The Nation has a new blog, called J-Street, focusing on Washington and featuring the writing of Te-Ping Chen and Chris Hayes. Chris is a friend of mine, and one of the most talented writers and thinkers I've ever met, and he also keeps going on about how good Te-Ping Chen is, so it's going right into the RSS reader. As a sidenote, the name refers to the fact that in Washington, there's no J Street on the grid. It just...isn't there. Weird, right?