Stories by Peter Y. Sussman
PNS contributor Peter Y. Sussman is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and editor currently working on a book of the letters of another great American provocateur, Jessica Mitford.
The media critiques of Michael Moore's latest effort miss the main point of the movie: It's not about converting the agnostics but energizing the flock.
Posted on Jul 2, 2004
If the American public is unprepared for the deepening political quagmire in post-war Iraq, a large part of the blame lies with the media who covered the war as a Hollywood action film.
Posted on May 20, 2003
The government plans to recruit millions of informers to snoop on fellow citizens. Operation Snitch is coming to a neighborhood near you.
Posted on Jul 18, 2002
They were called the House "managers." Even that accident of nomenclature is reinforcing the contradictions that may soon lead to the greatest national political realignment of our time. For impeachment is the ultimate "wedge issue," and this wedge is aimed directly at the heart of the Grand Old Party, separating its intrusive, moralistic "managers" from its off-my-back libertarians.
Posted on Apr 26, 2000
