A Letter From the Editor Dear Readers, Ignorance is one thing.
Stupidity is quite another.
What brings this to mind are several things, including J. Michael Waller s story on alleged and suspected blackmail of politicians. Washington always has been a strange town, but at least institutionally there has been genuine respect for the character of the people who work daily to do our bidding. Lately, though, there has been a loss of trust in these people and, in turn, loss of respect for the institutions. Consider this Bill Clinton s legacy. This issue, whatever one wishes to call it moral leadership or leadership by example or trickle-down integrity is a smoldering fire still burning past the Monica Lewinsky scandal.