The Common Good was proud to host Ronald Brownstein for a breakfast and discussion on his book' ‘The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America’. The meeting was convened by Peter Borish.
The Common Good hosted an intimate lunch gathering with legendary Fats Domino where he discussed post-Katrina New Orleans and the status of the music community today.
The Common Good was excited to host a breakfast and discussion with Senator Chuck Hagel on the challenges of the 21st century, specifically on Iraq, foreign policy, entitlement reforms and health care, and other issues.
Legacy of Ashes is a detailed history of the Central Intelligence Agency from its creation after World War II, through the Cold War years and the War on Terror, to the September 11 attacks in 2001 and beyond. The book is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence
“Impressively reported, immensely entertaining.”
“Truly extrodinary. The best book ever written on a case of espionage.”
“Is the CIA a bulwark of freedom against dangerous foes, or a malevolent conspiracy to spread American imperlalism? A little of both, according to this absorbing study.”
“The most notoius muckraking CIA books of the 1970s aspired to shatter the agency and make sure Americans never tried to create one again. Mr. Weiner’s goals is just the opposite. He hopes that his book will ‘serve as a warning’, insisting that “thisnation may not long endure as a great power unless it finds the eyes to see things asthey are in the world.”
Tim Weiner is a reporter, author of three books and co-author of a fourth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and has worked for the Times since 1993, as a foreign correspondent in Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan and as a national security correspondent in Washington, DC.
The Common Good hosted a breakfast and discussion with Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington post, to talk about the impact of the internet. Ms. Huffington spoke specifically on the potential impact of the internet on the 2008 elections campaign and how online organizing can help end the Iraq war. S
The Common Good hosted Doug Schoen, political strategist, pollster, and advisor to President Bill Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Schoen discussed his book ‘The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World.’
The Common Good was excited to host a special luncheon with Doug Bailey and Gerald Rafshoon. Though they come from opposite sides of the aisle, Bailey and Rafshoon agreed that huge changes are coming to politics in the next few years. They discussed their analysis on the negative effects of the politics of polarization, how the internet will change everything and how a third ticket is a possibility in presidential races.
Doug Bailey was an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily online briefing on American politics. After leaving day-to-day operations at The Hotline, which he began in 1987, Bailey became involved in numerous philanthropic activities. Most recently, he was one of the four co-founders of the political reform movement Unity08, a company that hoped to start a new centrist party for the 2008 presidential election. He appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his cause. He also founded Freedom’s Answer, a non-partisan voter turnout effort, with former Clinton Press Secretary Mike McCurry. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Gerald Rafshoon is an American television producer and political operative. He is one of the four founding members of Unity08, and was the White House Communications Director under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Rafshoon has spent over 40 years in various aspects of communications including advertising, publicity, politics and film. His experience includes running a successful advertising agency, serving as White House Communications Director and as Producer and Executive Producer of motion pictures for television and cable. (2)
(2) Material from Wikipedia.
