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Joanne Alter, Gender Trailblazer In Chicago Politics, Dies

Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

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Joanne Alter, a trailblazing woman in Chicago politics, died Sunday in her Chicago home. She was 81. Her son, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, rele...

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Stephen Colbert: Keith Olbermann "Rants Like A Guy Who Saves His Own Urine"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

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Stephen Colbert hosted Newsweek columnist and MSNBC regular Jonathan Alter Thursday night, and opened the interview by asking about Keith Olbermann. ...

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Progressive, Liberal, Lefty -- Call It What You Like, That's Where the Country's Going

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

Of course a progressive mood doesn't guarantee that Barack Obama will be elected or re-elected. Individual elections are still decided by things like actual candidates.

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Progressive Conversations Create a Sea Change

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Marcia G. Yerman

Victoria Hopper and Jamie McGurk decided that with all the progressive movers and shakers that were going to be assembled in Denver, an opportunity to create a meaningful dialogue was presenting itself.

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My First Convention: Jonathan Alter

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Welcome to the inauguration of ETP's brand-new series, "My First Convention," where we ask political movers and shakers about their very first convent...

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Who's Driving Whom? The Blogosphere vs. Mainstream Media

Blaise Nutter | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

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Blaise Nutter

In the first panel of the day at the Seachange Ideas Forum, distinguished journalists from both sides analyzed the relationship between the traditional media and the blogosphere.

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Why Chicago is My Kind of Town

Jonathan Alter | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago

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Jonathan Alter

Chicago is "My Kind of Town" and not just because I was born and raised there. It's the best big American city because it has all the advantages of bigness (great food, arts, recreation, architecture) while feeling like a small town.

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Where Have You Gone, John?

Jonathan Alter | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Alter

The Obama campaign's new mantra is that McCain is "an honorable man running a dishonorable campaign." Lame is more like it -- and out of sync with the real guy.

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When Bill Clinton Met Mayhill Fowler on the Rope Line

Jay Rosen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home

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Jay Rosen

Newsroom people, you don't have to leave the moral universe you grew up in. Just admit the possibility of another valid one beyond yours.

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Let The Second Guessing Begin: Five Reasons Obama Won and Five Reasons Clinton Lost

Jonathan Alter | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Alter

Journalists, historians and bloggers will be talking for years about what happened. In such a close race, the winner did plenty of things wrong, and the loser did a lot right.

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Hillary, Barack and the Party: A Non Faceoff At A Semi-Dignified Tar Heel Affair

Reny Monk | Posted 05.10.2008 | Home

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Reny Monk

At the DNC North Carolina dinner, Clinton again never got a chance to trade wits with her rival, playing warm-up for him instead, basically introducing him to the cheering attendees.

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Snaphots: Our Political-Entertainment Industrial Complex

Scott Shrake | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home

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Scott Shrake

At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, I saw a lot of vintage 1990s right-wingers, including Ralph Reed and Newt Gingrich, but whatever. Top Politico of the night? Pamela, of course!

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McCain Celebrates Huge Pennsylvania Win

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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A jubilant McCain said that "It became abundantly clear that the people of Pennsylvania want to send the Republicans back to the White House for another four years."

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Fox News: We Report -- Even if We Know It's False

Paul Begala | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Paul Begala

After I told Fox yesterday that the story about me wasn't true -- and this is the surreal part -- they kept reporting it anyway. Fox's Garrett told me he'd "take it under advisement." Take it under advisement?

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Newsweek's Jonathan Alter and Liz Edwards Square Off On Health Care Debate

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Matthew and Peter Slutsky

At a John Edwards event earlier this afternoon in Bedford, NH, we happened upon a very interesting conversation taking place between Elizabeth Edwards...

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Handicapping The Election: Crystal Balls, Ouija Boards and the Three Long, Long Months 'Til February 5th

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Halperin said that with "three titan candidates" in Hillary, Barack Obama and John Edwards, "I don't think Al Gore thinks he can come in -- and the polls don't suggest he can come in -- and shake this race up."

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