The Newest Israel-Iran Missile Battle
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in Israel today, a source in Israeli intelligence tells The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner, he'll hear about a failed test for a critical defensive missile shield that the U.S. has helped develop-a key strategic component in the face-off with Iran.
Ford's Stealth Genius
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Why is the car maker's profit way up while Boeing is caught in a quagmire with its new 787? A genius named Alan Mulally.
Ground These Planes!
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Airbus must take extra precaution and fix the A330's faulty instruments-which could have caused Flight 447's crash-in order to prevent another catastrophe.
Is Boeing's New Plane Safe?
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Today's announcement that Boeing postponed the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner has taken a toll on the company's stock, says Clive Irving, who raises questions about its untried technical innovations.
Turning Politics Into Cash
Peter Osnos is a senior fellow for media at The Century Foundation. Osnos is the founder and editor at large of PublicAffairs Books. He is vice chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review, a former publisher at Random House, and was a correspondent and editor at the Washington Post.
Amid a continuously awful media environment, the folks behind Politico seem to have figured out a business model that works. Print, it seems, isn't dead yet.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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