When I started working in the US Senate in the mid-1990s, my then boss Senator Jeff Bingaman handed me, like he did to every incoming member of his staff, a copy of Eric Redman’s book, The Dance of Legislation: An Insider’s Account of the Workings of the United States Senate.
There are many who really detest the DC social scene — but others who love to know who is where and doing what to whom. It’s why West Wing was such a hit. People want to know what powerful Washingtonians are up.
Tonight at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon, Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff captivated a black tie audience with her research and writing on early loyalists to Britain living in the American colonies who abandoned their home after the Revolution.
Tonight much of Washington, DC’s glitterati will attend the Diamond Jubilee festivities saluting the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at the British Embassy. It will be packed — all under the able management of Ambassador Peter Westmacott and his wife — and his suffer-no-fools, knows-everyone social secretary Amanda Downes.
I don’t need or want any. Ok, I’m lying. I want them but can’t have them. Or can I? Still, I’m going to walk by the Dupont Circle Krispy Kreme and see if there is a line.
AP David Ignatius‘ gripping novels are quickly emerging as the spy industry’s narcotic for smart, complex intelligence yarns to read on long flights.
I am moderating a chat today as part of a the larger Atlantic Food Summit that will stream live here starting at 1:00 pm EST.
photo credit: Andrew Oros I love the water — and I love Summer. This is from Newport, Rhode Island from the banks of the magnificent grounds of the US Naval War College. This pic, taken by a TWN regular, just moved me. Pics of the day are back. Send yours in. More soon.
Despite some of my foreign policy differences — like the whole bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran thing — with Senator John McCain who once told me he was “the original neoconservative”, I have always greatly, truly admired his patriotism and dedication to trying to get the American political system to operate honestly and in…
One of the benefits of working for high quality operations like the New America Foundation and The Atlantic is that one gets on a permanent learning track — exposed to ideas, controversies, and personalities of consequence just about every other day.
