Stories by Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein is a New York writer blogging at majikthise.typepad.com

James Bond Wannabe Part of Right-Wing Plot to Tamper with Senator's Phones

One of the men arrested in the plot to bug Sen. Landrieu's phones has ties to the intelligence community -- and an angry penis (according to himself).
Posted on Jan 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Constitutional Crisis Sparks All-Out War for Control of Powerful Union

A struggle for power within one of the nation's most powerful unions, UNITE HERE, has devolved into all-out civil war.
Posted on Mar 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Bristol Palin Speaks the Truth on Fox: Abstinence 'Is Not Realistic at All'

A look at reactions to Bristol Palin's statement on Fox News that abstinence doesn't work.
Posted on Feb 18, 2009, Source: Media Consortium

Is Obama Using Women's Health to Bargain with Republicans?

In an effort to court Republicans, Obama is trying to strip from the stimulus package a plan to extend birth control coverage under Medicaid.
Posted on Jan 27, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

The Right Wing's Latest Argument Against Public Health Care -- We'd Like It Too Much

That's right: Conservatives are terrified that a new system would be so good we would never want to get rid of it.
Posted on Dec 24, 2008, Source: The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: Health Care News Roundup

A compilation of the progressive media's health care coverage.
Posted on Dec 14, 2008, Source: The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: What Obama's Cabinet Picks Will Mean for Our Health

Your weekly guide to the progressive media's best reporting on health and health care.
Posted on Nov 28, 2008, Source: The Media Consortium

Theater of War: Portrait of a Homeland Security State [Photo Slideshow Included]

A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war.
Posted on Nov 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet

This Week in Health

A roundup of this week's best independent, progressive reporting on health.
Posted on Nov 21, 2008, Source: The Media Consortium

Revisiting the Wasilla Rape Kit Story

News that Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic work has hit the mainstream. But the practice is more common than we think.
Posted on Sep 29, 2008, Source: AlterNet

McCain's Phony Earmark Ploy

McCain promises to slash earmarks and save us money. But earmarks are a tiny fraction of the federal budget -- less than 1 percent in 2008.
Posted on Sep 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Worse Than Fascists: Christian Political Group 'The Family' Openly Reveres Hitler

In his new book, The Family, author Jeff Sharlet reveals sordid details about this power-hungry, inside-the-Beltway fundamentalist group.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: AlterNet

As the Spitzer Sex Firestorm Cools, It's Time for the Real Questions

As people stop asking "Why did he do it?", now is a good time to ask: Why was the Department of Justice really investigating Eliot Spitzer?
Posted on Mar 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Is a Stillbirth an Act of Murder? Maryland Law Says So

Maryland’s Viable Fetus Act displays the coercive potential of legislation that gives fetuses rights at the expense of women.
Posted on Aug 17, 2007, Source: In These Times

Questionable Conviction of Connecticut Teacher in Pop-up Porn Case

When lax cybersecurity meets anti-porn hysteria, an innocent computer infection can land you in jail. Just ask Julie Amero, a 40-year old substitute teacher who maintains she's a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably.
Posted on Jan 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Unlikely Terror Suspects on the TSA No-Fly List

Journalists finally got their hands on the no-fly list, and it reveals colossal government incompetence in the name of protecting air passengers.
Posted on Oct 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Candidate Franken

Gearing up for a possible Minnesota state senate run, Al Franken is changing his image from provocateur to politico. Will he still call Rush Limbaugh a big fat idiot?
Posted on Sep 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Persistent Legislative State

The legislation allowing Terri Schiavo's parents into federal courts violates the rule of law and due process.
Posted on Mar 23, 2005, Source: AlterNet