Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

@JonWiener1

Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team

The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.

Sep 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

My Sarah Palin Obsession My Sarah Palin Obsession

My name is Jon, and I'm addicted to Sarah Palin. I read everything I can about her. I watch TV, hoping Wolf Blitzer will say something about her. I get irritable waiting for the...

Sep 11, 2008 / Jon Wiener

Sarah Palin and the Jews Sarah Palin and the Jews

Sarah Palin took the biblical Queen Esther as her role model when she became governor, according to her former pastor--a report that suggests her ties to Jewish history are stronge...

Sep 8, 2008 / Jon Wiener

Palin and “The Lumberjack Song” Palin and “The Lumberjack Song”

Those disparaging Palin's lack of achievements have forgotten that it was Palin who wrote the famous "Lumberjack Song," which of course is about life in Alaska: "I'm...

Aug 29, 2008 / Jon Wiener

Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich

"We have presidential elections as a substitute for serious democratic politics" – that's what Andrew Bacevich says. He's been writing and teaching history and int...

Aug 28, 2008 / Jon Wiener

Letters Letters

Update on Sgt. Pequeño

Amherst, Mass.

Jul 30, 2008 / Jon Wiener and Our Readers

Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism

Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.

Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Jon Wiener

City of Fear City of Fear

A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.

Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

J. Edgar Hoover, Author J. Edgar Hoover, Author

A new book reveals the FBI Director's distinctive relationship with his publisher.

May 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener

McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews

John Hagee, the controversial pastor who has endorsed John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that God sent Hitler to help the Jews get to the promised land (Israel, not Auschwi...

May 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener

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