Author: Norman Solomon
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Why Are We Still at War?
The United States began its war in Afghanistan 88 months ago. "The war on terror" has no sunset clause. As a perpetual emotion machine, it offers to avenge what can never heal and to fix grief that is irreparable. For the crimes against humanity committed on Sept. 11, 2001, countless others are to follow, with…
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Forty-Four Years Later, LBJ’s Ghost Hovers Over the 44th President
A few days after the inauguration, in a piece celebrating the arrival of the Obama administration, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote that the new president has clearly signaled "No more crazy wars." I wish. Last week – and 44 years ago – there were many reasons to celebrate the inauguration of a president…
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CounterSpin: Norman Solomon on Obama’s inauguration
This week on CounterSpin: The inauguration of President Barack Obama was undoubtedly historic, and was covered as such by the corporate media. But what are we to make of the idea that the media have gone gaga for Obama? And what are the pundits and editorial writers pushing for from Obama in the first place?…
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The Return of Triangulation
The mosaic of Barack Obama's cabinet picks and top White House staff gives us an overview of what the new president sees as political symmetry for his administration. While it's too early to gauge specific policies of the Obama presidency, it's not too soon to understand that "triangulation" is back. In the 1990s, Bill Clinton…
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Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon were on Media Matters with Bob McChesney on January 11th. Play now: RealAudio archive Download: mp3 file