https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News, Opinion, Op-Eds and Politics en-us Copyright 2026 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:56:11 -0400 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:56:11 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.opednews.com/populum/pthemes/opednews/images/rssbanner.png https://www.opednews.com/populum/rss.php?c=a&t=&p=&tid=0 152 149 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Americans-Love-War-Th-by-Jamie-Wendland-American-Empire_American-Exceptionalism_American-Flag_American-Foreign-Policy-210601-734.html Wed, 28 Aug 8115 16:22:56 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Americans-Love-War-Th-by-Jamie-Wendland-American-Empire_American-Exceptionalism_American-Flag_American-Foreign-Policy-210601-734.html Jamie Wendland Americans can't get enough of war and their precious troops valiantly defending the profits of Lockheed Martin. But none of this affection is organic or real--it's all bought and paid brainwashing by the US military. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-cattle-cars-are-waitin-Climate-Change_Climate-Change_Holocaust-260828-722.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-cattle-cars-are-waitin-Climate-Change_Climate-Change_Holocaust-260828-722.html Gary Lindorff "What is going on, what mysteries are these, in what sort of fatal mechanism have we become enmeshed? The answer cannot simply be that we are all cowards. We're not that bad. We stand before a much deeper question . . ." https://www.opednews.com/articles/TrumpRepubloFascism-Revie-Democracy_Democracy_Democrat_Election-260828-88.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/TrumpRepubloFascism-Revie-Democracy_Democracy_Democrat_Election-260828-88.html Steven Jonas This column continues my discussion/review of what I entitle "TrumpRepubloFascism." In my column for next week I will discuss in some detail my proposal for an overarching electoral strategy to be adopted by the Democrat Party, both for the 2026 mid-terms, and the 2028 general election: "The United Front for the Restoration and Preservation of Constitutional Democracy in the United States." https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-End-of-Recessions-in-t-Economy_Internet_Internet_Recession-Proof-Industries-240403-601.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-End-of-Recessions-in-t-Economy_Internet_Internet_Recession-Proof-Industries-240403-601.html Joel Joseph We are entering a new era where recessions will not exist. The Internet, smartphones, Uber and the Gig economy counteract cyclical downturns. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Big-Question-About-the-Gaza-War_United-Nations-Security-Council-240401-80.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Big-Question-About-the-Gaza-War_United-Nations-Security-Council-240401-80.html Thomas Knapp Now that the UN Security Council has issued its demands, how are UN member states, especially the US, going to enforce those demands? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Eating-Healthy-is-Do-able-Health_Help-You-Diet-Foods_Plant-strong-Diet-230423-899.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Eating-Healthy-is-Do-able-Health_Help-You-Diet-Foods_Plant-strong-Diet-230423-899.html Gary Lindorff It's not hard to eliminate unhealthy food from my diet, but it is a bit challenging to buy (gather) the healthy food that I want in my body. https://www.opednews.com/articles/NAACP-Takes-Steps-to-Stop-African-Americans_Alzheimers_Dementia_Elderly-Care-260824-111.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/NAACP-Takes-Steps-to-Stop-African-Americans_Alzheimers_Dementia_Elderly-Care-260824-111.html Michael McCray The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) has formally announced its policy framework to address the financial exploitation of elderly African Americans with dementia -- a measure that originated with the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Branch and grew directly out of a local effort to protect Dr. Jacquelyn W. McCray, a 2024 Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame inductee. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Iran-War-s-Other-Winne-Energy_Iran-Embargo_Iran-War_Markets-260826-729.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Iran-War-s-Other-Winne-Energy_Iran-Embargo_Iran-War_Markets-260826-729.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. The Iran war has produced unexpected economic winners. As oil prices rise, refining margins expand and global energy markets are disrupted, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies are earning extraordinary profits""while consumers, taxpayers and ordinary families absorb the mounting costs. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Eclipse-as-Cosmic-Muse-Eclipse_Poetry_Symbolism-240409-97.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Eclipse-as-Cosmic-Muse-Eclipse_Poetry_Symbolism-240409-97.html Meryl Ann Butler As I watched today's eclipse, I pondered the cosmic symbolism. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Awful-Transformation-o-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-Bernie-Sanders_Bernie-Sanders_Bernie-Sanders-2016-Presidential-Candidate_Bernie-Sanders-Presidential-Campaign-160404-599.