Tina Brown
Tina Brown
Tina Brown CBE, is a journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles, a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. Born a British citizen, she took United States citizenship in 2005 after emigrating in 1984 to edit Vanity Fair. Having been editor-in-chief of Tatler magazine at only 25 years of age, she rose to prominence in the American media industry as the editor of Vanity Fair from 1984 to 1992 and of The New Yorker from...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth21 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
There is nothing radical about Obama except the fact of who he is.
We've heard a lot in recent polemic about how to win the fight for the corner office. But pushing up against a glass ceiling is practically a luxury when you consider the millions of women who can feel the floor dropping beneath their feet.
When Obama dispenses with that dread sobriquet 'professorial,' he does it by being, well, more professorial.
For a guy who believes in hope, Obama doesn't seem to be able to spread much of it around. How can he? We know too much now about the hollowness of institutions and the frailty of their leaders.
The number one way of becoming powerful in Washington is by becoming the 'Washington Post.'
It's interesting how the view from abroad can shift and remake perceptions of homegrown celebrities, the ones who are part of the gross domestic product.
Not everyone has the survival skills of William Jefferson Clinton.
It was Barry Diller's idea to start 'The Daily Beast,' and he has turned out to be the best partner I've ever had. There's no one better to go into the jungle with.
The vaults of Buckingham palace are groaning with priceless, useless freebies from foreign dignitaries.
We're a part of both communities. It gives a chance to not only share what we're about with the campus but those around us.
Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits somebody or something besides himself. You know, his cleverness makes capital markets more efficient. It provides credit to productive enterprise. Whatever.
Whether it's in Washington, or whether it's with the mothers of extremists, or whether it's education in places like Pakistan... a lot of women in these emerging countries are taking charge and doing amazing things.
It's almost as if Putin is brilliant, really - he's outfoxing Obama all the time.
It's actually harder than it looks to be a good pundit on the air. You've got to have stuff to say.