So was it a political mistake for Obama to put so many eggs in the health-care-reform basket? Well, a negative decision from… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Politically, Obama's amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
To become informed and hold government accountable, the general public needs to obtain news that is comprehensive yet interesting and understandable, that… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The word liberal has been employed as the political equivalent of an untreatable but potentially containable social disease -- the kind that… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Ever since Richard Nixon walloped George McGovern in the presidential election of 1972, political pundits have treated as a truism the proposition that liberals… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed,… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
By the accusation of liberal bias ... the institutions that conservatives revere - the military, corporate America, organized religion, and the powerful conservative groups… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
