A Response to Glenn Greenwald A Response to Glenn Greenwald
The Guardian journalist still insists he didn’t make any mistakes on the PRISM story. A technologist explains why he’s still wrong.
Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’? Glenn Greenwald’s ‘Epic Botch’?
According to tech experts, Glenn Greenwald has made a big mistake on a key component of his work on the NSA’s PRISM program.
Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
‘Did You Ever See a Chinaman?’ ‘Did You Ever See a Chinaman?’
Even in a country that suffers from an official cult of optimism, it can be useful to record how far we’ve come—if we also acknowledge how far we have to go.
Jun 11, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
The NSA Doppelganger The NSA Doppelganger
In 1975, the NSA story was almost exactly the same: the Hoovering up of data, the protection of corporate quislings, the relative public indifference. The difference? Back then, Co...
Jun 7, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Laugh of the Week: Bob Dole as a Tribune of Civility Laugh of the Week: Bob Dole as a Tribune of Civility
Bob Dole says Republicans today are not civil like Bob Dole was. Rick Perlstein is not buying it.
May 31, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Washington Misses the Point on the Tea Party and the IRS Washington Misses the Point on the Tea Party and the IRS
How do you travel from a tax-exempt “non-political” Tea Party rally to a political one? You walk across a park.
May 16, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)
“Behind every fortune lies a crime,” said Balzac—allegedly true for the fortune inherited by Penny Pritzker. Though nowadays, as the finances of Obama's Comme...
May 6, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part One) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part One)
Beware rocks that Republicans will be looking under at the confirmation hearings for President Obama’s Commerce Secretary-designee.
May 6, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Eye on the Pyramids (Part 1: How It Works) Eye on the Pyramids (Part 1: How It Works)
Part 1 of a series on “multi-level marketing” scams—pyramid schemes and the conservative politicians who love them, and the ordinary conservative citizens who are...
May 2, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Times Square Blues Times Square Blues
A visit to a forlorn sex shop inspires meditation on the diverse meanings of solidarity, mutuality and community.
Apr 30, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein