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Eric Alterman is a professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and a professor of journalism at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.

Why Democrats Are Smiling

Why Democrats Are Smiling

The elections may have been a mixed bag for the White House, but they certainly didn't signal a Republican renaissanc...

Posted 2:14 AM | Nov 5, 2009
The Speech of His LifemdashAgain

The Speech of His Life-Again

Liberals are suspicious. The GOP is wailing on him. Congress is paralyzed. Eric Alterman on what's at stake on healt...

Posted 11:35 PM | Sep 8, 2009
How EL Doctorow Does It

How E.L. Doctorow Does It

On the release of his new novel Homer & Langley, Eric Alterman talks to the great novelist about how he travels back ...

Posted 10:37 PM | Sep 6, 2009
Obamas Fake Bipartisanship

Obama's Fake Bipartisanship

Is the president delusional to hope for bipartisanship in the face of Republican demagoguery over health care? Far f...

Posted 11:36 PM | Aug 19, 2009