Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system – like our physical existence – still breaks down along geographical lines. – Eric Alterman
For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game. – Eric Alterman
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklins Courant, it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing Americas last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. – Eric Alterman
To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad. – Eric Alterman