Archives for Best Web OpEds
December 2016
Saturday, December 31:
Obama's drone war is a black mark on his legacy that cannot be ignored -- by Rare (1 comments)
"The Truth Is What We Say It Is": Obama Signs Orwellian Law Setting Up Fake News Gestapo
Trump Loves Putin; by Diane Ravitch (19 comments)
Freedom Rider: Syria, Russia and American Desperation
Friday, December 30:
Another Year Women Did Amazing Things Despite Misogyny
Borowitz Satire: Kremlin Names Trump Employee of the Month
The specter of war on civil society, by Mike Klonsky
House Republicans will ring in the new year with a plan to permanently cripple government (3 comments)
Thursday, December 29:
Tom Price's Plan To Destroy Medicare: "Balance Billing" Seniors Into Bankruptcy (4 comments)
The Great Unwinding of Public Education: Detroit and DeVos; By Joseph Natoli, Truthout (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 28:
The Washington Swamp of Trump's Own Creation, by Frank Rich
Michael Morrissey: German Resistance to Russia Detente (1 comments)
Tuesday, December 27:
Zadie Smith: "On Optimism and Despair"
'How Propaganda Works' Is a Timely Reminder for a Post-Truth Age (8 comments)
How a Budget Chief Can Wreak Havoc (1 comments)
Rev. Barber: We are witnessing the birth pangs of a Third Reconstruction, by William J. Barber, II (1 comments)
Monday, December 26:
Jesus Was A Socialist (44 comments)
Bernie Sanders: We Need People to Stand Up to Billionaire Class, Corporate America (5 comments)
Stuart Egan: What Frank Capra Could Teach Betsy DeVos About Public Schools, by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere, byAlex Steffen (2 comments)
Sunday, December 25:
Here's Why We Should Stop Giving Things as Gifts for the Holidays
BY DIANE RAVITCH : "Watch Betsy DeVos Explain that "Government Sucks" (1 comments)
Saturday, December 24:
Sanders Says Trump's "Dangerous" Nuclear Arms Race Talk Must Be Challenged (2 comments)
Trump vineyard seeks Labor Department approval to hire foreign workers - By Patricia Sullivan (1 comments)
The Dangerous Cult of the Guardian (1 comments)
Git' Yrslf UnDepresst! (1 comments)
Friday, December 23:
Michael Morrissey: Is Obama a Russian Agent? (2 comments)
Nicholas Kristof: "Pastor, Am I a Christian?"
There Is No "War on Christmas," Just a Right-Wing Lie
George Monbiot: Celebrity isn't just harmless fun -- it's the smiling face of the corporate machine
Reach Out to Republican Senators to Oppose DeVos; by Diane Ravitch & Ellen Lubic (3 comments)
What The Hillsdale College Connection Reveals About Donald Trump's Extremist Education Agenda (1 comments)
Thursday, December 22:
Michigan Dem Meeting Breaks Into Violence as Clinton Fans Repel Sanders Partisans (2 comments)
Meet Trump's Public Ed Wrecking Ball, by Leonie Haimison (3 comments)
Trump National Security Advisor Met with Austrian Rightist Leader at Trump Tower
Wednesday, December 21:
Here's The Law That Poses The Greatest Threat To Donald Trump, by Michael McAuliff (6 comments)
Is the CIA editing your newspaper? (8 comments)
The problem with Facebook runs much deeper than fake news. (1 comments)
The Constitution of the United States has failed, by Ian Millhiser (1 comments)
Why I Oppose the Common Core State Standards: A Review by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The Subpoena That Rocked The Election Is Legal Garbage, Experts Say (3 comments)
Trump Is Going After Health Care. Will Democrats Push Back? - By Theda Skocpol
Tuesday, December 20:
Trump's OMB pick seems poised to ignite a worldwide financial crisis - The Washington Post (2 comments)
The Bad Losers (And What They Fear Losing) (18 comments)
Monday, December 19:
Darkest Before the Dawn (2 comments)
Donald Trump, This Is Not Normal! - BY Charles M. Blow
White nationalists target Jews in small Montana town by Carimah Townes
How Republics End - Paul Krugman (1 comments)
Will Trump Play Spy vs. Spy? - by Evan Thomas
Sunday, December 18:
Putin to Sing at Trump Inauguration (6 comments)
Saturday, December 17:
Can We Make Sense of Trump? : Information Clearing House - ICH (1 comments)
To Trump, rules are made to be broken, by Michael D'Antonio (2 comments)
The Republican Sabotage of the Vote Recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin (2 comments)
THE REAL COST OF MARGINALIZING THE "ELDERLY" -by Lenny isenberg (1 comments)
Expel and Exploit: The Israeli Practice of Taking over Rural Palestinian Land (2 comments)
The Russian Bear Uses a Keyboard - Craig Murray
Revealed: Who Gave Democratic Emails to Wikileaks (2 comments)
Friday, December 16:
Recounts Are Only As Good As They Are Allowed To Be
Thursday, December 15:
The Law that Exposes Israel's True Colonialist Colors
Wednesday, December 14:
An Enemy Within for the EPA (1 comments)
How the Billionaire Boys Club Paved the Way for Betsy DeVos; by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
