VICTOR NAVASKY is the renowned editor, writer, and teacher who has been at the helm of The Nation for almost thirty years, during which its circulation rose from 20,000 to nearly 200,000. He argues that, even in the age of the internet and Fox news, independent journals of opinion are vital to the health of democracy. His book A Matter of Opinion is out now in paperback its a wonderful book, and a funny one too.
(archive edition, originally broadcast April 20, 2005.)
Also: the atrocities in Haditha and the upcoming primaries: our political update with JOHN NICHOLS, Washington correspondent for The Nation — he writes “The Online Beat” blog at TheNation.com.
Plus:
The birth of post-sixties America: The turning point in our recent history came in 1973, when the Vietnam war ended, the Watergate hearings began, and Roe v. Wade became law. Andreas Killen will comment; his book is 1973 Nervous Breakdown.
PLAYLIST: Rolling Stones, Angie, Stevie Wonder, Living for the City, Marvin Gaye, Lets Get it On.
MORE STUFF TO READ: Jon Wiener on the LA Times op-ed page:
“Gun Research ‘Freak’-Out“
