The following is the configuration of my sidebars, which I thought was the same for everyone.
News/Activism Activism/Chapters
News/Activism Announcements
News/Activism Breaking News
News/Activism Editorial
News/Activism Free Republic
News/Activism Front Page News
What am I missing? The NY Times posted this article as an OpEd column.
BTW, I was the one who suggested to anyone on my health and science list to post this thread in the editorial sidebar. I often link a number of unrelated health and science unposted articles and posted threads when I ping my health and science list, because the admin mods want me to post these articles in chat. GummyIII posted it like a routine article.
Go to the bottom of your sidebar, and click on "configure sidebar".
It's a personal judgment call as to what sidebar you want to use -- subject to being overridden by the mods, of course. I don't think a science thread is an "editorial," but that's just my opinion. When I post a science thread, I click on the topics of "philosophy" and "culture/society." I've always done it that way. Every now and then they get dumped into "chat," but that's up to the mods.