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, 24 Jul 2026 03:34:00 -0400 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:34:00 -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/The-Execution-of-Johan-Seb-Corruption_Government_Human-Rights_Ice-260723-619.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Execution-of-Johan-Seb-Corruption_Government_Human-Rights_Ice-260723-619.html Michael Chavers Check out my new post! "Oops, wrong guy. Sprinkle some crack on him and let's get lunch." How a fast-tracked federal hiring spree armed a violent, unvetted domestic abuser and sent him to terrorize a Maine neighborhood. This is a feature of the system, not a bug. Read the full rant. https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Final-Ride-Before-the-Wr-Seattle_Theme-Parks-260723-117.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Final-Ride-Before-the-Wr-Seattle_Theme-Parks-260723-117.html Carl Petersen A small park's final days reveal what communities lose when "progress" replaces joy with industry. 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/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-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-Enemies-of-Peace-How-D-Compromise_Confrontation_Domestic-Policy_Enemies-Of-Democracy-260722-289.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Enemies-of-Peace-How-D-Compromise_Confrontation_Domestic-Policy_Enemies-Of-Democracy-260722-289.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. Why do wars persist even when military victory fails to achieve political success? This article argues that the greatest obstacles to peace are not individual leaders but the domestic political incentives that reward confrontation over compromise. Using political psychology, it examines the United States, Israel, and Iran to explain why modern conflicts become so difficult to end. 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, 24 Jul 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/Open-letter-to-a-dream-cla-Dreams_Synchronicity-260719-436.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Open-letter-to-a-dream-cla-Dreams_Synchronicity-260719-436.html Gary Lindorff The future is, by definition, not yet embodied. It is always assuming form within an array of probability fields. There is more than one probable future. Dreams are where the future begins to assume a direction and a form. 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/The-Challenges-Faced-by-a-2026-Elections_Democracy-History_Democratic_Direct-Democracy-260719-100.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Challenges-Faced-by-a-2026-Elections_Democracy-History_Democratic_Direct-Democracy-260719-100.html John Rachel Non-establishment candidates (minor party and independents) face formidable obstacles, dramatically compromising the integrity and functioning of our democratic system. https://www.opednews.com/articles/20-Questions-for-Our-Times-Aliens_Artificial-Intelligence_Baseball_Death-260719-897.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/20-Questions-for-Our-Times-Aliens_Artificial-Intelligence_Baseball_Death-260719-897.html Bob Gaydos With the death of local newspapers and the co-opting of major media, reliable sources are hard to find. 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/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/The-Qur-an-and-the-Logic-o-Conflict_Deterrence_Iran-War_Military-260719-44.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Qur-an-and-the-Logic-o-Conflict_Deterrence_Iran-War_Military-260719-44.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. This article argues that the recurring U.S.-Iran conflict cannot be understood through military strategy alone. It examines how the Qur'anic principle of proportional retaliation, together with political psychology and strategic deterrence, may help explain why each round of military action generates another cycle of escalation instead of lasting peace. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Suppositions-Why-Right-N-AMERICAN-CIVIL-LIBERTIES-UNION_America-Culture-Of-Violence_American-Civil-Liberties-Union_American-Election-2024-260712-273.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Suppositions-Why-Right-N-AMERICAN-CIVIL-LIBERTIES-UNION_America-Culture-Of-Violence_American-Civil-Liberties-Union_American-Election-2024-260712-273.html Marcello Rollando If Timing is Divine, what's the Lesson for us regarding a convicted felon being America's President on our 250th Birthday? 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, 24 Jul 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/A-Dream-Deferred-But-Stil-Barack-Obama_Benjamin-Netanyahu_Colonization-And-Decolonization_Donald-Trump-260719-913.