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15 November 2009
The next phase of healthcare Apartheid
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Norman Solomon
In Washington, “healthcare reform” has degenerated into a sick joke.

At this point, only spinners who’ve succumbed to their own vertigo could use the word “robust” to describe the public option in the healthcare bill that...
15 November 2009
The war stampede
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Norman Solomon
Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington’s ambassador in Kabul, former four-star general Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding...
15 November 2009
Isolated incident
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Robert Koehler
Moving forward from the latest massacre, three narratives — well, one of them is no more than the familiar, all-purpose shrug of experts, puzzled over yet another “isolated incident” — are vying to explain what happened and set the...
15 November 2009
Eight reasons the Democrats lost Virginia & New Jersey—and how to recover
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Paul Loeb
Losing the Virginia and New Jersey governorships hurt. Local factors played a part, but these are major states. So it matters why the Democrats lost them. Here are eight reasons, with lessons on how to reclaim the momentum of just a year...
02 November 2009
Between hate speech and adoration
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David Swanson
Statements of undisputed facts about President Barack Obama's actions can generate declarations on progressive websites that one has "gone too far" or said something that "should not be said." Honesty has been replaced by loyalty. The most...
29 October 2009
Is this Tom Friedman's "Walter Cronkite Moment" on Afghanistan?
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Harvey Wasserman
The Iraq war's chief New York Times cheerleader has reversed field on Afghanistan. Does it mean there will be no escalation?

In early 1968, after the devastating Tet Offense, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite pronounced the...

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