Eric Alterman is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College and an author, most recently of We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel.
Eric Alterman
By Eric Alterman
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Culture Ole Man Lobby Jus’ Keeps on Rollin’
Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change By Dan Fleshler Potomac Books, Inc., 272 pages, $24.95. Every few years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee goes too far — at least according to its critics. It bullies the wrong congressman. It steps on the toes of the wrong…
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Culture From Seeing Red to Writing Blind
Left Illusions: An Intellectual Odyssey By David Horowitz, edited with an introduction by Jamie Glazov Spence Publishing Company, 497 pages, $29.95. * * *| Be advised, dear reader, this is no ordinary book review. How could it be? On p.xxxiv of the book’s introduction, entitled “The Life and Work of David Horowitz,” you can read…
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