Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice
He began his career singing about cars and girls before moving on to empty factories and abandoned quarries—and now, with Wrecking Ball, the depredations of Wall Street.
Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Fight for American Liberalism The Fight for American Liberalism
If their fortunes are ever to revive, liberals must find a way to recapture FDR’s militant and optimistic spirit.
Apr 11, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘Such an Instrument Is a Standing Army’ ‘Such an Instrument Is a Standing Army’
Eric on his return to Yale. Reed reviews Rachel Maddow's new book, Drift.
Apr 5, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Promised Lands Promised Lands
Eric Alterman on Bruce and Reed on free speech in the media.
Mar 30, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward
From William Kristol to Condi Rice to Joel Klein, conservatives turn disastrous decisions into fabulous careers. How do they do it?
Mar 28, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘God What a Simonizing Job…’ ‘God What a Simonizing Job…’
The latest Alter-review from Eric, while Reed points out the long term costs of Super Pacs.
Mar 23, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Hot Rocks Hot Rocks
Eric Alterman recounts a night of Rolling Stones songs at Carnagie Hall.
Mar 15, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Gaddis’s Kennan: Strategies of Disparagement Gaddis’s Kennan: Strategies of Disparagement
Intent on blaming the cold war simply on Soviet perfidy, John Lewis Gaddis does a disservice to the subject of his biography—and to his readers.
Mar 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
We Take Care of Right-Wing Nonsense about Bruce… We Take Care of Right-Wing Nonsense about Bruce…
Eric Alterman talks the blues and Cold War literature and Reed Richardson assesses our politics through Bruce Springsteen.
Mar 8, 2012 / Eric Alterman
You Are Only Coming Through in Waves You Are Only Coming Through in Waves
Eric Alterman talks jazz, blues and Floyd while Reed Richardson zeros in on the "Bunker Bluster."
Mar 1, 2012 / Eric Alterman