I was one of many who was seduced by the early poll results showing a John Kerry win after the last presidential election — despite my having reported that Karl Rove’s spirits had buoyed in the final days of the election.

This just hit the internet at Raw Story, and TWN has confirmed the essential points through a source close to Rove: According to several Pentagon sources close to Rove and others familiar with the inquiry, Bush’s senior adviser tipped off Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to information that led to the recent “discovery” of 250 pages…

Antonin Scalia, who has already declared his full-fledged support for secret military tribunals BEFORE hearing the appeal this week, has startled Christians around the nation by “flipping off” critics moments after attenting Roman Catholic mass.

I find myself intrigued with last evening’s installment on The Morningside Post, a new blog launched by students at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). SIPA apparently invited Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi to speak — which he did via teleconference.

A while back, I sat in on a roundtable discussion with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Senator Sam Brownback to discuss a report they co-produced, “Uncommon Leadership for Common Values: Bipartisan Action on Human Rights“.

Last Thursday morning, I sent a couple of questions to the “Ask the State Department” site that was planning an online session with John Bolton.

“Citizens should not fear their governments. Governments should fear their citizens,” V said. I don’t normally recommend movies, but see this film. Revolutionary, and relevant, on many levels. It’s violent, but that’s not worth missing the movie over.

This is interesting. Recently, I was up near American University which is on one of the corners of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues in Washington. The Ambassador of Japan, Ryozo Kato, lives at 4000 Nebraska Avenue, which is close to the opposite corner from AU. I’ve been there a lot.

Economist James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair at UT Austin, has written a brilliant review of two books — the first The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs and the second The Global Class War by Jeff Faux — in the latest American Prospect.

My posting on the Stephen Walt/John Mearsheimer zinger article that is sweeping around is premature as I want to write something more coherent than I can do at this moment (now rushing to catch plane). But in the mean time, read this — by Daniel Levy of the Geneva Initiative.