On March 4, former Secretary of State and Institute trustee Madeleine Albright came to the Czech Embassy for a candid conversation with Institute President Walter Isaacson on her new book, Prague Winter, which w
With the aftereffects of a recession and election season throwing income inequality into the limelight, a reckoning seems due in American political discourse on the amity towards the 1% and big government emanating from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Harper’s columnist and author of What’s the Matter with Kansas and Pity the Billionaire Thomas Frank came recently to the Institute as part of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series to discuss this...
Author Thomas Frank discusses his new book PITY THE BILLIONAIRE: The Unlikely Resurgence of the American Right (Henry Holt/Metropolitan Books). His previous book is the bestselling 'What’s the Matter with Kansas?' About PITY THE BILLIONAIRE: The Unlikely Resurgence of the American Right:
“You’ll be paid and promoted the longer you stay breathing,” said a fired-up Steven Brill of public-school teachers at an Institute talk this week as part of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series.
Last Wednesday, Washington Post foreign affairs correspondent David Ignatius spoke to Institute CEO Walter Isaacson in our DC headquarters about his latest book, Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage. The reporter’s real-life experiences traveling throughout Pakistani tribal areas inspired the novel.
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discusses his new thriller Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage. He is the author of Body of Lies, which became a major Hollywood film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe (2008).
New York Times columnist David Brooks joins us tomorrow to discuss his latest book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement in our next installment of the
Noah Feldman discusses his new book Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices (Twelve Books).This event is by invitation only.
