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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...
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...
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.
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.”
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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."
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.
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...
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...
Solomon: Warfare and Healthcare
Znet Article, March, 15 2008
Norman Solomon
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It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way...
Solomon: War Made Easy
Video, February, 22 2008
Norman Solomon
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Interview about his book...
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...
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
