I didn’t blog yesterday or this morning, because not only did I not have computer access — I was in a secret location having secret meetings with secretive people — but my Blackberry was stolen.

As a result of that unfortunate incident, until a couple of hours ago I didn’t even realize that The New Republic had run a new piece by me. Think of it as a sort of “deleted scene” from the “director’s cut” of my book.

Take a look.