Author: Norman Solomon

  • To communicate via Facebook & “follow me on Twitter”…

    I hope you'll click "Like" at http://j.mp/8h6lNz so we can be in communication via my Facebook public page… Also, to "follow me on Twitter," just click here: http://twitter.com/normansolomon …  Thanks!  — Norman

  • When Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow

    Many are familiar with the adage, "When the people lead, the leaders will follow." But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These days, the answers are arriving in the form of a news drumbeat that's apt to seem like a dirge. From Afghanistan to Wall Street to the…

  • Audio of interview with Norman Solomon on KQED

    May 13, 2010: KQED Radio's "Forum" Program, hosted by Michael Krasny Bay Area-based progressive author and media critic Norman Solomon joined us in the studio to talk about Afghan president Hamid Karzai's visit to Washington and other recent political developments. To listen, click here.

  • Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values

    by Norman Solomon   If President Obama has his way, Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens — and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it's part of a pattern. The White House is in the grip of conventional centrist wisdom. Grim results stretch from Afghanistan to the…

  • On My Mind — The Supreme Court at Risk

    "In literature, cosmetics are very harmful," the Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn said. The same is true in politics. So, I think it's important that we get a clear look at what happened two days ago when the president nominated Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, a stalwart defender of civil liberties on the…