Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson FRSA is an American writer and journalist. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the chairman and CEO of Cable News Networkand the Managing Editor of Time. He has written biographies of Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Henry Kissinger...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth20 May 1952
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
It was elitism, sort of a condescending elitism that looked down on Franklin for having basic middle class values.
When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.
faithful to its core mission of being the most authoritative and credible source of information in the world, emphasizing hard journalistic reporting more than opinion shows.
Mrs. Graham was an important and remarkable person in our profession and all of us lucky enough to know her are deeply saddened by her untimely death.
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Look out your window, and what do you see? Le Corbusier, not Wright.
There is a whole group of young people now with attitude and sharpness that comes from a Bart Simpson approach to life. The Mickey Mouse Club is not in business. Mickey Mouse was wonderful but Bart Simpson rules today.
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I think we're trying as much as possible to be part of the heart and soul of Aspen,
I think this problem could be solved in 20 minutes. It's low-hanging fruit and not that expensive.
I think the McCain and Lieberman talk about the need for civility in public discourse is right at the core of our mission,
I think it's important for CNN to get out as much as possible from the Washington-New York axis, ... This is not some big strategic shift to New York.
He had a learning experience. It's the most amazing thing for somebody of his stature. It's because by himself, he walked around. He walked around and talked to people.
With the participation of a wide range of policymakers -- from Margaret Thatcher to Jimmy Carter to Condoleezza Rice -- it has helped lay the groundwork for new approaches to national and world issues,