David Sirota

David Sirota is a best-selling author whose upcoming book ‘Back to Our Future’ will be released in March of 2011. He hosts the morning show on AM760 in Colorado.

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War & Peace

Any Showdown Over Warmaking Powers Could Ultimately End Up at Supreme Court

Such a case could give conservative justices a chance to let presidents launch wars without limits or authorization.

By: David Sirota &; Freddy Brewster ,; TheLever

March 2, 2026

News

Politics & Elections

Airline-Bankrolled Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings Before DC Airport Collision

Despite mid-flight near misses as legislation was being finalized, lawmakers expanded flight traffic at the airport.

By: Freddy Brewster ,; Lois Parshley ,; David Sirota ,; TheLever

January 30, 2025

News

Wall Street to Workers: Give Us Your Retirement Savings and Stop Asking Questions

If you are a public school teacher in Kentucky, the state has a message for you: You have no right to know the details of the investments being made …

By: David Sirota ,; InTheseTimes

December 8, 2014

Op-Ed

The Opposite of Snobbery

Say what you will about this era's Republican presidential candidates; they at least have chutzpah. Millionaire blue-blood George W. Bush pretended to be a down-home cowboy. Two-time divorcee and …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

March 2, 2012

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time

Movie poster for “Act of Valor”. (Image: Relativity Media) Since 1986's “Top Gun” rekindled the Pentagon-Hollywood relationship from its post-Vietnam doldrums, the collusion between the military and …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

February 26, 2012

Op-Ed

TV That Finally Lifts Journalism Back “Up“

Waking up at 4 a.m. is rarely enjoyable, and arising at that unspeakable hour to appear on a cable news show is particularly painful. In such situations, you feel …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

October 28, 2011

Op-Ed

The Choice Between Democracy and Autocracy

Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper's reign, the sovereign governor of the …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

October 21, 2011

Op-Ed

How Baseball Explains Modern Racism

Despite recent odes to “post-racial” sensibilities, persistent racial wage and unemployment gaps show that prejudice is alive and well in America. Nonetheless, that truism is often angrily denied or …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

September 30, 2011

Op-Ed

Two Heads of One Political Monster

By now, probably everyone reading this is already sick of America's quadrennial political spectacle — the one in which politicians and media outlets ask us to believe that there …

By: David Sirota ,; CreatorsSyndicate

September 25, 2011

Op-Ed

University of Hypocrisy

In the firmament of celebrated Americana, there is Mom, apple pie, football and beer — but there most certainly is not marijuana. As it relates to drugs, this bizarre …

By: David Sirota ,; Truthout

September 16, 2011

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