Archives for Best Web OpEds
April 2015
Thursday, April 30:
LAUSD audit finds school board candidate's charter operated in the red (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton, TPP And The Lurking Elizabeth Warren (1 comments)
"New York Times: Prosecute Cheney" (19 comments)
Wednesday, April 29:
White House to U.N.: First Iran, Then Mideast Peace
Why calling school reform 'corporate reform' is an insult to corporate reform : William Doyle,The Washington Post (1 comments)
Muting Friends' Political Views on Facebook Is as Simple as Clicking 'Unfollow' (1 comments)
Tuesday, April 28:
The Transformative Power of Climate Truth (2 comments)
Local SPCA Does a Great Cover of "Uptown Funk" Starring Dogs Who Need Adopting
If You Live in Pittsburgh, Read This!; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Freddie Gray Is Only the Latest Apparent Victim of Baltimore Police Violence - The Atlantic
Monday, April 27:
Carly Fiorina, in Iowa, vows to keep throwing punches at Hillary Clinton (2 comments)
Nobody Said That (1 comments)
Gay Businessman Who Hosted Ted Cruz Event Apologizes (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Torpedos Republicans By Revealing GOP Budget Kills 2.3 Million Jobs (1 comments)
In Stealth Move, Congress Backs Israeli Right's War on Settlement Boycotts
The IRS Is Investigating The Koch Brothers' Illegal Tax-Deductions Denying Climate Change (3 comments)
Exclusive: Uncommon costs; by Claude Solnik, LIBN (2 comments)
George W. Bush Bashes Obama on Middle East
Sunday, April 26:
Humans ARE social beings! Real humans need to speak more and speak louder.
Your Wallet Speaks Louder than Words--and why we all should use it! (2 comments)
Flood of Money in U.S. Election Is a Scandal Waiting to Happen
Madam Secretary: We Have Some Questions (1 comments)
If Greece falls, no one wants their prints on the murder weapon
The Koch Brothers Try To Fool The American People With An Evil PR Campaign (2 comments)
Cities and States Pay Massive Secret Fees to Wall Street
Saturday, April 25:
Elizabeth Warren Tells Obama To Put Up Or Shut Up On Trade (1 comments)
It Looks Like Bernie Sanders Is Going To Be Running For President (2 comments)
Friday, April 24:
Why Obama Should Pardon Don Siegelman by Jeffrey Toobin, the New Yorker (1 comments)
Borowitz Satire: G.O.P. Warns Against Hatred for Hillary Peaking Too Soon (1 comments)
Bush Campaign Shows Signs Of Unraveling As Jeb Drops To 4th Place In GOP Race (1 comments)
Liberals Bernie Sanders and Al Franken Win As Comcast Drops Time Warner Bid
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson: 'It's Not the World I Wanted to Leave You' (4 comments)
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson (1 comments)
The Washington Post Should Tell You When Its Columnists Are Paid to Disinform You
Domestic Terrorism, Youth and the Politics of Disposability
The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency (1 comments)
A Detailed Proposal for a Complementary Currency for Greece (1 comments)
Thursday, April 23:
CURMUDGUCATION: Paying Your Bills & The Corinthian 100 (1 comments)
This Article May Be Illegal -- Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing (1 comments)
Fox News & Sarah Palin Denounced In Stunning Earth Day Video (36M Views) (2 comments)
Russ on Reading: Beware the Roadbuilders: Literature as Resistance;Russ Walsh (1 comments)
NY Leaders of Opt Out Movement Issue Their Demands; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
It's Time to Invest in the United States Rail System
Wednesday, April 22:
Boehner Goes Bonkers With Claim That Obama Is Covering Up The Facts On Benghazi
Bernie Sanders Is Kind Of Filibustering Obama's Trade Agenda
The Big Shift Needed for Humanity to Protect the Earth -- Restore the Commons (2 comments)
New Yorker Magazine: "The Worldwide Censorship and Self-Censorship Epidemic"
Tuesday, April 21:
CARE TO FIND LAUSD IN ATLANTA?; by Lenny Isenberg,Perdaily.
