Texas Republicans have done mid-decade redistricting before, but this time it's more menacing.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
I also recount my 2000 interview with Gorbachev, where he disavows Putin-style aggression.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Trump's takeover of the D.C. police and injection of the National Guard sounds scary but it's a sign of his weakness. Like the placement of troops in L.A. in June, this will be brief.| oldgoats.substack.com
What is actually happening with food and famine on the ground? I asked a World Food Programme official who has some answers.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter and Julian Zelizer explain that the 1994 assault weapons ban worked.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
William Paley bent the knee, too, but Trump’s extortion is worse than Nixon’s pressure.| oldgoats.substack.com
I watched Emil Bove for a month in court. He has contempt for the rule of law| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Michael Wolff is sitting on a trove of 100 hours of interviews with Jeffrey Epstein and says he sent Epstein a message only hours before his death.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
If you think "The Late Show" got torched just for "financial reasons," I've got swampland to sell you.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Julian Zelizer and I discuss the John Birch Society calling Ike a commie and Trump’s conspiracies boomeranging.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Princeton Prof, Julian Zelizer and I compare Trump’s mass deportation to FDR’s internment of the Japanese. Only five minutes!| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
The Medicaid cuts are terrible; the ICE expansions are even worse| oldgoats.substack.com
John Harwood has long been one of the best political journalists in America. I'm a cancer survivor, too, and I'm re-posting his piece because cancer patients might not survive this horrendous budget.| oldgoats.substack.com
In both government and journalism, he was an inspiration| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
He failed to “obliterate” Fordo. Now the Iran fiasco has left the United States weaker.| oldgoats.substack.com
The road from here depends on the answer to that question| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Julian Zelizer and I discuss how "People Power" can change the world.| oldgoats.substack.com
Last week wasn’t nearly as bad as it looked| oldgoats.substack.com
A recording from Jonathan Alter and Julian Zelizer's live video| oldgoats.substack.com
We’re rapidly moving toward one. Believe it.| OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy| oldgoats.substack.com
A little of my experience as Carter's biographer| oldgoats.substack.com