If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government, what they're doing. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
By laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The only reason the House hasn't done even more damage is that the Senate often sands down the most noxious ideas, making the bills… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Unless the digital divide is narrowed soon, the United States may be headed to the class warfare of a century ago, the last time… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual dreams would… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The key to fixing education is better teaching, and the key to better teaching is figuring out who can teach and who can't. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
