Eric Alterman

@Eric_Alterman

Former Nation media columnist Eric Alterman is a CUNY distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College, and the author of 12 books, including We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel, recently published by Basic Books.

Under the Covers… Under the Covers…

Wrapup: I've got a new "Think Again" column on healthcare reporting called "Why Not the Best?" here. On the Beast, I did this post on the Democrats and their fear of 1994, he...

Jul 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Monday Slacker Monday

Wrap-up: I've got a new Think Again column called "The end ofLocal reporting," here. For the Daily Beast this week, I did a piece on "Cheney's ShadowGovernment" here and "Sonia...

Jul 20, 2009 / Eric Alterman

The Devil’s Disciple? The Devil’s Disciple?

Wrap-up: I've got a new Think Again column called "The end ofLocal reporting," here. For the Daily Beast this week, I did a piece on "Cheney's ShadowGovernment" here and "Sonia...

Jul 16, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Wrap-up: We have a new "Think Again" column called "Conflicts bythe Rich, for the Rich," here. I also did a Daily Beast post on Palin's defenders on Sunday,which is here. And I...

Jul 10, 2009 / Eric Alterman

McNamara Memories McNamara Memories

Wrap-up: We have a new "Think Again" column called "Conflicts by theRich, for the Rich," here. I also did a Daily Beast post on Palin's defenders on Sunday, whichis here....

Jul 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Monday Slacker Monday

Wrapup: We have a new "Think Again" column, picking up on the food fight between the Washington Post's Dana Milbank and The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney and the larger issues we...

Jul 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Mikey ‘n’ Me Mikey ‘n’ Me

Wrapup: We have a new "Think Again" column, picking up on the food fight between the Washington Post's Dana Milbank and The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney and the larger issues we...

Jul 2, 2009 / Eric Alterman

How Bold Is Barack? How Bold Is Barack?

Notwithstanding comparisons to FDR, BHO has proffered far less audacious proposals than we were led to expect.

Jul 1, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Letters Letters

I.F. Stone, Secret Agent? Spy? Mole? Silver Spring, Md.

Jul 1, 2009 / Eric Alterman, D.D. Guttenplan, and Our Readers

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Wrap-up: We've got a new "Think Again" column called "Who's JailingJournalists?"here inwhich we wonder, aloud, why the United States has joined the alleged Axis of Evil in ja...

Jun 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman

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