Washington Decoded

Washington Decoded is a monthly online newsletter presenting articles on American history. Founded in March 2007 by editor

The banner of WashingtonDecoded.com features an edited quote from a 1946 George Orwell essay,^[2] "Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful . . . and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

Articles published by the newsletter (2007-2009)

• "Drugs, Corruption, and Justice in Vietnam and Afghanistan: A Cautionary Tale," by Merle Pribbenow, 11 November 2009
• "Richard Nixon's Own Deep Throat," by Max Holland, 3 November 2009
• "The Vanity of Vanity Fair," by Max Holland, 11 October 2009
• "The Death of Conservatism and Other Vital Center Illusions," by Andrew Hartman, 11 September 2009
• "Birthers, Truthers, and Buffs: The Paranoid Style," by Jefferson Flanders, 11 August 2009
• "Why Did I.F. Stone Sidestep the Hiss Case?," by Max Holland, 11 July 2009
• "In Denial: Round 11," by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, 10 June 2009
• "The Politics of Postmortems," by Max Holland, 11 February 2009
• "Concocting the Dots," by Brian Latell, 11 January 2009
• "The Underwood Hoax," by Max Holland, 11 December 2008
• "11 Seconds in Dallas Redux: Filmed Evidence," by Max Holland and Kenneth Scearce, 11 November 2008
• "The Politics of Association: Ayers vs. Kravis," by Max Holland, 11 October 2008
• "The Secret That Wasn't: Deep Throat Exposed in 1973," by Max Holland, 11 September 2008
• "The Ford Files," by Max Holland, 11 August 2008
• "Cold War Origins," by Sheldon M. Stern, 11 July 2008
• "Indoctrination U," by Don Bohning, 11 June 2008
• "Still Guilty After All These Years: Sirhan B. Sirhan," by Mel Ayton, 11 May 2008
• "Harvard Does Dallas," by Max Holland, 11 April 2008
• "The Road To Nowhere," by John McAdams, 11 March 2008
• "Civics Lesson," by Max Holland, 11 February 2008
• "Five Best Books on the Conspiracy Mindset," by Max Holland, 3 February 2008
• "Commission Confidential," by Max Holland, 30 January 2008
• "Doubt and Disbelief in the Warren Report," by Max Holland and Tara Marie Egan, 11 January 2008
• "McCarthy, According to Evans (and Novak)," by John Earl Haynes, 11 December 2007
• "Credit Where Credit is Due," by Max Holland, 11 December 2007
• "JFK's Death, Re-Framed," by Max Holland and Johann Rush, 22 November 2007, also available as reprinted in The New York Times, "JFK's Death, Re-Framed"
• "What Oswald Wrought: Lament of a Generation," by Max Holland, 11 November 2007
• "What Did LBJ Know About the Cuban Missile Crisis? And When Did He Know It?," by Max Holland and Tara Marie Egan, 19 October 2007
• "The Cuban Missile Crisis 45 Years Later: A Personal and Professional Remembrance," by Sheldon M. Stern, 11 October 2007
• "Sins of Omission and Commission," by Jeffrey T. Richelson, 11 September 2007
• "The Quiet Vietnamese," by Merle L. Pribbenow, 11 August 2007
• "Camelot and Cuba," by Don Bohning, 11 July 2007
• "Outing Deep Throat," by Max Holland, 11 June 2007
• "A Word About Lee Harvey Oswald," by Priscilla McMillan, 11 June 2007
• "Deep Throat 3.0," by William Gaines and Max Holland, 11 May 2007
• "The New McCarthyism," by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, 11 April 2007
• "11 Seconds in Dallas, Not Six," by Max Holland and Johann Rush, 11 March 2007

Editorial board

• David Barrett, professor, Villanova University;
• Barton Bernstein, professor, Stanford University;
• William Burr, senior analyst, National Security Archive;
• Thomas Ferguson, professor, University of Massachusetts;
• William Gaines, investigative reporter (ret.), Chicago Tribune;
• Irwin Gellman, author;
• John Haynes, historian, Library of Congress;
• Joan Hoff, professor, Montana State University;
• Mark Hulbert, editor, Hulbert Financial Digest;
• William Joyce, director, Special Collections, Penn State Libraries;
• Martin Kelly, professor (ret.), Hobart & William Smith Colleges;
• Mark Kramer, editor, Journal of Cold War Studies;
• Stanley Kutler, professor (ret.), University of Wisconsin;
• Patricia Lambert, author & journalist;
• Charles Lewis, professor, American University;
• Priscilla McMillan, author & journalist;
• Anna Nelson, professor, American University;
• Jay Peterzell, journalist;
• Thomas Powers, author & journalist;
• Leo Ribuffo, professor, George Washington University;
• Jeffrey Richelson, senior fellow, National Security Archive;
• Priscilla Roberts, lecturer, University of Hong Kong;
• Thomas Schwartz, professor, Vanderbilt University;
• Sheldon Stern, historian (ret.), John F. Kennedy Library;
• Jay Tolson, author & journalist;
• Alan Tonelson, research fellow, US Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation
• Richard Whalen, author & journalist

References

External links

• Official website