Stories by Jan Frel

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Conservatives can't write for sh*#

Posted on: Feb 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A smart alec bores us with his 'clever' leads.

On political liability

Posted on: Feb 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Dick Cheney's adviser boasts that even the worst of disasters don't hurt the Bush White House.

Hackett drops out

Posted on: Feb 13, 2006, Source: AlterNet

We won't have to watch the Ohio installment of Dems eating Dems. But has Hackett quit politics altogether?

If Pat Robertson is an evil, lying villain...

Posted on: Feb 10, 2006, Source: AlterNet

what does that make his millions of passionate followers?

A maestro

Posted on: Feb 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Dean Baker's economic pictures ain't pretty, but his frames are sweet.

'Long War' and its discontented

Posted on: Feb 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet

'Endless War' must have faired poorly in focus groups.

Answering the S.O.S. for Election Reform

Posted on: Feb 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Two longtime voting rights activists have thrown their hats into state elections for secretary of state.

Cindy, don't listen to Barbara Boxer

Posted on: Feb 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet

California would be better served by a peace mom than a warmonger.

Bush watches real audience applaud the truth

Posted on: Feb 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet

At Coretta Scott King's funeral with four presidents in attendance, a reverend unloads.

Teen prison fiend is Libby's guardian angel

Posted on: Feb 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Mel Sembler's name appears yet again.

I hate you... but I want you

Posted on: Feb 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A new study tells us that if you hate gay people, it probably means you are gay.

By two touchdowns

Posted on: Feb 4, 2006, Source: AlterNet

I'm going with Steelers 27-Seahawks 13

Might as well face it

Posted on: Feb 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet

You're addicted to oil.

Bits n' bobs

Posted on: Jan 31, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Did you read this? Have you heard about that?

What a Bama!

Posted on: Jan 29, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Filibuster pessimism on the cusp of success

Oh, hello. We're the people.

Posted on: Jan 27, 2006, Source: AlterNet

And we'd like to run our government.

Richard Pombo Faces a Green Avalanche

Posted on: Jan 26, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Environmental groups nationwide are pooling their funds for a campaign to unseat one of the worst environmental offenders in Congress.

Don't Test on Me

Posted on: Jan 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The language of human pesticide experiments

Must... see... scandal porn

Posted on: Jan 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Why the desperation to see pictures of Bush/Abramoff is the height of political decadence.

Who are America's 50 most loathesome people?

Posted on: Jan 23, 2006, Source: AlterNet

And what kind of punishments do they deserve?

Access

Posted on: Jan 22, 2006, Source: AlterNet

We don't have abortion providers in Muskogee.

"Zenith" cont.

Posted on: Jan 20, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It's getting harder and harder for true political opposition to be anything short of revolutionary.

Meth! Meth disaster

Posted on: Jan 18, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Meth apocalypse... meth mouth... meth pandemic

Can we at least read the bill?

Posted on: Jan 18, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It would be nice to have at least 72 hours to review each bill before Congress votes on it.

Primates of peace

Posted on: Jan 17, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Is there anything 'inherently violent' about <i>homo sapiens</i> -- or any other primates for that matter?

Did Pakistan really condemn the U.S. missile strike?

Posted on: Jan 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Not from the quotes that I read.

Contest and Consequences

Posted on: Jan 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A labor union's $100,000 contest inviting its networked community to submit fresh ideas on how to improve the lives of working Americans has sparked an online revolt.

Absolute power and the failure of a rational response to it

Posted on: Jan 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It's a bad idea to take "unitary executive" theory at face value.

Human descent in 60 seconds

Posted on: Jan 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Where the anti-immigrant minutemen can take things

James Frey meets the Smoking Gun

Posted on: Jan 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Oh my fraud! Did Frey make it all up?

DeLay -- Sayonara!

Posted on: Jan 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It's all over.

Bush must really really wish

Posted on: Jan 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet

he never heard of Alice Fisher.

The Scoop from 'State of War'

Posted on: Jan 4, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Hot off the presses, <i>New York Times</i> reporter James Risen's brand-new book on the NSA wiretap scandal is loaded with devastating allegations.

Abramoff pleaded guilty: What do I read?

Posted on: Jan 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Well...

An Abuse of Power

Posted on: Jan 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The NSA wiretapping scandal is an object lesson in how the American presidency -- not just this president -- has gained too much power.

Mfume back in it?

Posted on: Dec 30, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Race issues start boiling in the Maryland Senate race -- and we're just talking about the Democratic primary.

Lincoln conspiracy for 2006

Posted on: Dec 29, 2005, Source: AlterNet

You won't find this in Doris K. Goodwin's latest

Let's take a ride on Takedown Hwy.

Posted on: Dec 23, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Some of the best ad hominem journalism around.

Abramoff may give a dozen kisses

Posted on: Dec 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet

of death. Or more.

About that election in Iraq...

Posted on: Dec 21, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Patrick Cockburn remains one of the best.

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