Altercation | The Nation

Our media has found a new way to be as bad as it ever was, LTC Bob on packing for an overseas deployment and some hate mail.

The trials and tribulations of the destructive Marty Peretz, great Jewish songs and the mail.

Takes on who's eating whose lunch, Cher's silver screen performances and the mail.

Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.

Reed on Republican climate scientists, and readers respond to Bush v. Gore and Obama's tax compromise.

Readers respond to Obama's controversial tax cut compromise.

Reed talks media and Obama's tax cut compromise, and argues that the best political route doesn't always cut straight down the middle of the road.

Alter-reviews and Reed on the Right's contradictory reaction to the WikiLeaks and the GOP's mantra of American exceptionalism.

Alterman continues his holiday gift giving guidance with reviews along the way, while Ltc. Bob reminisces on a military past and present.

Alter-reviews, gift-giving guide of Alter-approved books and the mail.