Douglas Jamiel

Douglas Jamiel is a freelance writer in the Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington, area. His work has appeared in the Colorado Labor Advocate, the Rocky Mountain News and Ezine.

Op-Ed

Weimar Redux: Trump, Cruz and the New Fascism

In the Trump-Cruz square-off, each is simply one side of the same ideological coin.

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Speakout

April 25, 2016

Op-Ed

Reproductive Rights

Screeching to the Choir: Anti-Abortion Terrorism and Christian Fundamentalism

Like a social thermostat, the virulence of the antiabortion movement has intensified with every victory in women's rights, its rage stoked with each instance of female empowerment and self-determination.

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

July 22, 2014

News Analysis

Hurry Up and Wait: Bashing the VA

Have national misgivings toward post-World War II conflicts become a factor in determining the VA's budget, or is ideology preventing proper funding of the most efficient US health care …

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

June 26, 2014

News Analysis

Deride and Conquer: Dismantling the USPS

The historical cost of building our postal network, its unique characteristics and efficiency, the nefarious efforts to privatize and cripple it, and the economic and personal costs of losing …

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

May 4, 2014

Op-Ed

Calvin and Jobs: Why the Right Hates (but Still Needs) Social Welfare

Calvinism's embrace of wealth as a sign of divine election lives on in the red state/blue state religious and social welfare divides.

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

February 2, 2014

Op-Ed

Detroit’s Dan Gilbert: Henry Ford or Henry Potter?

Billionaire Dan Gilbert seems genuinely to want to be part of the solution for Detroit, but his business model helped create and now perpetuates the city's problems.

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

December 22, 2013

Op-Ed

Bankruptcy or Bunko? The Right’s War on Detroit’s Public Pensioners

The purposeful, ideologically driven assault on democratic government orchestrated by ALEC and forces in Michigan's Statehouse has starved already-ailing Detroit of revenues.

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

December 7, 2013

News Analysis

God’s Realtors: Israeli Settlements and the Roadblock to Peace

With the recent announcement by the Netanyahu government that it intends to build 1,200 more settlement homes on disputed land in the West Bank u2013 even in the face …

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; SpeakOut

August 16, 2013

Review

From Torah to Tikkun: Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Recipe for Peace in the Middle East

Reviewer finds author's prescriptions for peace in the Middle East inadequate in ‘Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East.’

By: Douglas Jamiel ,; Truthout

March 23, 2013

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