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.

The New Know-Nothingism The New Know-Nothingism

Click here for info on Alterman's best-selling book What Liberal Media: The Truth About Bias and the News

Oct 30, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My! Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My!

Even though the Joseph Wilson affair has convulsed the capital for many weeks, much of what makes it important is still ignored.

Oct 16, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Death and Glory Death and Glory

The premature deaths in the past year of Warren Zevon, Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer ought to be enough to make the most pious among us angry at The Man Upstairs.

Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

9/11/01: Where Was George? 9/11/01: Where Was George?

September 11 is often said to be the defining moment in the Bush presidency, even of modern history.

Sep 18, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Colin Powell and ‘The Power of Audacity’ Colin Powell and ‘The Power of Audacity’

One of the problems with the media coverage of this Administration is that it requires bad manners.

Sep 4, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Patriotic Gore Patriotic Gore

The words "Al Gore" are properly understood to be synonymous with the words "cautious politician." And yet speaking to MoveOn.org at New York University recently, Gore gave voi...

Aug 14, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

‘Lyndon B. Bush’? ‘Lyndon B. Bush’?

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Jul 17, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Liberal Signs of Life Liberal Signs of Life

If you want to date the beginning of conservative domination of the opinion media, you could do worse than to pick Election Day 1964.

Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

‘Ugly Tactics Make for Ugly People’ ‘Ugly Tactics Make for Ugly People’

New York City

Jun 25, 2003 / Eric Alterman and Mark Crispin Miller

When It Raines… When It Raines…

Where do I begin?

Jun 12, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

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