op-ed

1. noun /ˈɒpˌɛd/

A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.

2. adjective /ˈɒpˌɛd/

a) Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.

The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

b) Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.

For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doers Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6.