Biden’s Big Bounce at Gridiron Dinner — Perhaps We Need Elite Blogger Evening
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I really wish I had been invited to the annual Gridiron Dinner — but wasn’t.
By Steve Clemons
John Waters on Cy Twombly. . .and Happy Spring
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, of which I’m a board member, and the National Portrait Gallery are sponsoring an afternoon discussion today with filmmaker John Waters. Waters will reflect on Cy Twombly’s “Letter of Resignation.
Israel’s Team of Rivals — Netanyahu, Lieberman, Perhaps Ehud Barak — Could Leave Livni Head of the “Peace Camp”
The Washington Times’ omnipresent Potus Notes political and foreign policy blogger Jon Ward did a very nice write-up of some parts of a “blogger breakfast session” that I hosted this morning with Mark Schmitt, editor of The American Prospect.
Rachel Maddow and Lawrence Wilkerson on Cheney’s Fear-Mongering
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow invited former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson on to her show last night to discuss his recent blog post on The Washington Note titled “Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay“.
The View from Your Window
Darwin the Alligator lives in the lagoon under my friend Kate Brown’s deck in Hilton Head. Lovely.
Alexander Hamilton’s Scorn: Reflecting on AIG, Goldman, Hank Paulson and Bob Rubin
It has slightly bothered me that the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project grabbed some Hamilton branding for ideas that were anything but.
Kirby Dick’s “Outrage” on DC Gay Insider Hypocrisy and Protection Racket
Kirby Dick, the Academy Award nominated film director for This Film Is Not Yet Rated, will soon be releasing a new film on the hypocrisy of in-the-closet gay politicians and the lengths Washington will go to help protect them even as they vote and legislate against equal rights and protections for gay and lesbian Americans….
Heading Home: Miami to DC
Many thanks to friends and fellow bloggers at TWN for covering for me this last week as I was away traveling and offline. I am back in Miami today — heading back to Washington, DC this morning. More soon.
Cuba: Obama’s “Relaxation Measures” Tippy-Toe in Right Direction, Sort Of. . .
I haven’t had time yet to digest the Obama administration’s “relaxation” of restrictions in US-Cuba relations. I’m on a boat — and sailing in the vicinity of Cuba tomorrow, though in Curacao today.
Checking In From the Caribbean
Thanks to my fellow TWN posters for covering the blog while I am on a vacation out of the United States. I have stopped in Haiti, sailed by Cuba — where I really wanted to stop — and am in the Dominican Republic today.