Opinion – Page 639 – People's World

Gingrich, The Times and doomsday

December 21, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

A large enough device can generate up to two billion watts, about what Hoover Dam turns out in a day.

Occupy protests spur music explosion

December 21, 2011 By Chris Elliott

Every social movement has inspired artists to enlist their talents to create cultural expressions that in turn stir the masses and broaden the cause.

GOP blackmail: a view from West Virginia

December 21, 2011 By John Case

It beats me what is really going through the minds of the House Republicans. I am inclined to conclude it's sewage.

Six reasons to oppose Keystone pipeline

December 20, 2011 By Sam Webb

There are many reasons to oppose the building of an oil pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the refineries off the shores of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bipartisan fetish will kill Medicare

December 20, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Medicare, from its inception, has been under attack by the private, profit-hungry insurance industry and the political far right.