Alexander Zaitchik
Alexander Zaitchik co-founded Freezerbox in 1998. He has reported from more than a dozen countries for publications such as the International Herald Tribune, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Wired, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Believer, and many others. He lives in New York City.
Semtex: The Magic Marble of Pardubice
BY JEFF KOYEN AND ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A brief history of the world's most famous plastic explosive.
08.27.2002 | POLITICS
Wars, Wackos and Warming
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
It's the end of the world as we know it--and Dick Cheney feels fine.
08.25.2002 | ENVIRONMENT
Warning Shots
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Thoughts and facts on Europe's far-right.
05.21.2002 | POLITICS
Hugo Chavez for President
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Was last month's failed coup in Venezuela Bush's mini-Bay of Pigs?
05.01.2002 | POLITICS
Main Event: American Energy Policy
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
What do terrorism, global warming, 21st century resource wars and Dick Cheney have in common?
11.01.2001 | ENVIRONMENT
Why?
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
If answered honestly, then trigger happy military attacks cannot possibly be the answer to the second urgent question: What Now?
09.17.2001 | POLITICS
The World Rally Championship is Sick and Depraved (Sort Of)
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
An inside account of motorsport's dusty underbelly.
07.12.2001 | SPORTS
Evil Bastards
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
It's 2001 and the Dick Cheney White House still doesn't believe in global warming. God help us all.
03.24.2001 | ENVIRONMENT
Down The Memory Hole
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Marc Rich versus the Iran-Contra pardons. Where was the outrage?
02.27.2001 | POLITICS
The Folly of National Missile Defense
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Bush's hawk's nest is screeching for a full-blown National Missile Defense system. Start paying attention to this one. The stakes could not be higher.
01.21.2001 | POLITICS
No Justice, No Golf!
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Sure conservatives dress funny, talk funny and think funny. Now we know they protest funny too. Freezerbox looks back at the Miami Golfers riot of 2000.
12.01.2000 | POLITICS
Once Again, America Stands Alone
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
America's responsibility for the collapse of the recent climate conference at The Hague taught the world an important lesson: neither to be beaten nor joined, the USA should just be ignored.
11.28.2000 | ENVIRONMENT
In Serbia, Baseball Quietly Thrives Amid Tumult
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
During most of the last decade, baseball has survived--and even thrived--against the odds in Serbia. Alex Zaitchik reports on that interesting intersection of sports and politics.
11.16.2000 | CULTURE
Alphabet Soup and the Asshole of Europe
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Our Balkans correspondent reports on his afternoon with the KLA and Miss Albania 2000.
11.06.2000 | POLITICS
Why I Don't Invest
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
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.
06.12.2000 | CULTURE
The 1990s as 1950s: Now What?
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
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?
04.14.2000 | POLITICS
Lest We Forget: Neo-conservatives and Republican Foreign Policy, 1976-2000
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
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.
04.06.2000 | POLITICS
One Bush Was Enough, But Thank You
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
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?
03.13.2000 | POLITICS
John McCain For Uncle in 2000; Al Gore For President
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
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.
02.24.2000 | POLITICS
Media Reform Bill Deserves Support
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
The media reform bill up for vote in the Czech Parliament this spring is a hornet's nest of issues, each of which promises to influence Czech society far beyond the bill's pragmatic role as just another EU requirement.
04.14.1999 | MEDIA
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