6 Bits and Bobs
Henry Kissinger ticks off another item on his to-do list.
James Graham Wilson has been promoting his forthcoming book with the kind of unexpected primary sources an author sees in the archives but can’t necessarily justify shoehorning into a book. America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan, comes out on Monday.
It turns out the most annoying people you’ve ever been in a meeting with studied the CIA’s manual for disrupting activists. Or vice versa.
“How Should a President Be” lives on!
New America invited me to stay on for another year. I’m joining the 2024-2025 fellows—with a lil’ promotion in title. I’m excited to be a Senior Fellow, and continue to work on “How Should a President Be.”
Jay, my longtime (and only) literary agent, always says “you make your own luck.” I think that’s true, but I’m also grateful to the incredible staff at New America, notably Ted Johnson, and the nerdy army that helped me pull off last term’s 13-stop discussion tour.
I found this graph on presidential immunity is useful—and terrifying.
There’s a double standard or there isn’t.
I imagine Trump will announce his VP pick at the RNC, which starts on Monday.
If Biden was being strategic, he’d steal Trump’s thunder and announce that he’s dropping out of the race an hour before Republican delegates cast their votes.
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