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Dream-Deferred-But-Stil-Barack-Obama_Benjamin-Netanyahu_Colonization-And-Decolonization_Donald-Trump-260719-913.html Lawrence Wittner Near the end of his life, Franklin D. Roosevelt reported that plans were underway to create an international organization to end militarism, imperialism, and war. Although the great powers derailed that vision in subsequent decades, that goal has not been abandoned. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Psychology-of-Strategi-Iran_Military_Military-Deaths_Military-Failure-260720-505.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Psychology-of-Strategi-Iran_Military_Military-Deaths_Military-Failure-260720-505.html Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. Why do great military powers repeatedly win battles yet struggle to achieve lasting political success? Drawing on political psychology, Clausewitz, and historical examples from Vietnam to Iran, this article argues that military superiority cannot substitute for strategic clarity and that political judgment ultimately determines the outcome of war. 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/Remember-Minab-our-childr-War-Crimes-260721-491.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Remember-Minab-our-childr-War-Crimes-260721-491.html Gary Lindorff On February 28, 2026 156 civilians lost their lives, (120 children) https://www.opednews.com/articles/Majority-Rule-democracy-in-America_Democracy_Israel_Justice-260719-745.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Majority-Rule-democracy-in-America_Democracy_Israel_Justice-260719-745.html John Scanlon Justice and Peace through democracy. Israel is unwiing to recognize Palestinian rights, and national security in its perpetual wars always trumps ethnic rights. Further, there is no security for Palestine, Lebanon, or Syria. We have wasted American resources in support of Israel's unjust causes which will reduce or even eliminate our capacity to defend Ukraine, Taiwan, and other just causes. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Rubio-s-Anti-ICC-Campaign-International-Criminal-Court_Marco-Rubio_Sovereignty-260719-196.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Rubio-s-Anti-ICC-Campaign-International-Criminal-Court_Marco-Rubio_Sovereignty-260719-196.html Thomas Knapp Rubio's demand of ICC member states is "global sovereignty for the US, no sovereignty for anyone else." https://www.opednews.com/articles/Lindsey-Graham-and-our-voc-Donald-Trump_Donald-Trump-Narcissist_Graham-Lindsey_John-McCain-260719-567.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Lindsey-Graham-and-our-voc-Donald-Trump_Donald-Trump-Narcissist_Graham-Lindsey_John-McCain-260719-567.html Bob Gaydos The South Carolina senator provided a living example of some very unpleasant types of people. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Saudi-U-S-Ties-Face-Their-911-Saudi-Arabia_Arming-Saudi-Arabia_King-Salman-Of-Saudi-Arabia_Saudi-Arabia-260718-138.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Saudi-U-S-Ties-Face-Their-911-Saudi-Arabia_Arming-Saudi-Arabia_King-Salman-Of-Saudi-Arabia_Saudi-Arabia-260718-138.html Steven Sahiounie This article talks about the latest developments in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and USA https://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Doesn-t-Love-Black-America_American-Facism_American-Hypocrisy_American_History-260719-452.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Doesn-t-Love-Black-America_American-Facism_American-Hypocrisy_American_History-260719-452.html Dr. Lenore Daniels Response to the disappearance and death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. https://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-About-Regime-Change-Change_Congress-Failed-Oversight-Democracy_Democracy_Democracy-260719-101.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-About-Regime-Change-Change_Congress-Failed-Oversight-Democracy_Democracy_Democracy-260719-101.html John Rachel As long as we have treacherous people in power, we can expect treachery. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dismissed-and-Devalued-Ho-Health_Health_Health-Alternative_Health-Alternative-Therapies-260719-317.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Dismissed-and-Devalued-Ho-Health_Health_Health-Alternative_Health-Alternative-Therapies-260719-317.html Abigail Downs Recent policy changes and executive actions have placed a stark spotlight on the deep vulnerabilities within the American healthcare system https://www.opednews.com/articles/Nuclear-Experimentation-Y-Nuclear-Arms-Race_Nuclear-Energy-Dev-Peaceful_Nuclear-Energy-Plants_Nuclear-Powers-260719-291.