The Fall of the Wall: The Rise of Freedom
Mr. Kimmitt served as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 1989-1991 and American Ambassador to Germany from 1991-1993.
The first U.S. ambassador to a newly unified Germany recounts his memories of the fall of the wall, and looks ahead to a Europe that's just as whole.
How I Became an Enemy of the People
Douglas Rushkoff, a professor of media studies at The New School University and producer and correspondent for the PBS Frontline Digital Nation project, is the author of numerous books, including Cyberia, ScreenAgers, Media Virus, and, most recently, Life Inc., released this month by Random House.
When author Douglas Rushkoff was mugged and blogged about it, neighbors didn't offer support-they attacked him for threatening their property values. In his new book, Life Inc., he writes about how people have come to act like corporations.
Only the French Would Be Smug About the Recession
Janine di Giovanni reported on conflict and war for nearly two decades for the Sunday Times and the Times of London. A National Magazine Award winner, she moved to Paris in 2004 and serves as a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. The author of four books, she at work on a book for Knopf/Bloomsbury about Parisian life.
Right now, they're rubbing their hands with glee over the wretched state of the American and British economies.
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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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
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