Purging the Neocons from the American Soul

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Here is some thinking I have written up about America’s ongoing neocon problem and the threat that that movement represents over at Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish. And for those in Chicago or at APSA, I’m blogging away in the fantastic lounge of the Sheraton Hotel on the Chicago River.

Americans Discover Corruption in Iraq

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David Corn has gotten hold of a secret report — still in draft form — outlining the concerns that the US military and foreign service have about a “norm of corruption” in the current Iraqi government.

The IAEA Iran Report

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Here is a pdf copy of the “Restricted Distribution” report by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

American Jewish Community Grappling with Armenian Genocide

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Marc Perelman, writing for The Forward, has just released an important summary of the diplomatic back-and-forth currently in progress between major American Jewish organizations and the governments of Turkey, Israel, and the United States. What I’ve been hearing privately jives pretty well with what Perelman has published.

Coffee in Chicago

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I’ll be lurking at the American Political Science Association annual gathering in Chicago from Thursday (tomorrow) through Sunday. Nothing like YearlyKos, but still — you learn stuff from academics. . .and tons of them are reading this and other blogs. I’ll be downtown and don’t know my schedule fully.

Tucker Carlson Responds

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A note from Tucker Carlson: Let me be clear about an incident I referred to on MSNBC last night: In the mid-1980s, while I was a high school student, a man physically grabbed me in a men’s room in Washington, DC. I yelled, pulled away from him and ran out of the room.

The “Donut Hole” Endorsement: Why Chris Dodd Won the Firefighters

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A new, interesting blog — Wonkosphere — monitors how much ‘buzz’ is flying around the blogosphere on the various presidential candidates. Interestingly, Ron Paul places second at the moment behind front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama is third. Chris Dodd runs in seventh place but beats Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain, Brownback, and Kucinich.

Larry Craig’s “Hard Wood” Connection

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NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION PAC INC Sen. Craig, Larry E. (R-Idaho) (Incumbent, Senate) CRAIG FOR U S SENATE $2,000, 10/21/2002 I’m sorry. I can’t help it today — and as regular TWN readers know, I’m almost never funny.