Alexander Zaitchik

Only one man running for President deserves a single honest vote, and don't let anybody scare you into thinking otherwise. Jonah explains why it's actually quite easy being Green.

Anti-IMF protestors are already preparing for this September's meeting in Prague, but they aren't alone. The FBI just came to town, and they are watching.

Anthony Loyd walked into the middle of Sarajevo in 1992 a naive British war tourist. He left a seasoned war correspondent with a soul of toughened leather. His remarkable memoir fills in the harrowing details.

If you're an investor, you probably aren't reading this. You're watching MSNBC. You also probably have tunnel vision. I know. I used to be one.

Robert Kaplan is a professional downer. We are lucky to have him, but should be prepared to look beyond his hopeless worldview--its just blind idealism in reverse, and just as dangerous.

The Red Ken Barbie Doll is the toy gift of the season. The mayoral action figure comes with a faux gold chain of office, a multi-million pound budget, and real left wing politics. Freezerbox wants to know if London will take two Gulianis and a Jerry Brown in trade.

The missile defense debate is back with a vengeance, and it almost feels like the Cold War again. Don't get too nostalgic, but do reacquaint yourself with the issues. All those bombs aren't park benches yet. Jonah Weiss explains what the fuss is about.

Ever observant, the mainstream media picked up on the presence of anarchists in the recent Washington protests. Predictably, the "new anarchism" story offers a convenient cover for avoiding the larger issues—as well as the millions of non-anarchists who are pressing them.

As fence sitters worry that Ralph Nader's Green campaign will hand the Presidency to the hard right, American democracy continues to rot. Jonas argues that the time has come to show Americans what real progressive politics look like. If recent polls are any indication, they are going to like what they see.

Kurt Vonnegut's final book is a collection of short fiction from the 1950's. It goes down easy, but is likely to form a Kilgore Trout's parakeet sized lump in your soul.

As the world attempts to make sense of a historic week of protest in Washington, who can help but wonder: Are we entering another decade of social unrest and mass activism? And do we get to win this time?

The neo-conservative camp of the Republican Party is calling for a massive arms build up and a more aggressive US role in world affairs, including "rogue regime rollback." If the neo-cons regain power, GOP foreign policy under their influence could look a lot like it did in the early 1980's. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Bill Joy and the Attack of the Killer Komputers. Remember when tomatoes were scary?

George W. Bush has turned the state of Texas into a toxic dump. He knows virtually nothing about the world or the important issues of the day. He is not considered mentally equipped by the brains of his own Party. He is fully in the pocket of the most polluting industries on Earth. He defines 'arms control' as the ability to hit your target. And he just might be in the drivers seat at the dawn of the next American Century. Valium, anyone?

Jorg Haider is the tip of a potential extremist iceberg. To keep the rest underwater, Europe will have to strike a new balance between capitalism and democracy.

GOP hawks are making the case for missile-defense and yelling treason at anyone who opposes the program. But when the technological problems, vast cost, and strategic consequences are considered, it is clear that missile-defense is one big very bad idea.

Bruce Lee made four awful movies and died, and yet he fascinates all over the world. Davis Miller explores why in a new book.

The last thing The Onion needs is more effusive praise, but I'll just say this anyway: Our Dumb Century is a flat-out brilliant, milk-spurting-out-of-your-nose tour de force of razor blade studded, dangerously informed wrecking ball humor. There, it's out.

John McCain has a lot of independents charged up with his straight talking GOP insurgency. Talk of "McCain Democrats" has the Gore camp sweaty. Alex Zaitchik is afraid all the excitement has blurred our collective sanity.

Milkmoney Jones looks at some recent news stories and decides he wants his mommy.