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• Barry Manilow Employed to Harass Teens

  June 7, 3:28 PM ET

  This week Australian officials attempted to rid a Sydney shopping center of lounging teenagers by cranking Barry Manilow tunes where the hapless teens were loitering. ... | More »

• Open Thread: Gay Marriage Ban Fails

  June 7, 11:58 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Senate deadlocked on Bush's anti-gay marriage ammendment 49-48. That's only 1 vote better than in 2004, when the measure was similarly tabled by a 48-50 ... | More »

• Thou Shall Not Win

  June 7, 11:55 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Christianist "10 Commandments" Judge Roy Moore has lost his primary campaign to represent the Republican Party in the race for Alabama governor. | More »

• Open Thread: "Sex & Scandal at Duke"

  June 7, 12:00 AM ET

  In the June 15, 2006 issue of ROLLING STONE, Janet Reitman writes about the Duke case and sexual politics on campus. Take a look and share your thoughts below. | More »

• The Voice of Voting Reform

  June 6, 3:29 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  2004 Election Interview: The Rev. DeForest Soaries Republican DeForest Soaries served as the first chair of the federal Election Assistance Commission, set up in the ... | More »

• Blackwell Amok: More Dirty Tricks in Ohio

  June 6, 1:48 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell —now the Republican candidate for governor —is up to his dirty tricks again, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The article ... | More »

• Ohio 2004: The Howard Dean Interview

  June 5, 1:17 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Rolling Stone: How confident are you Ohio in 2004 was fairly decided? Howard Dean: I'm not confident that the election in Ohio was fairly decided. We did our own... | More »

• Ohio 2004: The Jesse Jackson Interview

  June 2, 4:49 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  National Affairs Daily recently interviewed the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has contested the validity of the 2004 presidential contest in Ohio from the get go. Below are... | More »

• Tom Noe: Bush "Friend" Admits Laundering Money to 2004 Campaign

  June 2, 4:34 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Just before the 2004 election in Ohio, George Bush singled out his "friend," the "grassroots activist" Tom Noe for his "leadership in Lucas County." Noe was a Bush Pi... | More »

• Open Thread: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"

  June 2, 9:55 AM ET

  In the June 15, 2006 issue of ROLLING STONE, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. considers this question: Did Bush steal the 2004 election? We've posted Kennedy's piece wi... | More »

• Kiss a Ton of Carbon Goodbye

  June 1, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Attention bloggers. Link to Deep Market and they'll pay carbonfund.org enough to offset one ton of CO2 emissions. | More »

• The Iranian End Game

  June 1, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  We've just passed Memorial Day and the Bush administration is rolling out phase one of its plan for Iran: "diplomacy." But the administration's idea of dipl... | More »

• Iranian Detante?

  May 31, 6:19 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  This may all be just so much kabuki theater, but the U.S. has offered direct negotiations with Iran for the first time in more than a quarter century if — and here&#... | More »

• Nomination Roulette

  May 31, 6:19 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Whenever there's an open post for the White House to fill, I find myself holding my breath. Bush appointments tend to fall into three distinct and wildly contrast... | More »