Note: This interview originally ran on the Substack Old Goats with Jonathan Alter with no paywall. Subscribe to Old Goats to support Jon’s work. I first met the author Michael Wolff around the turn of ...

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Jimmy Carter grew up in Archery, Georgia with 20 other families – only two of which were white – according to Carter biographer Jonathan Alter. “In some ways it’s an epic American story,” says Alter.

Jonathan Alter is a columnist for Bloomberg News.Presidential inaugurations are traditionally occasions for stroking one's chin and offering sober assessments of what the president and the nation can ...

Note: This interview originally ran on the Substack Old Goats with Jonathan Alter with no paywall. Subscribe to Old Goats to support Jon’s work. Like millions of others, I have strong feelings about ...

Jonathan Alter in Bloomberg View on campaign finance reform The 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision by the Supreme Court, which declared money a form of speech in elections, ...

Top members of the Trump Administration have suffered numerous self-afflicted heat recently, from the MAGA civil war over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files to Defense ...

Sixty-four years ago, the U.S. Senate censured the bullying demagogue Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin for conduct that “tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” McCarthy lingered in.

Veteran journalist Jonathan Alter on his career and the state of media today. Veteran journalist Jonathan Alter reflects on interviewing nine presidents and turning points in American history—offering ...