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Awful-Transformation-o-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-Bernie-Sanders_Bernie-Sanders_Bernie-Sanders-2016-Presidential-Candidate_Bernie-Sanders-Presidential-Campaign-160404-599.html earl ofari hutchinson The awful transformation of Bernie Sanders has been absolutely breath stopping to see. Sanders has gone from a charming, engaging, provoking, and supremely principled Democratic presidential candidate to a scheming, conniving, devious, supremely unprincipled Democratic presidential contender. In quick succession, Sanders has been accused of being a tax cheat, a special interest money grabber, a foreign policy dim wit, a Nixoni https://www.opednews.com/articles/Remembering-a-Dolly-Fellow-Beer_Music_Musicians-260827-438.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Remembering-a-Dolly-Fellow-Beer_Music_Musicians-260827-438.html Martha Rosenberg Dolly Parton represented a golden age of country music which included Johnny Rodriguez, Charlie Pride, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Barbara Mandrell, Don Williams and countless others, many no longer with us. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-I-moved-back-to-Palest-Genocide_Genocide-260827-355.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-I-moved-back-to-Palest-Genocide_Genocide-260827-355.html Peter Barus Love is not usually expressed in words in Palestine. Even among family members it is rare to hear the words "I love you". Love is expressed at a far more meaningful sense in caring, asking how your health is, offering food, hospitality, offering your clothing and what little you have etc. These are acts of love. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-is-playing-silly-ga-Trump_Trump-Against-Democracy_Trump-Anti-christ-240401-143.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-is-playing-silly-ga-Trump_Trump-Against-Democracy_Trump-Anti-christ-240401-143.html Lance Moore In case you missed it: Trump, famous for profiting from overpriced cologne, neckties, gold-foil sneakers, a gambling casino and Trump vodka"is now hawking Bibles-- for $59.99! https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-chasm-between-TB-and-H-Age-Of-Aids_Aids_Education-HIV-AIDS-STD_Health-240403-838.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-chasm-between-TB-and-H-Age-Of-Aids_Aids_Education-HIV-AIDS-STD_Health-240403-838.html Citizen News Service - CNS Please consider the below article based on insights from global health leaders in the past 2 decades on TB and HIV joint responses (as people with HIV are at high TB risk, and TB is the biggest killer of people with HIV). Despite TB being preventable and curable, how is this acceptable? https://www.opednews.com/articles/To-Beat-China-Russia-Ind-America_China_Russian-Space-Program_Security-240219-364.html Wed, 28 Aug 4661 17:08:37 -0400 https://www.opednews.com/articles/To-Beat-China-Russia-Ind-America_China_Russian-Space-Program_Security-240219-364.html Robert Weiner The latest moon missions are 50 years too late and new space advances from Russia and China show that America needs a resurgence of our space program for the sake of national security. https://www.opednews.com/articles/IMAGINING-OUR-FUTURE-PERI-Energy_Future_Global-Awareness_Global-Elite-231031-323.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/IMAGINING-OUR-FUTURE-PERI-Energy_Future_Global-Awareness_Global-Elite-231031-323.html Blair Gelbond Given challenges of climate disruption, energy shortages, resource wars, deep poverty and our own tendencies to feel indifference and even despair, is it worth asking questions about our own place on earth?----- ----One answer is that we need to be able to step back and get our bearings - to disidentify from stories about destruction and raise our vision to see the other side of the coin - the promises inherent in this era. https://www.opednews.com/articles/And-So-This-Is-What-America-Culture-Of-Violence_American-History_Children_Fascism-240409-628.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/And-So-This-Is-What-America-Culture-Of-Violence_American-History_Children_Fascism-240409-628.html Dr. Lenore Daniels This is an article in response to the attack against children in Palestine and the WCK. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-s-Great-Contradiction-Change_Economic_Energy_Freedom-260825-752.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Iran-s-Great-Contradiction-Change_Economic_Energy_Freedom-260825-752.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. Iran is trapped between forces determined to preserve the political past and a society demanding freedom, prosperity and change. As economic hardship, energy shortages and internal divisions deepen, the struggle between ideological hardliners and pragmatists exposes a system increasingly unable to govern a modern nation. https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-to-Solve-a-Problem-De-Democracy_Democracy-Destroyed_Democracy-History_Problem-Solvers-260824-575.