Stories by Jan Frel

The Cold Warriors almost managed to stomp Russia into the ground over the past 15 years, but now the country looms mightily over Asia and Europe once again.

A Nuremberg chief prosecutor says there is a case for trying Bush for the 'supreme crime against humanity, an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation.'

The higher the oil prices go, the better the writers are getting at summing up our petro crisis in as few words as possible.

There is enough for another Oil Century buried deep in Colorado, but it ain't going to be easy to get out -- unless we nuke it. All in favor, say aye.

Barack Obama is the latest politician to call me and my antifaith friends out as divisive and harmful for the Democratic cause. Thank God that I know better.

"Americans are far more socially isolated today than they were two decades ago"

The likes of Alexander Cockburn and others have praised Rep. Murtha to the rafters -- but he's no pacifist; just the voice of the Army brass. Give him credence and you'll still have empire.

The new media wars will be fought and won by progressives if they focus on the new tools out there.

As the fight to save the Internet moves to the Senate, only a dozen so far have made their good intentions clear.

Consultants for the military say hip hop and pop would be better for ratings.

John Tester's victory in Montana offers a great chance for a serious progressive in the Senate; a loss for Marcy Winograd in CA against Dem hawk Jane Harman; Busby comes close in Republican-heavy San Diego in spite of $10 million in GOP cash; <b><i>new</i></b> -- corporations get a county smackdown.

A life-long war nerd says that Iraqis didn't more than shrug after Haditha, while they are still fuming about the humiliations of Abu Ghraib.

Nevermind that .01% of youth abductions in America are conducted by strangers, the feds want to get their claws on the internet.

One of the best English-speaking journalists in Iraq thinks so.

Another failed attempt by the neocons to compare Iran to Nazi Germany suggests the public won't stand for another propaganda campaign meant to drum up war fever.

Sen. Rick Santorum proves to be the Senate's top money "getter" from lobbyists.

The evangelicals. No contest, according to one conservative author.

In which I make a GOP politician and <i>Slate</i> duel it out for dung heap status & <i>bonus</i> -- a reader rebuts my suggestion that Hillary might give us health care

Is the rise of Christian fundamentalism tied to birth of the suburbs?