Yahoo! News: Most Viewed - Opinion Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/opinion Most Viewed - Opinion en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:52:19 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/opinion http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Ben Nelson To Filibuster Key Obama Labor Nominee (HuffingtonPost.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100209/cm_huffpost/454437 huffpost/20100209/454437 HuffingtonPost.com opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08:50 GMT HuffingtonPost.com - In a move that will further irritate his Democratic critics, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced on Monday evening that he would not just oppose but also help filibuster President Barack Obama's nominee to a key labor relations agency Support High For Strong Campaign Finance Legislation: Poll (HuffingtonPost.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100208/cm_huffpost/453666 huffpost/20100208/453666 HuffingtonPost.com opinion Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:40:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100208/cm_huffpost/453666"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296976733-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=NRXChIxu2wqAWBhbDT1Jcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Leading Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler, seen here in 2009, blasted the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for "judicial activism" over a ruling that relaxes campaign finance rules.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>HuffingtonPost.com - In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling that corporations can spend an unlimited amount of money on political campaigns, the landscape has grown ripe for the passage of strict campaign finance legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100208/cm_huffpost/453666"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296976733-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=NRXChIxu2wqAWBhbDT1Jcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Leading Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler, seen here in 2009, blasted the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for "judicial activism" over a ruling that relaxes campaign finance rules.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (HuffingtonPost.com) The Bankrupt PIGS of Europe (Pat Buchanan) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20100209/cm_uc_crpbux/op_3312888 uc/20100209/op_3312888 Pat Buchanan opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT Pat Buchanan - They are called the PIGS &mdash; Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain. What they have in common is that all are facing deficits and debts that could bring on national defaults and break up the European Union. PARTY ON! THE REVOLT OF THE OLD (Richard Reeves) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucrr/20100209/cm_ucrr/partyontherevoltoftheold ucrr/20100209/partyontherevoltoftheold Richard Reeves opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:08 GMT Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- My favorite Tea Party guy is Merle Firestone from Rainbow, Miss., who left home at 4 a.m. last Saturday morning to drive to Nashville. Abstinence Education Works After All (Linda Chavez) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20100205/cm_uc_crlchx/op_2012863 uc/20100205/op_2012863 Linda Chavez opinion Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT Linda Chavez - Abstinence-only sex education has been a favorite target of the cultural elite, who argued it was naive at best and dangerous at worst. Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan (The Nation) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20100209/cm_thenation/15528220 thenation/20100209/15528220 The Nation opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:39:24 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- "The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th piece by Jane Perlez in the New York Times. Murtha: the Virtue and Vice of Congress (RealClearPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20100209/cm_rcp/murtha_the_virtue_and_vice_of_congress realclearpolitics/20100209/murtha_the_virtue_and_vice_of_congress RealClearPolitics.com opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - Jack Murtha was the virtue and vice of Congress. He was an old-school pol, the archetypal and often derided backroom Washington dealmaker. But here was also the disappearing representative many long for: the lawmaker who crossed party lines and got his work done; the politician not easily classified as left or right; the everyman who fiercely served his country in war and in office. MATTHEWS AND OLBERMANN NOW OPENLY FIGHTING OVER OBAMA (Ann Coulter) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20100204/cm_ucac/matthewsandolbermannnowopenlyfightingoverobama ucac/20100204/matthewsandolbermannnowopenlyfightingoverobama Ann Coulter opinion Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:22:37 GMT Ann Coulter - In a "Special Report" on the president's question-and-answer session with Republicans last Friday, MSNBC's jock-sniffers Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow produced a museum-quality show: Big banks are too big – and unproductive (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100208/cm_csm/278477 csm/20100208/278477 The Christian Science Monitor opinion Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:25:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The American financial industry has become too big for its britches. New Web Column at The Washington Post (The Nation) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20100209/cm_thenation/7528438 thenation/20100209/7528438 The Nation opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:52:19 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- I've started writing a weekly web column for washingtonpost.com. I'll be posting every Tuesday at noon. Here's the first one. I welcome your comments. Toyota problems with recalls can lead to a new Japan (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/cm_csm/279208 csm/20100209/279208 The Christian Science Monitor opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - For the Japanese, the Toyota recalls have reinforced their worries about the long-term decline of Japan’s leadership in making things for the world – especially innovative products, like the Prius. CAN'T WE AT LEAST GET A TOASTER? (Ann Coulter) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20100128/cm_ucac/cantweatleastgetatoaster ucac/20100128/cantweatleastgetatoaster Ann Coulter opinion Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:58:37 GMT Ann Coulter - In the wake of the Massachusetts Miracle last week ("The other Boston Massacre"), President Obama adopted a populist mantle, claiming he was going to "fight" Wall Street. It was either that or win another Nobel Peace Prize. Ukraine election result -- a balancing act (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100208/cm_csm/278970 csm/20100208/278970 The Christian Science Monitor opinion Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:11:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In Ukraine, presidential elections look to have brought the country full circle. Voters have apparently returned to support Viktor Yanukovich, the villain in the country’s democratic "Orange Revolution" of 2004.