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-to-Solve-a-Problem-De-Democracy_Democracy-Destroyed_Democracy-History_Problem-Solvers-260824-575.html Bob Passi If we bother to understand the problem realistically, we can better determine how to use our resources and to decide if we are simply approaching the issue from the wrong angle. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Thirty-Pieces-of-Silver-F-Christianity_Credibility_Crucifixion_Jesus-260824-861.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Thirty-Pieces-of-Silver-F-Christianity_Credibility_Crucifixion_Jesus-260824-861.html Bernard Starr The Gospel stories of Judas receiving 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus challenges credibility, as this article reveals. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Economic-D-Day-Aga-Confrontation_D-day_Economic-Isolation_Economics-260824-967.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Economic-D-Day-Aga-Confrontation_D-day_Economic-Isolation_Economics-260824-967.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. Trump's new "economic D-Day" against Iran sounds dramatic, but it is largely an intensified version of the old sanctions strategy. Its success ultimately depends on whether Washington can force China to stop buying Iranian oil""without triggering a much larger U.S.-China confrontation https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Vote-of-Opposition-Approval-Voting_Balanced-Approval-Voting_Opposition-Party_Plurality-Voting-260820-640.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Vote-of-Opposition-Approval-Voting_Balanced-Approval-Voting_Opposition-Party_Plurality-Voting-260820-640.html Paul Cohen Except for the last few paragraphs, this article is just a concise summary of what is important about BAV. At the end is an appeal for action (not an appeal for money) to help promote BAV. Many people reading these articles are surely in a position to help. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Knowledge-is-powe-Genocide_Genocide-260825-124.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Knowledge-is-powe-Genocide_Genocide-260825-124.html Peter Barus Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef declared that "there is no such thing as a Palestinian people" and that we "have no rights." Yosef claimed Gaza and cities in the occupied West Bank are for Jews and called for completing the destruction of Palestinian areas and the establishment of more Jewish colonies. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Hiding-Behind-Mr-Brown-U-Education-260824-741.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Hiding-Behind-Mr-Brown-U-Education-260824-741.html Carl Petersen At a charter school's meeting, the Brown Act wasn't violated, but it was used in ways that kept the public from fully participating. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Ten-Things-Worse-Than-Impe-Impeachment_Trump-Appointee_Trump-Executive-Order_Trump-Judicial-Appointments-And-Rushed-Senate-Conf-260822-786.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Ten-Things-Worse-Than-Impe-Impeachment_Trump-Appointee_Trump-Executive-Order_Trump-Judicial-Appointments-And-Rushed-Senate-Conf-260822-786.html Rob Kall There is a lot of talk about impeachment of trump, but that's just the symbolic gesture since there will not be the two-thirds majority needed to actually remove him. So I asked Gemini AI to list 10 things that could be worse for Trump than impeachment. Here's what it came up with: https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel-plans-permanent-occ-Israel_Israel-Firsters_Israel-On-The-Potomac_Israel-Syria-Conflict-260824-743.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel-plans-permanent-occ-Israel_Israel-Firsters_Israel-On-The-Potomac_Israel-Syria-Conflict-260824-743.html Steven Sahiounie This article talks about the latest developments between Israel and Lebanon https://www.opednews.com/articles/Efforts-to-protect-ecosyst-Sustainability_Technology-260824-419.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Efforts-to-protect-ecosyst-Sustainability_Technology-260824-419.html Katie Singer Recently, a journalist asked me to explain how data centers and AI are a menace to society. I replied that focusing on data centers and/or AI is like weighing an elephant by the tip of its tail. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Our-mouths-burn-with-thei-Us-War-Crimes-260822-797.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Our-mouths-burn-with-thei-Us-War-Crimes-260822-797.html Gary Lindorff you must surely know justice / is not this -/ the immolation of schoolgirls / blown heavenward https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Superpower-is-Sham-Trump-260820-141.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Superpower-is-Sham-Trump-260820-141.html Hal Brown A retired psychotherapist examines the difference between shame and guilt""and why Donald Trump's apparent inability to experience either functions as a political superpower. His shamelessness frees him to violate norms, evade responsibility and see himself as blameless regardless of the harm he causes. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Tales-of-Thankfulness-The-Gratitude-260820-916.