Is the Deep State at War--With Itself? by Charles Hugh Smith (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 13:
Trump's Second Gilded Age: Overcoming the Rule of Billionaires and Militarists, by BY Henry Giroux (1 comments)
Bad Journalism and the Downfall of America, by by Rick Perlstein
None Dare Call it Treason - ny Marty Kaplan
Talking Back to Hate Speech, Explained by BY GAIL ABLOW , at Bill Moyers. (2 comments)
Alexandra Petri: Give Steve Bannon a Chance! (Warning: Satire)
What the Libertarian Party Wants on Foreign Policy (1 comments)
LA TImes: Recounts should be the norm, not the exception (6 comments)
Monday, December 12:
The CIA's Absence of Conviction - Craig Murray (1 comments)
Stop the CIA Coup - Antiwar.com Original (3 comments)
Okay, So Now That We Know the President-Elect Is Too Crazy to Govern... (1 comments)
Charade: More cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Sunday, December 11:
The Most Effective Form of Psychological Warfare We Can Wage Against Donald Trump (3 comments)
Why We Still Need Feminism (1 comments)
CIA "Concludes" Russia Meddled in US Election, Provides No Evidence (2 comments)
Why Is the Foreign Policy Establishment Spoiling for More War? Look at Their Donors. (1 comments)
Harry Reid On Russiagate: James Comey Is J. Edgar Hoover; By Frances Langum (4 comments)
Saturday, December 10:
Six donors that Trump appointed gave almost $12 million with their families to back his campaign and the party (1 comments)
Friday, December 9:
Trump's White House Shaping Up To Be Home For Men Accused Of Domestic Abuse
Resist Cathy McMorris Rodgers's Nomination For Interior Secretary -- Trump Transition Tracker -- Medium (1 comments)
Foreign Affairs Magazine: "How Democracies Fall Apart"
Nearly Every Measure of Economic Confidence has Increased Since Election (1 comments)
Thursday, December 8:
How to Save the Wisconsin Recount (1 comments)
Trump is Becoming a King and the News Media is Playing Along; by John Ziegler (3 comments)
Greg Lake, RIP from Scholars & Rogues
Moyers & WInship: The Speech Hillary Clinton Should Give Before Trump Takes Office
Wednesday, December 7:
Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports Afghan Government - By CARLOTTA GALL (1 comments)
Automation, Climate Change and Donald Trump: What Kind of Future Are We In For? - BillMoyers.com
Hillary Clinton's Inaugural Address - By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
So...when is a Constitutional violation OK if there is no objection by the people?
James Mattis Is a War Criminal: I Experienced His Attack on Fallujah Firsthand (1 comments)
Exploring the consequences of charter school expansion in U.S. cities by Bruce Baker (1 comments)
The details of the Carrier deal have finally been released. Trump exaggerated big league. (3 comments)
Tuesday, December 6:
Faulkner was wrong: Mankind will not prevail (1 comments)
Mark Morford -- Meanwhile, Trump intensifies groping of America (2 comments)
What's the worst that could happen under New Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos? Some scenarios - The Hechinger Report (2 comments)
Why This Republican Delegate Will Not Cast His Electoral Vote for Donald Trump (2 comments)
Monday, December 5:
Is Educational Research Validating Corrupt Practices in New Orleans? - Living in Dialogue (1 comments)
Dan Abrams on Rationalizing News That 'May be True': It's a 'Mixed Up Alice in Wonderland World' (1 comments)
Borowitz Satire -- Ben Carson Warns That Bible Makes No Mention of Housing or Urban Development
Sunday, December 4:
Edd Doerr: The Great School Voucher Fraud- review by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think - The Washington Post (8 comments)
Saturday, December 3:
Trump, Finally Explained - by Gail Collins (2 comments)
Charles Blow: Why We Must Not 'Get Along' With Donald Trump - The New York Times (1 comments)
Friday, December 2:
When will Trump voters realize they've been had? - MarketWatch (4 comments)
GOP Suddenly a Wee Bit Nervous About Privatizing Medicare? (1 comments)
Betsy DeVos and the end of public education (1 comments)
The House Science Committee's tweets are an embarrassment to science (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump -
What the Alt-Right Really Means - (1 comments)
Seduced and Betrayed, by Paul Krugman
Republican Dominance of States Put Public Education at Risk in New Era,by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The Array of Conflicts of Interest Facing the Trump Presidency (2 comments)
Thursday, December 1:
The Washington Post Blacklist is"Another Brick in the Wall."
Co-sign a letter to the President-elect urging preservation of Paris Climate Accord (1 comments)
Thousands of Africans Rise Up Against Bill Gates
Australia Stops Donating Money to Clinton Foundation