Author: Norman Solomon

Like soap in a rainstorm, "healthcare reform" is wasting away. As this week began, a leading follower of conventional wisdom, journalist Cokie Roberts, told NPR listeners: "This is evolving legislation. And the administration is now talking about a glide path towards universal coverage, rather than immediate universal coverage." Notions of universal healthcare are fading in…

"I want to cover everybody," President Obama said at his news conference Wednesday night. "Now, the truth is that unless you have a — what's called a single-payer system, in which everybody's automatically covered, then you're probably not going to reach every single individual. . ." The same conventional wisdom keeping single payer off Washington's…

Media eulogies for Walter Cronkite — including from progressive commentators — rarely talk about his coverage of the Vietnam War before 1968. This obit omit is essential to the myth of Cronkite as a courageous truth-teller. But facts are facts, and history is history — including what Cronkite actually did as TV's most influential journalist…

Can the North Bay achieve a modern version of the New Deal to revive the region’s economy and promote a sustainable green future? The obstacles are huge — and so are the imperatives. A massive recession is boosting unemployment, while severe pollution continues to fuel global warming. The need for a Green New Deal is…

The president has set a limit on the number of US troops in Afghanistan. For now. That's how escalation works. Ceilings become floors. Gradually. A few times since last fall, the Obama team has floated rising numbers for how many additional US soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan. Now, deployment of 21,000 more is a…