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Nuclear-Experimentation-Y-Nuclear-Arms-Race_Nuclear-Energy-Dev-Peaceful_Nuclear-Energy-Plants_Nuclear-Powers-260719-291.html Ethan Indigo Smith A review of nuclear experimentation: year 81. A look at the 81st year of nuclear experiment beyond the lame stream hyperbole. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dishonesty-of-Politica-Graham-Platner-260719-300.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Dishonesty-of-Politica-Graham-Platner-260719-300.html Thomas Knapp There's an old saying: "You can't cheat an honest man." Are voters honest? They keep falling for politicians who turn out to be even worse than average ... and then complaining endlessly about it. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Called-Biden-Senile-Joe-Biden-Cognitive-Decline-Swept-Under-The-Rug_Trump-Ego_Trump-Hypocrisy-260719-116.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Called-Biden-Senile-Joe-Biden-Cognitive-Decline-Swept-Under-The-Rug_Trump-Ego_Trump-Hypocrisy-260719-116.html Michael Chavers The King of Chaos Invents "the Islamic Republic of Japan" and Unveils the Absolute Comedy of an Empire in Mental Decline https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Big-Club-and-the-Epste-Billionaires_Epstein-Files_Human-Trafficking-260719-162.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Big-Club-and-the-Epste-Billionaires_Epstein-Files_Human-Trafficking-260719-162.html Michael Chavers The system isn't broken. It's working exactly how the people who built it intended https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Miasmic-Orgy-Of-Co-Trump-Crime_Trump-Cruelty_Trump-The-Con-Man_Trump-Theft-260719-678.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-s-Miasmic-Orgy-Of-Co-Trump-Crime_Trump-Cruelty_Trump-The-Con-Man_Trump-Theft-260719-678.html Irene Fowler 'Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.' Karl Kraus https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Says-the-Ceasefire-i-Iran-260719-963.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Says-the-Ceasefire-i-Iran-260719-963.html Thomas Knapp If Congress owned anything resembling collective spine, every signpost along this road to fiasco would have read "this way to Trump's impeachment and removal." Waging an illegal war is, by any plausible definition, a "high crime" requiring that. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Hold-the-line-Fulfil-the-Community-Health_Health_Health_Health-Care-Costs-260719-912.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Hold-the-line-Fulfil-the-Community-Health_Health_Health_Health-Care-Costs-260719-912.html Citizen News Service - CNS Please consider the below article. All world leaders at 2023 United Nations General Assembly adopted a political declaration to deliver on TB related goals by 2027. We make a science- and evidence-based case on why should we 'shift goalposts to 2028' when we can do so much better now? TB is deadliest infectious disease in the world. Governments promised to end TB by 2030 and 2027 targets are also enshrined. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-LAUSD-Incumbents-Keep-Los-Angeles-Metro-Area-260719-26.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-LAUSD-Incumbents-Keep-Los-Angeles-Metro-Area-260719-26.html Carl Petersen Despite scandal, mismanagement, and public frustration, LAUSD's incumbents sailed through another election untouched. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Can-AI-interpret-our-dream-Artificial-Intelligence_Artificial-Intelligence_Dreams-260714-90.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Can-AI-interpret-our-dream-Artificial-Intelligence_Artificial-Intelligence_Dreams-260714-90.html Gary Lindorff That is why I keep saying that, as ominous and unsettling as the evolution of AI is, the Self and Dreaming (the power of dreaming) is greater. If we could just step into that power we would truly be the masters of our fate. https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-1976-July-4th-Birthday-Birthday_Birthday-Gift-Ideas_Coffee_July-4th-260719-258.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-1976-July-4th-Birthday-Birthday_Birthday-Gift-Ideas_Coffee_July-4th-260719-258.html Michael Chavers The morning of July 4th, 1976, broke over Manhattan's soon to be called Tribeca in a haze of thick, oily exhaust and the bitter, heavy reek of roasting coffee pouring straight out of the coffee importing building on the corner of Hudson and North Moore Street. It was the Bicentennial-- a massive, manic national milestone 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/Rising-above-HIV-diagnosis-Adolescent_Children_Diagnosis_Education-HIV-AIDS-STD-260719-697.