Congratulations to senior fellow Kit Rachlis on his selection as editor of The American Prospect. ———————————————————————————– Press Release The American Prospect Announces New Editor Washington, DC-Miles S. Rapoport, President of The American Prospect magazine (www.prospect.org), today announced that Kit Rachlis will become the magazine's new Editor. Rachlis' career in journalism spans almost 30 years, during which time he has been an editor at The Village Voice, the LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times and most recently at Los Angeles magazine. "We are thrilled to welcome Kit Rachlis to The Prospect," said Rapoport, who is also President of Demos (www.demos.org), The……
Month: February 2011
Schell in State Dept. speech – Passing of Holbrooke
Senior Fellow Orville Schell was a featured mention in Sec. Hilary Clinton's address at Launch of the Asia Society's Series of Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Addresses…….
Anawalt in Broadway World – Arts Journalism
Faculty Fellow Sasha Anawalt was interviewed by the website BroadwayWorld.com about the seventh annual NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. "This fellowship will take the pulse of what's going on in theater right now, because we will not only avail ourselves of the stunning confluence of artists, resources, ideas and performances, but we will report on them," said Anawalt…….
Reeves in VOA – Reagan
Continuing with his collaboration with the Ronald Reagan Centennial Academic Symposium, Senior Fellow Richard Reeves is cited in an article on Voice of America on Reagan's legacy that still permeates modern politics…….
Glickman in Daily Caller – Food Security
The Daily Caller has published an article by CCLP Senior Fellow Dan Glickman, who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995-2001. The piece examines the relationship between a free society and the price of food staples available in a country. Glickman penned the article along with Catherine Bertini…….
From Concord to Cairo: Freedom
BOSTON — As I remember my American history, our revolution began on April 19, 1775, when 700 British regulars, the Redcoats, left here to march west to the small villages of Lexington and Concord to destroy weapons caches they knew were hidden there by American rebels. The British column encountered 80 or so members of the local militia on Lexington Green and routed them, killing eight locals. The Redcoats reached Concord and found some buried cannon and balls, but most of the rebel weaponry had been hidden again farther away. They marched through the village to the Old North Bridge……
U.S. Public Diplomacy and the New Egypt
This article was written by CCLP Faculty Fellow, Phil Seib. Events of the past few weeks belong wholly to spirit of the Egyptian people, not technology. And although it was built on democratic aspirations, this was not a revolution that drew any inspiration from the United States. Think about that. In China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, there was a Statue of Liberty-like model and many signs written in English as protesters there looked toward the nation that was seen as a beacon of freedom, born of a revolution of its own. In 2011, in Cairo and Alexandria, the signs in……
Schell in China Business Network – Conference
Senior Fellow Orville Schell is has been announced as a keynote speaker at the Bloomberg China Investment Strategies, according to The China Business Network. The conference will examine China's macro-economics; equity, currency, real estate markets; bilateral trade, operations of U.S. companies in China, as well as other topics. In addition, Jonathan Spence, Gene Huang, and Robert Kapp have also been confirmed as speakers…….
Reeves in Redding Record – Reagan Centennial
The Redding Record wrote an article on the Ronald Reagan Centennial event held at the Reagan Library on February 2. Senior Fellow Richard Reeves was heavily quoted in the article stating that Reagan "changed American politics by reversing the populist political attitude of one that believed business was the villain to making government the adversary. Reeves called this an 'incredible political achievement.'"……
Schell in the Nation – Current TV
Senior Fellow Orville Schell was quoted in an article in The Nation entitled "Can Olbermann and Gore Democratize The Media?" The piece examines if the new television network, Current, being launched by former Vice President Al Gore will be a game-changer in the realm on political debate on TV…….