<em>TWN</em> Travel Alert: London, Pittsburgh, Casper

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One of the traditions that The Washington Note has established is that I’m happy to meet aspiring bloggers as well as policy and political junkies — and of course TWN loyal readers — at cool coffee shops (or pubs or saloons as the case may be) on my trips. Nothing too organized.

Paul Hackett Out of Ohio Senate Race: Implications for Dem Insurgents

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Paul Hackett had a Howard Dean-like organically grown following out there that saw his type of candidacy as the sort that would transform the sclerotic Democratic Party into something more real and relevant to progressives. Unfortunately, he’s announced that he’s out of the race.

Valerie Plame Leak Sabotaged America’s Iran-Watching Intelligence Effort

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An important and provocative report has just been published that suggests that Iran was the target of much of Valerie Plame’s covert investigative work and that outing her identity had far worse consequences than has thus far been acknowledged.

Orwell’s Nightmare: Imagine a Country Where. . .

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The government was always right and never apologized; Any dissent was suppressed, ridiculed, banned or worse; Secret prisons were denied and never acknowledged or spoken about; The torture of captives was condoned; State incarceration was not subject to the checks and balances of a legal system; Economic plans, like for oil, were established/determined in closed…

John Bolton Gives Warren Hoge a Lesson Learned from Chinese Communist Leaders

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I just posted this piece regarding John Bolton’s fortress strategy against the New York Times‘ UN-watcher Warren Hoge. There is something wrong when the recess-appointed Bolton thinks its great to speak at the Jesse Helms Center but won’t give the time of day to the New York Times.