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• Free-for-All

  April 25, 3:34 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

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• The New AT&T

  April 25, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Sucks as much as the old SBC. Your friendly neighborhood blogger moved over the weekend. He was promised that his DSL line would go live this morning. And much to his ... | More »

• Single-Source War

  April 24, 4:45 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The White House's only response to Drumheller's whistle-blowing has been that the Iraqi turncoat was a single source and therefore wasn't reliable. As D... | More »

• The Big Lie

  April 24, 4:42 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  60 Minutes has blown the lid on the administration's WMD bamboozlement. There can no longer be any doubt: The march to war was a deliberate sham. The CBS report ... | More »

• Will Censure for Cash

  April 21, 4:24 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  We know Russ Feingold's censure resolution made for great political theatre, but how much was the MoveOn-pleasing gambit worth, in dollar terms? About $175,ooo a... | More »

• Open Thread, Baby

  April 21, 4:23 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Bush administration says that medical-marijuana movement is less about chemo patients and more about stoners who want to get high in peace. Which is it America? (B... | More »

• Inside the Iranian Police State

  April 21, 4:23 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The restrictive dress codes come as little surprise. But a $6,000 fine for watching satellite TV? Two months in jail for walking your dog? Ahmad[man]inejad, why must y... | More »

• Kay on Iran: Nobody Panic

  April 21, 4:22 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  People don't note that the Iranians have taken longer and achieved less than any other country that attempted clandestinely to produce nuclear weapons. It's ... | More »

• 4/20

  April 21, 4:16 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  It's surely no accident that the FDA waited until the stoner holiday, 4/20, to release a finding that "no sound scientific studies" support the use of marijuana a... | More »

• The One-Third President

  April 21, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Bush's approval rating has sunk to a new low. In a Fox News poll, no less. Thirty-three percent. (And just in case you were curious if Fox's polling was som... | More »

• Gitmo's Guest List

  April 20, 2:42 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Pentagon has finally released the names of 558 Gitmo prisoners who've passed through the kangaroo court known as the Combatant Status Review Tribunal. The fir... | More »

• War Costs Explode

  April 20, 2:33 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  From today's WaPo: The U.S. government is now spending nearly $10 billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan, up from $8.2 billion a year ago, a new Congressional ... | More »

• Dear Mr. Ass Wipe . . .

  April 20, 2:24 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Imagine getting this letter from your Congresswoman: ...I am honored to serve as your Representative in the U.S. Congress. I think you're an asshole. Sincerely,... | More »

• In the Mind of the Decider

  April 20, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "Someone very close to the President said to me, you know, he won't fire Rumsfield because it would be the equivalent of firing himself. He can't acknowledge... | More »