Archive - OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter

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About his favorite sports moments, Sandy Koufax and why baseball is not dying.

May 20

Say Goodbye to the ‘Enthusiasm Gap’

May 13

The Intellectual Underpinnings of the GOP Are Now Baldly Authoritarian

May 6

About Twitter, Elon Musk, Section 230 and gatekeepers

Apr 29

About Putin's invasion of Ukraine and how the new Cold War actually started in 2014

Apr 22

About Freedom Summer, working with Cesar Chavez and the power of organizing.

Apr 15

A Life in the American Century

Apr 4

What Should—and Shouldn’t—Concern Us About Nuclear War Over Ukraine

Mar 28

The Ukraine War is disorienting and the enthusiasm for sanctions will likely fade

Mar 17

With so much bravery and inspiring leadership in Ukraine, it seems almost crass to turn one’s attention to the political fate of our Putin-loving former…

Mar 7

Invading Ukraine was a dumb move.

Feb 25

About show business (more than The West Wing) and politics (more than Trump)

Feb 19

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