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Eric Alterman

Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Gates, President Obama, Obama, The Nation, Race, Institutionalized Racism, Obama Town Hall Meetings, Officer Crowley, Town Hall, White Privilege, Racism, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates Arrested, African-Americans, Privilege, Health Care, African Americans, Whites, Leonard Zeskind, Pat Buchanan, Barack Obama, Driving While Black, White Nationalism, Lynching, People of Color, Sarah Palin, Sonia Sotomayor, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Erik Ward, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Inequality, Town Hall Meetings, Eric Alterman, Healthcare, Class, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

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Denouncing Obama's Desire for Dijon is Downright Dangerous

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elitist, Kraft Foods, Vice President, Boca Java, Palm Beach, President Obama, Rolls Royces, Rush Limbaugh, Secret Service, La Flor Dominicana, Arlington, Hotel George V, Cheeseburgers, Biden, Dijon Mustard, Grey Poupon, Virginia, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, John Kerry, Ray's Hell Burger, Zev Chafets, Alex Balk, Maybach 57S, Eric Alterman, Chevy Suburban SUVs, Mark Steyn, Trevini, Gulfsteam, Versailles, Ditto-Heads, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.

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Nico Pitney

Hitchens Vs. Alterman Debate: 'Is Hitchens Wrong About Everything?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Hitchins, Video, Hitchens Alterman Bloggingheads, Bloggingheads, Blogging Heads, Alterman Hitchens, Eric Alterman, Politics News

Christopher Hitchens makes his Bloggingheads debut in an entertaining, ego-intensive debate with Eric Alterman. At the onset, Alterman explains that ...

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Palin, Satire & False Equivalence via the 2004 Presidential Election

George Spyros | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Satire, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Media Coverage, Tina Fey, 2008 Election, Palin, Gina Gershon, 2008 Presidential Election, False Equivalence, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Aerial Wolf Hunting, Eric Alterman, Funny or Die, Politics News
George Spyros

The fate of our country is in the hands of Tina Fey Yesterday I was faced with the choice of whether or not to post to TreeHugger a clip from Gina ...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Gift Eric Alterman Couldn't Give Colbert On Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 04.09.2008 | Media

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Nation columnist and author Eric Alterman carefully planned his appearance earlier this week on the "Colbert Report," armed with a weapon designed to ...

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