I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.
Jonathan AlterWith his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.
Jonathan AlterThe only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics
Jonathan AlterObama was willing to compromise and Republicans were not. That's not a biased statement. One of my problems with the limitations of journalism is that straightforward descriptions of reality are seen as being biased.
Jonathan AlterBy laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible the great postwar housing boom that populated the Sun Belt and boosted millions of Americans into the middle class, where, ironically, they often became Republicans.
Jonathan Alter