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Altercation

Eric Alterman's well-chosen words on music, movies and politics, with the occasional special guest.

Posted on March 10, 2011

Eric on David Broder, Reed on NPR and undercover journalism and the mail.

Posted on March 4, 2011

Alter-reviews of French movies and some new tunes, Reed explains the secret war on pensions, and the mail.

Posted on February 25, 2011

Reed takes on the right-wing myths behind the Wisconsin union crackdown and readers react to the NFL labor dispute.

Posted on February 17, 2011

Why the NFL's labor dispute should matter to you.

Posted on February 11, 2011

Reviewing two shows in the Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" series, plus the Cowboy Junkies.

Posted on February 10, 2011

Reed reports on the Republicans’ efforts to prove that when it comes to climate change, the deficit and pretty much anything else, they can be both hostile and disrespectful.

Posted on February 3, 2011

Eric reflects on Martin Scorsese and Reed dissects the Groundhog Day mentality of Fox News's climate change "science," plus reader mail.

Posted on January 28, 2011

A response to Robert Dreyfuss, Reed on the facts behind the State of the Union Address and reader mail.

Posted on January 27, 2011

On the late Daniel Bell, the very archetype of a committed liberal intellectual, and The New Republic's Marty Peretz, plus reader mail.

Posted on January 21, 2011

Eric Alterman rounds up the best of New York, confronts Reagan's Alzheimer's and reader mail.