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Rising-above-HIV-diagnosis-Adolescent_Children_Diagnosis_Education-HIV-AIDS-STD-260719-697.html Citizen News Service - CNS Please consider the below article based on insights shared by a young woman of 23, who first got diagnosed with HIV at the age of 12. She grew to provide support for other children and adolescents living with HIV so that they do not have to go through what she had to face years back. Journey continues, https://www.opednews.com/articles/Could-we-restore-limits-Nature_Sustainability_Technology-260719-569.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Could-we-restore-limits-Nature_Sustainability_Technology-260719-569.html Katie Singer Hippocrates advised physicians to "First, do no harm-- "but we can take the advice personally, regarding food, for example. Don't stuff yourself. Avoid heated oil, which leads to inflammation. Avoid sugar, which creates a surge of energy, then depression. Vegan diets or meat-heavy diets also create extremes. Go for balance. https://www.opednews.com/articles/What-is-wrong-with-Western-Trauma-260627-240.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/What-is-wrong-with-Western-Trauma-260627-240.html Gary Lindorff Have you noticed that lots of conversations (or virtual conversations) these days are equivalent to hollering at each other across a bottomless pit? https://www.opednews.com/articles/NATO-s-Ankara-summit-expos-Attacks-On-Israel_Israel-Attacks-Syria_Israel-Turkey-Conflict_Israel-War-Crimes-260719-283.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/NATO-s-Ankara-summit-expos-Attacks-On-Israel_Israel-Attacks-Syria_Israel-Turkey-Conflict_Israel-War-Crimes-260719-283.html Steven Sahiounie This article talks about the NATO meeting in turkey https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Two-Faces-of-Identity-by-Larry-Butler-Conservatives_Diversity_Diversity_Equal-190408-732.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Two-Faces-of-Identity-by-Larry-Butler-Conservatives_Diversity_Diversity_Equal-190408-732.html Larry Butler You've heard all about identity politics - maybe from your crazy Fox News uncle. And you may have guessed that he's got it all wrong. Now it's time to reclaim the narrative in the name of equality! https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Footprints-We-Leave-Be-Life-Home-Family-260706-421.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Footprints-We-Leave-Be-Life-Home-Family-260706-421.html Carl Petersen Sometimes the ache of leaving isn't sadness at all, but the recognition of a moment that mattered. https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Los-Angeles-Mayoral-Ra-Los-Angeles-260719-866.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Los-Angeles-Mayoral-Ra-Los-Angeles-260719-866.html Carl Petersen Why this year's mayoral race finally offers a real debate about the city's direction. https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Fight-Against-Cancer-an-Cancer_International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-260524-403.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/My-Fight-Against-Cancer-an-Cancer_International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-IAEA-260524-403.html Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow Cancer is expected to kill me in a year, and more medicine may add a few years, even though other medications already failed. I asked myself the big question. What should I do with the rest of my short life? My answer is that I am writing three books to save lives from preventable industrial disasters. My fights rage onward. https://www.opednews.com/articles/From-Suffrage-to-Springste-Creativity_Heroes_Quilts_Suffrage-260626-379.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/From-Suffrage-to-Springste-Creativity_Heroes_Quilts_Suffrage-260626-379.html Meryl Ann Butler Women have always made quilts to commemorate events, preserve history, and express political convictions. https://www.opednews.com/articles/Iraq-declares-war-on-corru-Corruption_Declaration_Iraq-Army-Troops_Iraq-Civil-War-260718-203.html Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.opednews.com/articles/Iraq-declares-war-on-corru-Corruption_Declaration_Iraq-Army-Troops_Iraq-Civil-War-260718-203.html Steven Sahiounie This article talks about the latest developments in Iraq