NYC: Parents Who Opted Out Explain Why: BY DIANE RAVITCH (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Al Franken Stand Up For The Free Market
Monday, April 20:
Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich Is Waiting For God To Tell Him To Run For President (1 comments)
Paul Krugman: Greece on the Brink (1 comments)
Agent In Charge of Amerithrax Investigation Blows the Whistle
Sunday, April 19:
Ayn Rand on Johnny Carson: make this go viral; BY Frisbeetarian, Daily Kos
Bloodbath - Living in Dialogue; by Anthony Cody. (3 comments)
LAUSD'S MATT HILL CONTINUES TO FAIL UPWARD AS BURBANK UNIFIED'S NEW SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNANT - Perdaily.com (3 comments)
Stephen King on the GOP 2016 Candidates: 'I Thought I Was Supposed to Write the Horror Stories' (3 comments)
Palast: A Warning Preceded the Deepwater Horizon.
Saturday, April 18:
One Cop's Take on the Trevor Martin "Incident" (2 comments)
Obama Turns The Tables On GOP By Invoking God and The Children In Climate Change Fight (3 comments)
Bernie Sanders Urges Hillary Clinton To Join The Fight And Defeat The TPP (3 comments)
Republicans in Quandary Over Vote on Loretta Lynch (1 comments)
World Bank Projects Leave Trail Of Misery Around Globe
What We Don't Mention About Unemployment
ESPN Reporter Britt McHenry Suspended After Berating Parking Attendant on Video (2 comments)
Litigation Instead Of Leadership; BY CAP Action War Room (2 comments)
What the Koch Brothers Really Want (8 comments)
With $8.5 Trillion Unaccounted for, Why Should Congress Increase the Defense Budget?
Friday, April 17:
Al Qaeda Is Beating the Islamic State; Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Bridget Moreng - POLITICO Magazine (6 comments)
That Old-Time Economics - Paul Krugman ; NYTimes (1 comments)
The new frontier in scientific denial; by Mark Fiore (1 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: Testing To Show Off; BY Peter Greene (1 comments)
Hillary's Prayer: Hillary Clinton's Religion and Politics
Thursday, April 16:
House Republicans Harm Working People By Passing A $3 Million Tax Cut For Millionaires
Republicans Lay the Groundwork for the Baseless Impeachment of President Obama
Guglielmo Tell: Whither Cuba? (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton Not Ready to Confront "Billionaire Class," Bernie Sanders Says - Bloomberg Politics
Wednesday, April 15:
Nine-year-old explains standardized tests to Bill and Doc, along with the rest of us. (6 comments)
The 114th Congress at 100 Days
Republican Voters Aren't Thrilled With The Way Their Party Picks Candidates
Guglielmo Tell: DEA Agents Held Sex Parties Paid for by Colombian Drug Cartels (2 comments)
Profits Without Honor: The Sad Truth About CEO Compensation
Tuesday, April 14:
Republicans Push $269 Billion Handout For Millionaire Heirs And Heiresses; by Zach Carter (2 comments)
Severing ties with foundation won't insulate Clinton from controversy
The Numbers Are Staggering: U.S. Is "World Leader" in Child Poverty (1 comments)
TEACHER TENURE: L.A. TIMES "REPORTER" BLUME CONTINUES TO MANIPULATE HIS READERS ; by Lenny Isenberg at Perdaily.com (8 comments)
John Boehner To Hold Tax Repeal Vote To Increase Welfare For the Rich
Was 22-Year Old Who Commited Suicide at Capitol Sending an Occupy Message? (9 comments)
9/11 And Saudi Involvement: "Red Herring?" (6 comments)
Republicans' and Netanyahu's wildly inconsistent opposition to an Iran deal
Monday, April 13:
Paul Krugman: It Takes a Party (1 comments)
Rand Paul's Favorite Philosophers Think Poor People Are "Parasites"
If Syria Falls to ISIS, Europe Will Not be Far Behind (2 comments)
Why Hillary Clinton Is Probably Going to Win the 2016 Election (3 comments)
Sunday, April 12:
The punishment should fit the crime: on Behalf of Atlanta Educators (17 comments)
God speaks to humans, clarifying the main thing you need to come away with
A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks (2 comments)
Saturday, April 11:
Bill Clinton ready to be Hillary's "backstage adviser"
