Eric Alterman

5 days ago | splicetoday.com | Eric Alterman |Russ Smith

It took about 10 minutes to consider, and then I told my son Nicky that the only “nostalgia” rock/pop concert I’d attend—if it were in Baltimore—was a show by Steve (but always “Stevie”) Winwood. Now 77, Winwood was an early favorite, with the Spencer Davis Group, two iterations of Traffic, the lone bright star in the short-lived Blind Faith (Winwood’s vocal on a live cover of “Under My Thumb” is a can’t miss), and then a successful solo career that I didn’t follow too closely.

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Eric Alterman

Before one writescritically about the murdersof Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington by 31-year-old pro-Palestinian Chicago resident Elias Rodriguez, one must first offer afew obvious though necessary qualifications. First, the killing of these twoIsraeli Embassy employees was an act of terrorism and therefore a moralabomination, regardless of whatever injustice may have inspired it.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Eric Alterman

Before one writes critically about the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington by 31-year-old pro-Palestinian Chicago resident Elias Rodriguez, one must first offer a few obvious though necessary qualifications. First, the killing of these two Israeli Embassy employees was an act of terrorism and therefore a moral abomination, regardless of whatever injustice may have inspired it.

1 week ago | almendron.com | Eric Alterman

Since the 1980s Bruce Springsteen has been writing songs that emphasized, even romanticized, a polyglot vision of America and what it means to be an American. That vision is, broadly speaking, an updated version of New Deal America: one that recognizes not only the dignity and pride of honest labor but also the importance of respecting our differences, whether they are based on culture, gender, ethnicity or race.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Eric Alterman

The administration claims conditions in Afghanistan have markedly improved under Taliban rule. Those who fought in the war say that’s ‘laughable.’ The Trump administration’s move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has …