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Hope Is a Tattered Flag: Voices of Reason and Change for the Post-Bush Era

by Markos Kounalakis

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Book News Annotation:

The co-anchors of Washington Monthly on the Radio present transcripts of interviews concerning American politics for their show that were conducted throughout the run-up to the 2008 presidential election. The 51 interviews include Democratic Congressmen Charles Rangel on "working for change from within the establishment," New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on running for the Presidency, political scientist Alan Wolfe on the Republican's inability to govern, journalist Joe Klein on the dumbing down of American politics, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg on the threat of war with Iran, Sierra Club director Carl Pope on the emerging environmental majority, Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo on immigration, blogger Josh Wolf on being jailed for refusing to hand over videotapes of a demonstration, journalist Monique El-Faizy on the dangers of the Christian Right, and blogger Arianna Huffington on the role of women in American society, to cite some examples. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

Kounalakis and Laufer, hosts of a nationally syndicated radio program and authors of a regular feature in Washington Monthly, present conversations with a diverse selection of leading policy and opinion leaders. These well-known personalities from across the ideological spectrum propose solutions to problems and conflicts vexing America as it heads into the 2008 election.

About the Author

MARKOS KOUNALAKIS, a veteran print and network broadcast journalist, has covered wars and revolutions, both civil and technological, and written for Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton (1993) and lives in San Francisco. email: NewsScribe@aol.com DREW BANKS, SGI's director of employee communications and integrated performance support, has blAnded his engineering, arts, and business background to architect technology solutions that enable human potential. Drew speaks regularly at professional forums on various intranet-related topics. He lives in San Francisco. email: dbanks@alum.mit.edu KIM DAUS, a former newspaper and magazine publisher, manages worldwide intranet operations and communications strategies at SGI, including Junction, the company's intranet portal site. She speaks internationally on topics such as communication strategies, intranet development, and knowledge management. She lives in Sausalito, California.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780979482243
Author:
Kounalakis, Markos
Publisher:
Polipoint Press
Foreword by:
Durst, Will
Foreword:
Durst, Will
Author:
Durst, Will
Author:
Laufer, Peter
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Social change
Subject:
Political culture
Subject:
United States Politics and government.
Subject:
Political culture -- United States.
Subject:
Politics-Political Science
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20080631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
299
Dimensions:
8.92x6.06x.66 in. 1.08 lbs.

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Kounalakis and Laufer, hosts of a nationally syndicated radio program and authors of a regular feature in Washington Monthly, present conversations with a diverse selection of leading policy and opinion leaders. These well-known personalities from across the ideological spectrum propose solutions to problems and conflicts vexing America as it heads into the 2008 election.
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