Reply #6: I wish I could give you good suggestions about an outlet.

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The essay is VERY well done, and is quite ready for print, as is. I think your sig line quotation from Scheer should even stay there at the end. It fits.

I wonder how many others have wished for a place to go for advice about publishing an op-ed in the best (most widely read) place.... But I think maybe a short cover letter, saying briefly who you are and why you felt impelled to write the essay would give it a chance, even at a big newspaper. Even the Chgo Trib maybe. The Madison WI paper (Captital Times?) might welcome it. Or even second-tier city papers like the Houston Chronicle, Hartford Courant, Toledo Blade?

You might get some good advice from Will Pitt, who also started out looking for outlets. Plaid Adder also may have gotten articles published and have some ideas for you. Or even send it to Robert Scheer with a note. He seems nice and I think would respond.

GOOD LUCK!!!