Lindsay Beyerstein is a freelance writer based in New York City. Her blog, Majikthise, provides daily coverage of local, national, and international politics from a left liberal perspective. Big stories covered to date: the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Tom DeLay's first court appearance on money laundering charges, the first YearlyKos convention, and Ned Lamont's primary victory over Joe Lieberman.
Her interview with radio host and senate hopeful Al Franken was published in September, 2006.
Lindsay's photographs have been published in The Austin Chronicle, Aftenposten (Norway's second largest newspaper), and Earth Island Journal. She is also available for event photography assignments.
Lindsay speaks regularly on blogging, politics, and media. She has presented at the National Organization for Women conference, The Center for American Progress, BlogHer, and Blogging Liberally. She was also invited to speak at the Personal Democracy Forum Conference.
Lindsay's writing for Majikthise has been quoted in The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, In These Times, and The Weekly Standard.
Lindsay is a member of the Washington Post's Blogger Advance Team on foreign policy issues. She also blogs at AlterNet's PEEK.
Crisis pregnancy centers, Christine O’Donnell, condoms and concussions. This week’s Weekly Pulse is brought to you by the letter C.
Sarah Palin is back on her death panel kick, just in time for Halloween, plus commentary on dubious breast cancer “awareness” campaigns and anti-gay bullying.
The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) job doesn’t believe that autism existsand the Senate is poised to slash the extra food stamp benefits in the stimulus before they expire.
Black market misoprostol is being used to induce abortions on the U.S.-Mexico border; Pawlenty buys expensive ignorance.
Tainted eggs are in the stores, do it yourself abortion drugs are on the black market, and now stem cells are unavailable thanks to a new court ruling.
GOP’s blatant hypocrisy about 9/11 first responders, Missouri tries to block health care reform, and lots about crisis pregnancy centers.
Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday, and her nomination has been met by glum resignation on the left and indifference on the right.
Is healthcare reform in danger and should birth control be available over the counter? These questions and more are examined in this week’s The Pulse.
Rand Paul, the Republican senate candidate in Kentucky, is a freewheeling libertarian. Instead of getting some fancy board-certification as an ophthalmologist, Paul decided to “go Galt” and make up his own credentials.
Despite a long career in legal academia, Kagan has published very little and seems to have studiously avoided taking a stand on almost any controversial issue.
