Today at TPMCafe, Book Club author Greg Grandin explains the origins of his book, Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism, and Jo-Ann Mort mourns the end of The West Wing. America Abroad’s Ivo Daalder explains why the decision to restore diplomatic ties with Libya should serve as an example of how to deal with rogue states, while Ernest Wilson considers a counterfactual history of Iraq. After the Levees’ Boyd Blundell wonders what happened to the post-Katrina outrage, and Matt Yglesias explains the difference between eavesdropping and eavesdropping. News of the day is here, and readers discuss Iran and border deployment.