Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.

I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle for anti-American self-hatred.