Tag Archives: Robert Gibbs

As the situation in Egypt ramps up by the day, a casualty that is frequently making headlines  is the media. Specifically, reporters. The attacks on journalists have become so frequent and high profile (think Anderson Cooper) that the White House, in a rare move, has commented on it. According to a story in the New […]

I read a really good book by Steve Schlesinger a few years back called Act of Creation.  It’s about the San Francisco conference at which the United Nations was born.  There was a lot of intrigue and high drama, with plenty at stake.  There are stories of heroes, too, like Edward Stettinius, the unsung Secretary […]