Even a Million Dollar Offer From Bill Maher Can't Convince Elizabeth Warren To Run (1 comments)
This Map Shows the Exact Location of Every Black Person Killed (4 comments)
US presidential campaign begins: A travesty of democracy
Friday, April 10:
Just How 'Socially Advanced' Is the U.S.? You Might Be Surprised (2 comments)
Rand Paul Calls NRA "Little Bit Petty" for Not Inviting Him to NRA Convention (1 comments)
First Florida, Now Wisconsin, Ban the Words "Climate Change" (1 comments)
GOP Plots to Win 2016 Presidency Without a Majority Popular Vote (1 comments)
Why I left the GOP (1 comments)
Thursday, April 9:
We're In The Middle Of A Corporate Civil Rights Movement (1 comments)
Some Facts And Solutions Regarding Police Shootings
Wednesday, April 8:
ALEC Threatens Progressives With A Lawsuit For Calling Out Its Lies (1 comments)
America Is A Liberal Nation: More Americans Lean Towards Supporting Democrats (3 comments)
Ted Cruz is Dangerous: Why Liberals Scoff at His Campaign at Their Peril (2 comments)
Tuesday, April 7:
Civil Power and the Partner State: A Social Solidarity Economy Response to Austerity in Greece
Final Four, the Madness Continues
A Push-Pull Model for Cooperative Markets Financed
Monday, April 6:
Lee Fang: Obama Can Reform Dark Money with a Stroke of a Pen (10 comments)
Sen. Lindsey Graham Demands That Barack Obama Stop Being President (3 comments)
How to Fight Corruption With Game Theory (3 comments)
Paul Krugman: Economics and Elections (1 comments)
Sunday, April 5:
California Suffers Historic Drought While Oil Industry Wastes 2 Million Gallons of Water Daily (3 comments)
US rejects Netanyahu's demand for Iranian recognition of Israel
GOP Senate drama over Lynch fits existing genre
CURMUDGUCATION: Razing Arizona;by Peter Greene (2 comments)
Saturday, April 4:
McConnell Warns Foreign Nations That GOP Will Undermine Obama Climate Change Deals
Netanyahu faces new danger in U.S. following Iran deal: Being ignored
"Sharknado" Co-Star Michele Bachmann Compares Obama to Suicidal Germanwings Pilot (4 comments)
What New Yorkers Get for $150 Billion - NYTimes.com
The GOP's Lottery-Ticket Philosophy: How Extreme Wealth is Deranging American Politics
What If U.S. and U.N. Sanctioned Israel Over Its Nukes as They Did Iran Over Its Enrichment Program? (6 comments)
Friday, April 3:
Paul Krugman: Power and Paychecks (4 comments)
Liberals Bernie Sanders And Al Franken Stand With Obama In Support Of Iran Nuclear Deal
The Boston Show Trial: The "Bloody Confession" of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (9 comments)
Wiccans Say Indiana Religious Freedom Law Opens the Door to Polygamy, Nude Rituals at the Capitol (1 comments)
Over 100 People Were Killed by Police in March. (1 comments)
Thursday, April 2:
Iran Deal: A Game-Changer for the Middle East (2 comments)
The Lost Purpose of School Reform: by Diane Ravitch: The NY Review of Books (1 comments)
Revolving Door Of Teachers Costs Schools Billions Every Year : NPR Ed; by OWEN PHILLIPS (3 comments)
CURMUDGUCATION: How Reformers Win in PA; By Peter Greene (1 comments)
Here is the New York State Teacher Evaluation Bill; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Factory Farm Meat: Why Vegetarians, Ranchers and Conscious Omnivores Need to Unite (4 comments)
Wednesday, April 1:
Michele Bachmann Is Still Bonkers, Compares Obama To Deranged Germanwings Co-Pilot (2 comments)
Defiant Elizabeth Warren Tells Wall Street If They Want To Fight Her, "Bring It On"
Why Workers Won't Unite; by Kim Phillips-Fein,The Atlantic
Arms Sales Fuel Middle East Conflicts; by William Hartung (1 comments)
Billionaire Who Backs Rahm Emanuel Also A Big GOP Donor; By Sam Levine (1 comments)
New Complaint Accuses Jeb Bush and Scott Walker Of Breaking Federal Laws (3 comments)
NYT Op-Ed: "Has American Business Lost Its Mojo?" (1 comments)
New York's Outrageous New Teacher Evaluation Law; by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Yemen Echoes of 1930s Aggression and Descent into Barbarism (1 comments)