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Commentary Solomon: The Silent Winter of Escalation

Commentary, December, 11 2008 Norman Solomon
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Sunday morning, before dawn, I read in the New York Times that "the Pentagon is planning to add more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan" within the next 18 months -- "raising American force levels to about 58,000" in that country. Then I scraped ic...

Commentary Solomon: The Ideology of No Ideology

Commentary, November, 29 2008 Norman Solomon
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On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic advisers "are moderate and thoughtful Democrats," while Hillary Clinton's foreign-policy views "are hardheade...

Commentary Solomon: A Media Parable for "the Center"

Commentary, November, 21 2008 Norman Solomon
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It's been 16 years since a Democrat moved into the White House. Now, the fog of memory and the spin of media are teaming up to explain that Barack Obama must hew to "the center" if he knows what's good for his presidency.

Znet Article Solomon: A Mandate for Spreading the Wealth

Znet Article, November, 06 2008 Norman Solomon
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Two days before he lost the election, John McCain summarized what had become the central message of his campaign: “Redistribute the wealth, spread the wealth around -- we can’t do that.”

Commentary Solomon: Needed for This Election: A Great Rejection

Commentary, October, 30 2008 Norman Solomon
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It could be a start -- a clear national rejection of the extreme right-wing brew that has saturated the executive branch for nearly eight years.

Commentary Solomon: Requiem for the Bailout Storyline

Commentary, October, 15 2008 Norman Solomon
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Only weeks ago, the media hype behind the $700 billion bailout was so intense that it sometimes verged on hysteria. More recent events should not be allowed to obscure the reality that the news media played a pivotal role in stampeding the country...

Commentary Solomon: Projecting an Obama Victory

Commentary, October, 12 2008 Norman Solomon
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Projection is a psychological hazard of politics. What's "obvious" to some doesn't occur to others. So, these days, it's hardly reassuring when some progressives roll their eyes at the latest McCain-Palin maneuver and express confidence that few v...

Commentary Solomon: Finally, the Story of the Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War

Commentary, September, 30 2008 Norman Solomon
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Of course Katharine Gun was free to have a conscience, as long as it didn't interfere with her work at a British intelligence agency. To the authorities, practically speaking, a conscience was apt to be less tangible than a pixel on a computer scr...

Commentary Solomon: Beyond the Conventions

Commentary, September, 06 2008 Norman Solomon
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With varying degrees of confidence or even complacency, many people have assumed that the jig is almost up for the horrendous political era that began when George W. Bush became president. Always dubious, the assumption is now on very shaky ground.

Commentary Solomon: Progressives and Obama: The Clash of Narratives

Commentary, August, 23 2008 Norman Solomon
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By now, across the progressive spectrum, some familiar storylines tell us the meaning of the Obama campaign. In a groove, each narrative digs its truths. But whether those particular truths are the most important at this historical moment is anoth...

Commentary Solomon: Democratic Platform Option: "Guaranteed Health Care for All"

Commentary, August, 02 2008 Norman Solomon
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In the presidential race, with "health care" a frequent topic, John McCain offers more capitulation to the insurance industry. Speaking in the usual GOP terms, he calls for "ridding the market of both needless and costly regulations." Under his pl...

Commentary Solomon: Obama and the Progressive Base

Commentary, July, 12 2008 Norman Solomon
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A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as "an exceptionally gifted politician who, throughout his life, has been able to make people of wildly divergent vantage points see in him exactly what they wan...

Commentary Solomon: Health Care and Ghosts of War

Commentary, June, 21 2008 Norman Solomon
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Speaking in a time of war, Martin Luther King Jr. said: "Somehow this madness must cease."

Commentary Solomon: When a Little Dissent Is Too Much

Commentary, June, 09 2008 Norman Solomon
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Over the years, once in a great while, I've been surprised to cross paths with a journalist at a major TV outlet who actually seems willing and able to go outside the conventional boundaries of media discourse.

Video Solomon: War Made Easy

Video, May, 07 2008 Norman Solomon
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When The New York Times published its explosive "Pentagon Pundits" story on April 20, the result was a wave of criticism directed at the Defense Department for manipulating TV news coverage of the Iraq war. Critics also faulted the networks for fa...

Znet Article Solomon: Party Like It’s 1932: The Obama Option

Znet Article, April, 24 2008 Norman Solomon
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Seventy-six years ago, to many ears on the left, Franklin D. Roosevelt sounded way too much like a centrist. True, he was eloquent, and he’d generated enthusiasm in a Democratic base eager to evict Republicans from the White House. But his campaig...

Znet Article Solomon: Warfare and Healthcare

Znet Article, March, 15 2008 Norman Solomon
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It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way...

Video Solomon: War Made Easy

Video, February, 22 2008 Norman Solomon
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Interview about his book...

Commentary Solomon: In Honor of My Mother and the Power of Love

Commentary, February, 01 2008 Norman Solomon
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My mother, Miriam A. Solomon, died on January 20, which happened to be the seventh anniversary of the inauguration of a man and a presidential regime that she loathed. Once, several years ago, when I referred to George W. Bush as "an idiot," she m...

Audio Solomon: Media & War Interview

Audio, January, 24 2008 Norman Solomon
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Norman Solomon interviewed by Jonathan Lawson. KBCS-FM, 11 Jan 2008

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