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Tales-of-Thankfulness-The-Gratitude-260820-916.html Carl Petersen In a digital age that dulls our interactions, small gestures remind us of the humanity we can't afford to lose. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dynamics-of-Power-Cha-American-Deception_American-Dystopia_American-History_American-Identity-260820-659.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dynamics-of-Power-Cha-American-Deception_American-Dystopia_American-History_American-Identity-260820-659.html Bob Passi There is a major shift in power and governance taking place and it is being masterfully controlled. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-2026-Election-Isn-t-a-Election-Free-Media-Advertising_Election-Voting-Issues-News_Elections-And-Campaigns_Elections_Campaigns-260824-76.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-2026-Election-Isn-t-a-Election-Free-Media-Advertising_Election-Voting-Issues-News_Elections-And-Campaigns_Elections_Campaigns-260824-76.html Michael Chavers How Trump's chaos playbook, GOP "tabletop drills," and Homeland Security panic theater set the stage for the next democratic cage match. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Saudi-Nuclear-Agreemen-American-Foreign-Policy_Energy_Nuclear_Nuclear-Energy-Plants-260824-138.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Saudi-Nuclear-Agreemen-American-Foreign-Policy_Energy_Nuclear_Nuclear-Energy-Plants-260824-138.html Robert Weiner This piece discusses why Trump's attempted nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia was a bad idea to begin with. Domestic oil production and clean energy alternatives are discussed, as well as the moral implications of dealing with an infamously tyrannical Middle Eastern regime. https://www.opednews.com/articles/US-mischief-in-Iranian-reg-by-Dave-Lefcourt-Accident_Complicity_Mischief_Provocation-200114-351.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/US-mischief-in-Iranian-reg-by-Dave-Lefcourt-Accident_Complicity_Mischief_Provocation-200114-351.html Dave Lefcourt The latest on the Ukraine airliner downed by an Iranian missile was caused by "human error", this from Iran Pres. Rouhani. "The Iranian Republic of Iran regrets this disastrous mistake." He's called for a special probe and a special court to try the case. This AM arrests were made. Though the US is not directly culpable in the incident its complicity is its mischief in the region forcing the Iran military to be on high alert. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-Isn-t-Dying--I-Activism-Camp-Democracy_Congress-Failed-Oversight-Democracy_Dark-Money_Election-Reform-Term-Limits-260820-294.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-Isn-t-Dying--I-Activism-Camp-Democracy_Congress-Failed-Oversight-Democracy_Dark-Money_Election-Reform-Term-Limits-260820-294.html Michael Chavers Why Dark Money, Bought Politicians, and Lifetime Power Are Rotting All Three Branches of Government -- and How We Rip Them Out Root and Stem https://www.opednews.com/articles/TrumpRepubloFascism-Revie-Democratic_Donald-Trump-Versus-The-Constitution_Elections_Fighting-Fascism-260821-838.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/TrumpRepubloFascism-Revie-Democratic_Donald-Trump-Versus-The-Constitution_Elections_Fighting-Fascism-260821-838.html Steven Jonas This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on TrumpRepubloFascism and my proposal for how the Democratic Party could deal with it in the mid-term and then Presidential elections. This column and next week's contain an updated review of the subject, "TRF." Part 3 contains the details of my proposal for creating a "United Front for the Restoration of U.S. Constitutional Democacy," designed to provide a basis for uniting TRF opponents. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Continues-in-the-Tra-Trump-Against-Democracy_Trump-And-Iran_Trump-Appointee_Trump-Attacks-Democrats-260820-293.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Continues-in-the-Tra-Trump-Against-Democracy_Trump-And-Iran_Trump-Appointee_Trump-Attacks-Democrats-260820-293.html Jason Sibert This story points out how similar the Trump Administration is to other Republican Presidents. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Republicans-revive-Red-Sca-Communism-Communists_Epstein-Files_Iran-War_Joe-Mccarthy-260824-373.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Republicans-revive-Red-Sca-Communism-Communists_Epstein-Files_Iran-War_Joe-Mccarthy-260824-373.html Bob Gaydos Senator Joe McCarthy did it in 1954 with Roy Cohn at his side. Donald Trump learned the lesson. When all else fails, yell "Communist!" https://www.opednews.com/articles/Room-in-the-Big-Tent-African-Americans_American-History_Authoritarianism_Creativity-260820-24.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Room-in-the-Big-Tent-African-Americans_American-History_Authoritarianism_Creativity-260820-24.html Dr. Lenore Daniels Am article remembering the work of Dr. Martin Luther King and many others. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Move-over-ladies-Michael-Dueling_Karoline-Leavitt_Maga_Michael-Cohen-260826-808.