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• Guzzle This

  May 9, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Consumer Reports has a juicy investigation into gas mileage. Read it and you'll know why your 22 mpg SUV gets only 11 mpg in the real world. | More »

• Silverstein on Hookergate

  May 9, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The incomparable Ken Silverstein (who is now Harper's Washington Editor and the blogger behind the magazine's Washington Babylon) weighs in on hookergate, co... | More »

• Operation Mock Zarqawi

  May 8, 6:38 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  After admitting that operation "Villainize Zarqawi" had been too effective for its own good, the military is now seeking to throw the propaganda machine into reverse, ... | More »

• Hotlinks

  May 8, 6:29 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Bad news for "Representative #1": A House aide has pleaded guilty to joining the Jack Abramoff conspiracy to bribe Ohio Republican Bob Ney. The president declares the... | More »

• Illegal Food

  May 3, 1:50 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Here's the fundamental truth about illegal immigration. Without undocumented workers we don't eat. Illegal aliens pick our food. They slaughter our food. Th... | More »

• One Night in TJ

  May 3, 1:46 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Mexico is giving an illicit update to John Lee Hooker's "One bourbon, one scotch and one beer." Presidente Fox is about to sign a bill decriminalizing personal us... | More »

• "Widespread Torture"

  May 3, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  From Amnesty International: Evidence continues to emerge of widespread torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees held in U.S. custody in Af... | More »

• You Don't Get What You Pay for

  May 3, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Kevin Drum has a brilliant post about a survey that finds our British friends pay half the price for equal healthcare: So here's the deal: under the British syst... | More »

• Hot Links

  May 2, 5:25 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In case you missed it: Colin Powell disses Gen. Tommy Franks and Rummy's Iraq warplan Valerie Plame —the CIA agent outted by Rove, Libby & Co. — was indee... | More »

• Un Día Sin Inmigrantes

  May 2, 5:16 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Mission, San Francisco's vibrant Latino district —usually teeming with teens, todlers, ice-cream push-carts, and discerning purchasers of plantains and mang... | More »

• Net Neutrality

  May 2, 5:16 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Keep the Internet equal. Cable and Internet providers are trying to impose a pay-to-play system for the Internet, where companies could boost their online exposure wit... | More »

• May 1st

  May 1, 2:37 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  I can hear the San Francisco immigrant walkout from my living room window. This could be huge. Check out Marc Cooper for updates throughout the day. | More »

• The Truth Hurts

  May 1, 2:35 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Stephen Colbert truly does have "muchos huevos grandes." His performance at the correspondant's dinner was astounding. His roast of the president was a savage an... | More »

• Democrats 2.0

  May 1, 2:34 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  My San Francisco magazine story on the national impact of the Bay Area's Netroots powerplayers — Kos, MoveOn, George Lakoff, etc. — is now online. | More »