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.

Who’s Jailing Journalists? Who’s Jailing Journalists?

Roundup: 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 25, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Charles PierceNewton, MA. Hey Doc: "There's a man in old Pawtucket/Sells steamed clams by the bucket/Sowhen I want clams in a bucket, I go to old Pawtucket/ 'Cause I'...

Jun 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Mistah Kurtz, Continued Mistah Kurtz, Continued

We've got a new Think Again column called "Chiller, Socialist Theater,"about how Obama's turning us Commie, here and my new Nation column is a tribute to the 50th anniversary of ...

Jun 18, 2009 / Eric Alterman

The Triumph of Williams’s ‘Tragedy’ The Triumph of Williams’s ‘Tragedy’

Still relevant, fifty years later: William Appleman Williams's Tragedy of American Diplomacy.

Jun 17, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Wrap-up: We've got a new Think Again column called "Sotomayor andSCOTUS, Captured on a Carousel of Time" about the punditocracyconfirmation hearings here.And I did a post for The ...

Jun 12, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Calling Mr. Colbert Calling Mr. Colbert

We've got a new Think Again column called "Sotomayor and SCOTUS,Captured on a Carousel of Time" about the punditocracy confirmationhearings here. And I did a post for The Dail...

Jun 11, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Weekly Wrap-up: Our new "Think Again" column, "The Surprising Success of the Right-WingRant," is here. It's an exploration of the weird success of the right'shysterical racist...

Jun 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman

‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued… ‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued…

Our new "Think Again" column, "The Surprising Success of the Right-WingRant," is here. It's an exploration of the weird success of the right's hysterical racist andsexist attacks...

Jun 4, 2009 / Eric Alterman

The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued

As alleged spy conspiracies go, the case against Izzy is thinner than Paris Hilton.

Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Blues for New Orleans Blues for New Orleans

We've got a new Think Again column called "Cheney's Post Presidency" here and I did a "Welcome to Washington" post for Mr. Abbas for The Daily Beast thismorning here. (And wh...

May 28, 2009 / Eric Alterman

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