All the (Political) World’s a Stage All the (Political) World’s a Stage
After the first presidential debate, the media follow-up focused almost exclusively on its theatrics and the implications for the “horse race.”
Oct 17, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Other ‘F’ Word The Other ‘F’ Word
It's hard to imagine a concept more anti-democratic than the filibuster.
Oct 12, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Debate Disgrace Debate Disgrace
Eric on new histories of political thought and Reed on the debate debacle.
Oct 5, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Shut Up About the Jews Already… Shut Up About the Jews Already…
How right-wing Jewish organizatons misrepresent both the views and the influence of American Jews.
Oct 3, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Take the Cannoli… Take the Cannoli…
Are conservatives turning into a doomsday cult?
Sep 27, 2012 / Eric Alterman
A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own
Romney’s doomed political strategy was born out of the same kind of arrogant, hidebound thinking that now colors every aspect of his party’s political ideology.
Sep 21, 2012 / Eric Alterman
The Problem of Conservative ‘Intellectuals’ The Problem of Conservative ‘Intellectuals’
As Mitt Romney’s campaign descends into increasingly indefensible terrain, a few right-wing stalwarts are still standing by their man.
Sep 19, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Neoconjobs Neoconjobs
The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world ...
Sep 13, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Post ‘Fact-Checking’: Fecklessness Squared Post ‘Fact-Checking’: Fecklessness Squared
Eric on fact checks, and Reed on BS punditry.
Sep 6, 2012 / Eric Alterman
The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’ The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’
Afflicted by the elite journalistic disease of “on-the-one-handism,” the MSM’s supposed arbiters of truth—like the Post’s Glenn Kessler—can't ma...
Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman