Stories by Alexander Zaitchik
Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist.
With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism.
Posted on Jun 3, 2008
Barr emerges as the Libertarian nominee, and he's already positioning to ride on Ron Paul's popular wave of conservative dissatisfaction.
Posted on May 27, 2008
Daniel Radosh takes readers on a trip to the parallel universe of Christian pop culture -- be prepared for a very weird, tame ride.
Posted on Apr 22, 2008
The Dem senator is an advocate for Bush's domestic spying efforts and cheerleader for telecom immunity: Is he a clownish dupe, or is his brain addled?
Posted on Apr 7, 2008
It isn't Huckabee's Iowa win that's packing events in N.H. -- it's the promise of seeing B-movie tough guy Chuck Norris.
Posted on Jan 8, 2008
The new 'Beowulf' flick combines a bizarre mix of homoerotic imagery, locker room machismo and total carnage.
Posted on Nov 27, 2007
The overblown "controversies" over John Edwards' $400 haircut, hedge fund work and real estate dealings are largely the product of one reporter at the
Washington Post who hides his grudges behind "fair and balanced" journalism.
Posted on Aug 4, 2007
By hyping the so-called first massive cyberstrike by a superpower on a tiny, defenseless neighbor, the Western media have played into a sleazy Estonian PR stunt, designed to deflect the world's attention from the country's mistreatment of its Russian-speaking minority.
Posted on Jun 2, 2007
A grassroots movement is forming in which anti-immigrant rhetoric dovetails with the odes to God and country that have long constituted conservative evangelical boilerplate.
Posted on Jan 29, 2007
The Doomsday Clock now stands at five minutes to 12. Here's how the 110th Congress can start pushing the minute-hand back.
Posted on Jan 22, 2007
Key Democrats including Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha and Ted Kennedy have spoken out against increased defense spending and troop escalation. Will they back up their words with actions?
Posted on Jan 10, 2007
After a study revealed that less than 10 percent of evangelicals were Bible literate, James Dobson's Focus on the Family is desperately taking a two-day multimedia Bible boot camp on the road, selling "truth" for $179 a seat.
Posted on Dec 4, 2006
Across America, right-wing radicals are running for everything from national political office to a county mosquito control board.
Posted on Oct 20, 2006
Pat Buchanan's latest book is a white nationalist rant -- but that hasn't stopped it from climbing the best-seller charts.
Posted on Oct 9, 2006
Conservative evangelical Christians are getting worried about the fate of God's creation. Can the greening of the GOP base happen fast enough to derail the party's scorched-earth plans for Bush II?
Posted on Dec 17, 2004
CNNi, the cable channel for the international consuming class, forces the Brave New Economy down viewers throats while posing half-heartedly as news.
Posted on Dec 8, 2000
