Eric Alterman

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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.

Letters Letters

'NUREMBERG DOWN THE DRAIN' The Bronx, NY

Nov 18, 2004 / Eric Alterman and Our Readers

Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey

It's impossible to pinpoint any single factor that determined the Democrats' defeat on election day, but a significant disadvantage that is going unremarked in the discussion of ...

Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves

Even though we've lived with it for more than thirty years now, it's hard not to marvel at the effectiveness of the right's campaign to intimidate, cajole and complain their way ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked

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Oct 14, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Letters Letters

OUR (FORMER) ARAB FRIENDS Tacoma, Wash.

Oct 13, 2004 / Eric Alterman and Our Readers

When Presidents Lie When Presidents Lie

Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still) Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)

One problem with trying to write critically about this year's election coverage is that by choosing any single aspect of its manifold failures, one automatically does an injustic...

Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Bush’s Useful Idiot Bush’s Useful Idiot

Four years ago, Ralph Nader justified his third-party campaign on the grounds that the two parties represented nothing more than "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." As Americans die by ...

Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Letters Letters

PLUMB TUCKERED Arlington, Va.

Sep 9, 2004 / Alexander Cockburn, Eric Alterman, and Our Readers

‘We Lie. We Decide.’ ‘We Lie. We Decide.’

TIM RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you testified before the Senate, you talked about some of the hearings you had observed at the Winter Soldiers meeting, and you said that peop

Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

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