Eco-Bricks for an Eco-Friendly Future
Saturday, January 24:
The Pope Francis Revolution: Inside the Catastrophic Collapse of the Catholic Right
How Obama Can Reduce Carbon Emissions Without Congress (1 comments)
This Week in Religion: Pope Francis Tells His Flock to Stop Breeding Like Rabbits (1 comments)
Big Capital's Collateral Damage
Iran Sanctions Supporters Don't Want To Improve Nuclear Talks. They Want To Destroy Them. (2 comments)
Playing Politics on Iran - NYTimes editorial board (1 comments)
Friday, January 23:
Full Dossier: The Political Situation in France (2 comments)
Why is Hollywood Rewarding Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin for Glamorizing the CIA?
Thursday, January 22:
Arthur Camins: So You Want a Revolution:by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Did Benjamin Netanyahu and the GOP Just Pull Off a Coup -- or Lay an Egg?
Wednesday, January 21:
New York Parents and Educators Call for Independent Investigation of Cuomo: by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Tuesday, January 20:
The Politics of MMT (Strange Bedfellows) (3 comments)
Ten Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains (2 comments)
Monday, January 19:
Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did
Sunday, January 18:
Paul Krugman: Hating Good Government
Papal Text Says Man Betrays God; Howls from Right Wing Peanut Gallery to Follow
Reeling Republicans Can't Find A Legitimate Reason To Be Against Obama's Tax Plans
Saturday, January 17:
Has Lame-Duck Obama Suddenly Become a "Progressive"? (1 comments)
Secret Service Shuffle (4 comments)
Sing Sing Reacts to Police Shootings
An endless stream of questions emerge over the Keystone XL By Samuel Vargo (1 comments)
Friday, January 16:
How Elizabeth Warren Is Yanking Hillary Clinton to the Left (4 comments)
That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth
Paul Krugman: Francs, Fear and Folly
On not understanding "Charlie:" Why many smart people are getting it wrong
Thursday, January 15:
Pope Frances Speaks Out: A Culture of Waste, and Man-Made Global Warming (1 comments)
New York: What to Do with an Extra $5 Billion; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Are All Terrorists Muslims? It's Not Even Close (3 comments)
Wednesday, January 14:
How to Survive and Prevail in This Era of Greed and Privatization; by Diane Ravitch
If Jeb Bush Runs for President, Remember This; by Diane Ravitch (3 comments)
Tuesday, January 13:
Bernie Sanders Wrecks Republican Plans
Beyond Paris, Fascism is the Real Enemy for EU - Geopoliticalmonitor.com (1 comments)
The Kochs' Very Profitable War On Busses and Mass Transit
The Child in the Basement - NYTimes.com; by David Brooks (7 comments)
Elizabeth Warren: I'm not running for president
Who Is Killing the American Dream? Book Review by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Monday, January 12:
New Republican Majority Wants A Say On Obama's Iran Talks
Thieving Republicans Robbed Americans In Their First Week Controlling Congress (1 comments)
The Charlie Hebdo cartoons no one is showing you.
Obama To Disband the Marine Corps
NATO Trips on Own Lies with U-Turn on 'Russian Aggressor' (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: For the Love of Carbon
Sunday, January 11:
Washington buries the CIA torture report (2 comments)
Saturday, January 10:
This was Dick Cheney's coup: Why America's torture "reform" is a total sham (1 comments)
Friday, January 9:
Paul Krugman: Voodoo Time Machine (4 comments)
A History of America's War on Whistleblowers and Journalists Since 9/11
U.S. Journalist David Bird Vanished Without a Trace a Year Ago
#JeSuisCharlie? No... (1 comments)
Thursday, January 8:
Corrupt John Boehner Conspires With Foreigners Against America's Best Interests (1 comments)
Why the Republican Congress's First Act Was to Declare War on Math
Wednesday, January 7:
Bernie Sanders Blasts Paul Ryan and House Republicans For Trying To Cook The Books
House Republicans Change Rules on Calculating Economic Impact of Bills - By JONATHAN WEISMAN; NYTimes (1 comments)
An Election Campaign Mantra for the 98%: "It's Domestic Job Growth, Stupid" (1 comments)
The state of American society as 2015 begins
Tuesday, January 6:
Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home (2 comments)
The Problem With Meaning - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
The Cost of Staying Home: 231 New Abortion Restrictions Since the 2010 Midterm Elections
Monday, January 5:
'Incomprehensible' Secrecy: Sanders Demands Release of Trade Agreement Text
Chris Christie Continues Attack on Public Worker Pensions
Standing on the Edge of Next American Revolution (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Presidents and the Economy (1 comments)
Sunday, January 4:
How Sharpton gets paid to not cry "racism" at corporations
Andy Borowitz -- Unskilled Workers Report for New Jobs (Satire)
Inconvenient Truth: America's Public Schools Are Among Highest Achieving In The World (1 comments)
Saturday, January 3:
WASHINGTON: Here comes the GOP Congress
Citing Next Generations, Lawsuits Demand Courts Recognize 'Mind-Blowing' Climate Impacts (1 comments)
Friday, January 2:
In 2014 America Abandoned Its Constitution And Devolved Into a Fascist Theocracy (4 comments)
Thursday, January 1:
Paul Krugman: Twin Peaks Planet
Seeds and Soil vs. the Tyranny of Corporate Power: A 2015 Message of Hope
There Is Only One Congressman Demanding Scalise Resign Over Ties To White Supremacist Group
The 2015 GOP Clown Car: Bigger, Meaner, and More Dangerous Than Ever
What if Hillary Clinton doesn't run for president? (4 comments)