LATEST BLOG POSTS

• 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 »

• Rove's Replacement, Republican Rioter

  April 20, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  As Michael Crowley at TNR smartly reminds us Joel Kaplan — the man assuming many of Karl Rove's policy duties — was a member of the GOP melee that shut down t... | More »

• Team MiniKiss

  April 19, 11:09 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In the battle of little-person Kiss tribute bands, this blogger is a MiniKiss man all the way. | More »

• We're Number One!

  April 19, 11:08 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In Independent Online Edition carbon dioxide emissions! Oy. 2004 — the latest year to be studied — was our worst ever. We're now more than fifty percent over... | More »

• War Tax Resister's League

  April 19, 11:01 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  This C.S. Monitor piece reports you can stiff Uncle Sam your part of the Pentagon's budget — and get away with it. | More »

• Missing You Already

  April 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  I gotta confess: I've always had a soft spot for Scotty McClellan. Blessed with none of the intellectual dexterity or unctuous eloquence of his predecessor, Ari F... | More »

• Trent Lott's $700 Million Stinker

  April 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  If you thought Alaska's bridge to nowhere was some tasty pork, check out Trent Lott's $700 million earmark to move Mississippi's coastal railroad line i... | More »

• How We Love Dear Leader

  April 18, 11:07 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Prosperous and happy "Katrina Kids" singing propaganda odes to FEMA at the White House? A little Pyonyang flava in the Rose Garden! Kim Jong Il would so totally approv... | More »

• Militia Madness

  April 18, 11:06 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Shiite militias, backed by Iran, are now perhaps the gravest source of instability in Iraq. This Knight-Ridder article suggests that U.S. generals knew that their pres... | More »

• Why Are We Not Surprised?

  April 18, 11:06 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Jason Leopold and Murray Waas do the 4th Estate proud. Jason's latest scoop: "Eleven days before President Bush's January 28, 2003, State of the Union addre... | More »