“Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant', it no lo...” — Eric Alterman Quote

“Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant', it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive.”

“Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers.”

“Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.”

“Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.”