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January 24, 2013

Guns vs. Butter

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Eric on Jazz at Lincoln Center and Reed on reining in defense spending.

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Published on January 24, 2013 12:10

January 17, 2013

Inside the Grand Bargain Basement

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Eric on the New York Winter Jazz Festival and Reed on pundits chasing grand bargains.

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Published on January 17, 2013 13:49

January 10, 2013

Putting Our Money Where Our Muzzles Are

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Eric on Chuck Hagel and Reed on achieving comprehensive gun control.

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Published on January 10, 2013 15:24

January 4, 2013

Comforting the Comfortable, Afflicting the Afflicted

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

A small-bore, context-free, artificially balanced press corps only serves the interests of the powerful.

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Published on January 04, 2013 07:56

December 21, 2012

Guns and Roses

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Once again, the media has absolutely failed us in keeping our government accountable on gun policy.

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Published on December 21, 2012 09:56

December 13, 2012

Debugging Our Democracy

Eric Alterman

Our sticky, rickety ability to govern forces us to incessantly choose policy choices from the bad/dumb end of the solution continuum.

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Published on December 13, 2012 14:28

December 10, 2012

The Fact-Checker Follies, Continued

Eric Alterman

Poltifact misses it big by discluding Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments from its "Lies of the Year" list.

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Published on December 10, 2012 12:06

November 30, 2012

The Gift-Giving Guide Part III, More Stuff

Eric Alterman

Check out new releases from Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley and Peter Frampton.

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Published on November 30, 2012 09:36

November 29, 2012

Shaken and Stirred

Eric Alterman

Some details in Skyfall are just too silly to accept.

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Published on November 29, 2012 10:40

November 15, 2012

In Just a Little Bit

Eric Alterman

The media's blind veneration for the military figures led to its shellschocked response to David Petraeus's affair.

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Published on November 15, 2012 13:04

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