Eric Alterman, a Center For American Progress Fellow and Nation columnist, is a proud CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College. His most recent book is The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama.
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How E.L. Doctorow Does It
On the release of his new novel Homer & Langley, Eric Alterman talks to the great novelist about... MORE
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Obama's Fake Bipartisanship
Is the president delusional to hope for bipartisanship in the face of Republican demagoguery over... MORE
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The Health-Care Wimps
Obama may be impervious to the demons of 1994, but his party is still haunted by the failure of... MORE
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Sonia's Kabuki Confirmation
Without any objectionable cases in her past, all Republicans can really come up with is their... MORE
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Cheney's Shadow Government
For centuries, the vice president had no official role, says Eric Alterman, and this weekend's... MORE
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Defending Sarah Palin
How can anyone spin Palin’s sudden decision to ditch Alaska?... MORE
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How Cool Is Franken?
Not only does Al Franken’s hard-fought victory give Democrats a magical 60 seats, it gives the... MORE
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Death of the Neocons
Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Kagan, and the same old crew of discredited neoconservatives who pushed... MORE
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Bibi's Bait-and-Switch
With today's speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have had his Nixon-in-China... MORE
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Joe the Volcano
America’s most mercurial, least responsible senator is up to his old tricks, threatening to shut... MORE
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Osama Steals from Obama's Playbook
By lumping Obama in with Bush, bin Laden is borrowing from the new president’s own campaign... MORE
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The Truth About Abortion
Pro-life extremists imagine a country awash in abortions, but they are in fact much harder to... MORE
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Abbas Comes to Washington
Thursday's Obama-Abbas White House summit presented the United States with a quandary: what to do... MORE
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How Obama's Change Message Can Go Global
In their meeting today, Bibi Netanyahu will ask Obama for help with Iran.... MORE
