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.

Special Slacker Thursday Edition Special Slacker Thursday Edition

First off, we have a new "Think Again" column entitled "Free Ride to theFinish Line," about guess who, which is here. Second off, I have nothing much to say about the inauguratio...

Jan 22, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Sort of Slacker Friday Sort of Slacker Friday

We've got a new Think Again column called "Scarborough's Fare" here andmy new Nation column, "Gaza Agonistes" is here. You will not find many people with less sympathy for Sum...

Jan 16, 2009 / Eric Alterman

It Was a Very Good Year… It Was a Very Good Year…

We've got a new Think Again column called "Scarborough's Fare" here and my new Nation column, "Gaza Agonistes" is here. I contributed to the Brennan Center's symposium on suggest...

Jan 15, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Gaza Agonistes Gaza Agonistes

There's panic in the neocon playground as young liberal Jewish bloggers refuse to be silenced.

Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Just Another PCS* (Bateman’s Back…) Just Another PCS* (Bateman’s Back…)

Hello Altercators, old and new. LTC Bob here, just checking in to thenew place. All this Altercation moving around these past few years really has notbugged me too much. The...

Jan 12, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

We have a new Think Again column here called "Mainstream Media Malpractice" and I wrote a new Moment column here that they called "The Secular Spirit of Judaism." This week on...

Jan 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Altercation 3.0 Altercation 3.0

So here we are again.... Welcome to Altercation, 3.0. We began back inMay 2002, when, Joan Connell, then the opinion editor of MSNBC.com, nowonline editor here at The Nation, ask...

Jan 8, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Altercation Begins January 8 Altercation Begins January 8

Is this the right room for an argument? Monty Python's funnymen famously asked. It's the right room, but it's not ready yet Eric Alterman's blog, Altercation, takes up residence...

Jan 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Say Good Night, Charlie Say Good Night, Charlie

Cutting Charlie Rangel loose would prove just how serious Obama is about transforming Washington's toxic culture of self-enrichment.

Dec 23, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

‘Center-Right’? Not Quite… ‘Center-Right’? Not Quite…

Once again, the MSM is casting Americans as far less liberal than they actually are.

Dec 11, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

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