A days-old media mystery appears to have been solved — but plenty of questions remain. In an article posted Friday, BuzzFeed identified the writer Eric Alterman as the “well-known professor” and “columnist at a liberal magazine” whom Tablet columnist Paul Berman alleged was trying to blackmail him. Berman wrote Monday that he was the subject…
An article by writer Paul Berman about threats he says he’s received from an unnamed professor is setting off a guessing game about the alleged blackmailer’s identity. In his essay posted Monday morning at Tablet, where he is a columnist, Berman claimed that he is the target of blackmail threats from a “well-known professor at…
Here’s an unusual story: anarchists in search of order. Bill Weinberg, a former WBAI radio host, is working to save the Libertarian Book Club, founded by Jewish and Italian anarchists in 1946. A recent ad in The Brooklyn Rail reads: “[I]n dire straits: about to lose our office at the old Peace Pentagon (339 Lafayette)…
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