The New Congress and the Coming Class War The New Congress and the Coming Class War
Conservatives today talk up all kinds of values, but they're all subordinated to a single goal: class warfare.
Jan 6, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Kabuki Democracy—and How to Fix It Kabuki Democracy—and How to Fix It
Obama's election was not the game changer progressives hoped for. For that, we need to remake our democracy's rules.
Jan 5, 2011 / Feature / Eric Alterman
Marty-dom Marty-dom
The trials and tribulations of the destructive Marty Peretz, great Jewish songs and the mail.
Dec 30, 2010 / Eric Alterman
‘A Vicious, Mendacious, Horrible Monster….’ ‘A Vicious, Mendacious, Horrible Monster….’
Takes on who's eating whose lunch, Cher's silver screen performances and the mail.
Dec 23, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter
Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.
Dec 21, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Science, Blinding Science, Blinding
Reed on Republican climate scientists, and readers respond to Bush v. Gore and Obama's tax compromise.
Dec 16, 2010 / Eric Alterman
What’s the Story, President Obama? What’s the Story, President Obama?
Obama's flawed tax compromise is just the latest result of the Democrats' failure to clearly explain their vision for this country's economic future.
Dec 16, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Readers respond to Obama's controversial tax cut compromise.
Dec 10, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Our Editor-in-Chief President Our Editor-in-Chief President
Reed talks media and Obama's tax cut compromise, and argues that the best political route doesn't always cut straight down the middle of the road.
Dec 9, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Alter-reviews and Reed on the Right's contradictory reaction to the WikiLeaks and the GOP's mantra of American exceptionalism.
Dec 3, 2010 / Eric Alterman