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.subscribe to Peter Y. Sussman's rss feed

Fahrenheit 9/11: Firing Up the Choir

Posted on Jul 2, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service

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.

Media Loses the War

Posted on May 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet

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.

Your Neighbor Is Watching

Posted on Jul 18, 2002, Source: AlterNet

The government plans to recruit millions of informers to snoop on fellow citizens. Operation Snitch is coming to a neighborhood near you.

The 'Managers' in the Bedroom

Posted on Apr 26, 2000, Source: AlterNet

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.
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