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Alexander Zaitchik

Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist in Brooklyn. His book, Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance, will be released by Wiley in June 2010.

dogma
Brother Beck Presents

Brother Beck Presents

by Alexander Zaitchik

Glenn Beck’s Mormon masterpiece theater.

exegesis
Into the Weird

Into the Weird

by Alexander Zaitchik

Mitch Horowitz unleashes America’s occult past.

exegesis
Long Count

Long Count

by Alexander Zaitchik

Suffering through 2012, Roland Emmerich’s take on a Mayan prophecy.

dispatch
Meeting the Madre

Meeting the Madre

by Alexander Zaitchik

A night high on ayahuasca with the Ashaninka of the Peruvian Amazon.