The CBS and PBS journalist and former LBJ press secretary was an inspiration.
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a former senior editor and columnist at Newsweek, a filmmaker, journalist, political analyst, and the publisher of the Substack Old Goats with Jonathan Alter where this piece also appears. He is the author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. His latest book is American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--And My Own.
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Shari Redstone Might Be Headed for Jail
If Paramount’s heiress chief settles with Trump, it will be seen as extortion and bribery.
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FDR calmed and unified the country; Trump has terrified and further divided us.
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Trump’s Huge Tariff Exemption Grift
The latest shakedown makes Tammany Hall and the Daley Machine look like the League of Women Voters.
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How Khrushchev Underestimated Kennedy
A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
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A Life Sentence of Disgrace
The unCarter, the unTrump and the Creation of a Usable Past
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Jimmy Carter’s Very Best (1924-2024)
A little of my experience as the 39th president’s biographer
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Four Ways to Unbend the Media’s Knee
Disney/ABC News’ cave to Trump shows the dangers of ‘anticipatory obedience.’
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No Furor Over the Führer
Trump has this weird thing for Hitler. It is not exaggerated. Will we take note before it’s too late?