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Move-over-ladies-Michael-Dueling_Karoline-Leavitt_Maga_Michael-Cohen-260826-808.html Bob Gaydos In the MAGA world of blonde dueling leading ladies, Michael Cohen plays his Trump card. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Six-Supremes-put-U-S-elec-Elections_Campaigns_Elections_Candidates_Supreme-Court-Chief-Justice-John-Roberts_Supreme-Court-Hypocrisy-260820-88.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Six-Supremes-put-U-S-elec-Elections_Campaigns_Elections_Candidates_Supreme-Court-Chief-Justice-John-Roberts_Supreme-Court-Hypocrisy-260820-88.html Gerald Scorse This article reviews the decision that eliminated all prior restrictions on political contributions. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Evasive-answers-to-questio-Questions-260820-916.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Evasive-answers-to-questio-Questions-260820-916.html Steve Lipman A Bible-based look at the role that questions, usually of the rhetorical variety, play in political and civic life. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Asia-Pacific-leaders-warn-Aids_Gender-Bias_Gender-Equality_Gender-Equality-260822-982.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Asia-Pacific-leaders-warn-Aids_Gender-Bias_Gender-Equality_Gender-Equality-260822-982.html Citizen News Service - CNS Please consider the below article based on insights from several community leaders who connect the dots between attacks on health and gender, and health responses like the AIDS response. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Supreme-Court-Can-Rule-Disarmament_Gun-Violence_Second-Amendment-260824-155.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Supreme-Court-Can-Rule-Disarmament_Gun-Violence_Second-Amendment-260824-155.html Hal Brown The article argues that America's gun problem will not be solved by another round of modest reforms because the underlying problem is the country's extraordinary attachment to firearms and the constitutional protection that sustains it. The Second Amendment, written for a very different society, has become a barrier to treating gun ownership as a matter of public safety rather than an almost untouchable individual right. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Making-It-In-America-by-Robert-Borosage-090722-93.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Making-It-In-America-by-Robert-Borosage-090722-93.html Margaret Bassett But at least on health care, the administration is leading the charge. We haven't even begun an adult conversation about the fundamental question of America's global economic strategy. What is the economy we will build out of the ashes of the old? https://www.opednews.com/articles/Konstantin-Chernenko-and-h-Media-Distortion_Media-Fake-Documentary_Media-Fake-News_Media-False-news-Liability-260824-735.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Konstantin-Chernenko-and-h-Media-Distortion_Media-Fake-Documentary_Media-Fake-News_Media-False-news-Liability-260824-735.html Anton Stemhler Most of the fifteen domains in the kompromat-for-hire network have names. Sledstvie means criminal investigation -- it's the word Ukrainian prosecutors use for the opening of a formal case. Antimafia means what it sounds like. When you search your name and find it on sledstvie.info or antimafia.se or vlasti.io, the category of threat arrives immediately, before you've read a word of the content. https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Take-on-Nolan-s-Odysse-Books_Film-Reviews_Homer_Movies-Film-260726-539.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Take-on-Nolan-s-Odysse-Books_Film-Reviews_Homer_Movies-Film-260726-539.html Marta Steele My take on Nolan's "Odyssey," a tour de force despite its omissions from Homer's original. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Violence-in-the-West-Bank-Israel-260820-866.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Violence-in-the-West-Bank-Israel-260820-866.html Marcia G. Yerman Violence in the West Bank against Palestinians by Israeli settlers is out of control. Israeli and American Jewish activist groups are arranging trips for "protective presence." https://www.opednews.com/articles/Aiming-for-Protective-Cond-Climate-Change_Energy-Solar_Nature_Renewable-Energy-260820-471.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Aiming-for-Protective-Cond-Climate-Change_Energy-Solar_Nature_Renewable-Energy-260820-471.html Katie Singer If a developer wants to install a utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) facility and/or battery energy storage (BESS) near you, consider yourself blessed. You get to shake up your assumptions about "green," "clean" and "renewable" energy. You get to practice humility while explaining technologies' not-so-sunny sides so that neighbors and legislators who believe that "renewables" cannot possibly have problems"actually hear you. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-s-Invade-Cuba-Cuban-Embargo_Invasion_Satire-260820-569.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-s-Invade-Cuba-Cuban-Embargo_Invasion_Satire-260820-569.html Philip Kraske An invasion of Cuba? Finally, this is one we can all get behind!