LATEST BLOG POSTS

• Comment of the Day

  June 20, 11:07 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  From a reader named Scott, responding to Karl Rove's claim that "Internet for the Left of the Democratic Party has served as a way to mobilize hate and anger." I... | More »

• Afghanistan: "Operation Mountain Thrust"

  June 20, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  At least the Pentagon has no fear of gay mission names. How much more Brokeback can you get than "Operation Mountain Thrust"? Whoa. In all seriousness, this new op in... | More »

• Bush's Pre-9/11 Mindset

  June 20, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "All right. You've covered your ass, now." —George W. Bush on August 6, 2001. As reported in Ron Suskind's new book, the president was responding to a CIA ... | More »

• Open Thread: Watching Dick Cheney

  June 20, 12:00 AM ET

  As the administration flounders, the VP appears on the PBS show Frontline. What do you think of The Dark Side? What's the next step for this White House? UPDATE:... | More »

• Open Thread: Gay Marriage and the Politics of Fear

  June 19, 5:53 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  My latest Rolling Stone piece — examining the naked politics behind the president's renewed push to ban gay marriage — is now online. Please take a look and a... | More »

• Gitmo and the American Soul

  June 19, 1:13 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Andrew Sullivan previews a book on America's use of torture: Here's a list of interrogation techniques reliably documented at U.S. detention centers in Guan... | More »

• Iraq: The No Spin Zone

  June 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  This cable from the U.S. embassy in Baghdad offers an unvarnished glimpse of the real Iraq: The news is bleaker than you thought. | More »

• Rove on the Liberal Blogosphere

  June 16, 3:40 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "The Internet for the Left of the Democratic Party has served as a way to mobilize hate and anger —hate and anger, first and foremost, at this President and Conserva... | More »

• Base Off: The House's Iraq War Vote

  June 16, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  With the Iraq death toll reaching 2,500 and a new Wall Street Journal poll indicating that only 35% of Americans want to maintain current troop levels, why would the R... | More »

• Demanding Energy Answers

  June 16, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The most surprising line in the WSJ poll reveals that 69% of Americans want Congress to begin an investigation of "energy prices and the activities of the administrati... | More »

• Three Out of Ten Ain't Bad

  June 16, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Georgia Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, sponsor of a bill to require the display the 10 Commandments in both houses of Congress, can himself only name three of the ten.... | More »

• Donkey Kong: Senate 2006

  June 15, 12:39 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Democrats have surged to early advantages in crucial Senate contests. The latest poll numbers have GOP Senate incumbents Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania and Mike DeWine ... | More »

• "Osama bin Landen"?

  June 15, 12:24 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Rarely is the question asked: Is our leaders learning? It doesn't give you hope when Donald Rumsfeld can't even spell Osama's last name right. | More »

• The Atlantic: "Inventing al-Zarqawi"

  June 15, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  I've just been reading Mary Anne Weaver's challenging and ultimately compelling cover story in the Atlantic, "Inventing al-Zarqawi." The headline cuts two w... | More »