Tom Hayden has an interesting op-ed today in the Los Angeles Times. It’s useful because it gets past the thin debate on whether America should stay or leave and posits a way to leave that has a tangible work plan attached.

This just in from Arianna Huffington. John Bolton, who doesn’t have time for many other journalists, made some time in his busy schedule to drop in on and chat with jailed New York Times writer Judy Miller.

On Friday, Al Kamen ran a brief clip reporting on one of John Bolton’s first responses to journalists recording and watching his every move. From yesterday’s media stakeout of United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton : Reporter: “A question on Iran?” Bolton: “No.” Perhaps John Bolton is modeling himself on Andrei Gromyko, the famous “Mr….

This is big and presents one of the best opportunities to credibly move forward on one of the fundamental grievances that many in the Middle East have with U.S. policy and Israel. More later — but we should all be paying attention to Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

Ari Berman’s “The Strategic Class” is making its way around the internet circuit, and the verdict on his piece is that it is compelling and pretty much lays out the reality of the Democratic party’s national security establishment.

It’s hard to know, but I think that Harry Truman would have met Cindy Sheehan. I think that Dwight Eisenhower would have. He knew about military sacrifice — the horror and complexity of it.

NARAL has just pulled an ad that went overboard in its accusations against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. Arlen Specter, whom progressives should be courting as an ally in this and future fight regarding justices, wrote NARAL a scathing letter in protest about the piece.

Sorry for being down a day. Lots of stuff going down.

Earlier today, both here at TWN and at TPM Cafe, I noted that WTOP was running a poll based on Congressman Henry Bonilla’s (R-TX) proposal to rename 16th Street in Washington, DC — “Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” At the time, those in favor of the change were leading 58% to 40%.

TWN is thinking of asking for an interview with him. We will probably get rejected, but I would like to discuss with him — in a serious way — what his vision is for the United Nations and how it converges or diverges from those in America who despise the institution.