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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. I don't like mottos but believe in staying skeptical yet idealistic.
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A. A day on vacation with my wife and our three kids.
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A. President of the United States
Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
A. Lousy customer service.
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. Franklin Roosevelt
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Politico, November 18, 2009
...growing list of journalists now working on Obama-related books, a group that includes Ryan Lizza, David Remnick, and Jonathan Alter. But Kantor's appers to be less-focused on policy issues or the West Wing tick-tock of the first 100 days -- instead,...
Charleston Gazette, October 20, 2009
...CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jonathan Alter, a senior editor at Newsweek and an NBC News correspondent, will deliver the annual McCreight Lecture at the Culture Center on Thursday evening, sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities...
Slate Magazine, September 28, 2009
...William Safire Jonathan Alter pierced William Safire's veil in a Jan. 31, 1994, Newsweek piece about the pissing match between the New York Times columnist and Bobby Ray Inman. Safire had just...
Slate Magazine, September 28, 2009
...Jonathan Alter pierced William Safire's veil in a , Newsweek piece about the pissing match between the New York Times columnist and Bobby Ray Inman. Safire had just helped destroy Inman...
Examiner.com, July 17, 2009
...Photo from Fred Kaplan's Web site Fred Kaplan has done a wonderful thing for educators in writing 1959: The Year Everything Changed. He may not have intended to do so, but the book allows educators from many content areas to use this nonfiction piece to...
Trinidad Guardian, July 12, 2009
...?You have to put some non-fiction on your holiday reading list. I have compiled my top ten non-fiction list from the books that I bought for my library this last academic year. There are some riveting reads. Books can be found at local bookstores,...
EMedia Wire, June 9, 2009
...Jay Parini (November), State by State, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (December), The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (January), The Inheritance by David E. Sanger (February), Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik (March), Food Matters by Mark Bittman...
NBC Bay Area, May 31, 2009
...aides say, his reading list included Fareed Zakaria?s 'The Post-American World,' Larry Bartels?s 'Unequal Democracy' and Jonathan Alter?s 'The Defining Moment,' a book about Franklin Delano Roosevelt?s first 100 days. But for him, books now are...
AlterNet.org, May 13, 2009
...now become as common as seeing and hearing the likes of Newsweek Senior Editor and NBC News correspondent Jonathan Alter, or The Atlantic's National Correspondent Mark Bowden, say things like 'In this autumn of anger, even a liberal can find his thoughts...
FOX WTTG Washington, May 7, 2009
...Monthly magazine also compiled a list of titlesObama was seen with on the campaign trail. The list included Jonathan Alter's 'The Defining Moment', Larry Bartels' 'Unequal Democracy', Steve Coll's 'Ghost Wars', Fareed Zakaria's 'The Post-American World',...
Examiner.com, April 29, 2009
...been many generations since a President accomplished so much in so little time. Writer and best selling author, Jonathan Alter, wrote in his article ?Scoring Obama?s First 100 days?, that the new President has ?put more points on the board?...
Hartford Courant, April 16, 2009
...part of the Distinguished Writers Series, is free. Information: 860-685-3448. FDR And The Great DepressionNewsweek columnist and author Jonathan Alter, below, will talk about his best-selling book, 'The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph...
PRWeb, April 10, 2009
...Jay Parini (November), State by State, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (December), The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (January), The Inheritance by David E. Sanger (February), and Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik (March). The PBC Pick is chosen...
New York Times, April 3, 2009
...well as continuing praise from conservatives, helped propel the book back onto the Times best-seller list in November. Jonathan Alter, an editor at Newsweek and the author of The Defining Moment: FDRs Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope which has...
EMedia Wire, March 5, 2009
...Jay Parini (November), State by State, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (December), The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (January), and The Inheritance by David E. Sanger (February). The PBC Pick is chosen monthly by 's Editorial Board, whose...
Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 4, 2009
...Jim,' the Seattle Reads book choice for 2009 by Seattle author Nancy Rawles, and 'The Defining Moment' by Jonathan Alter, in preparation for the Bullitt Lecture series. She is figuring out the best route from her Fremont home to work, and learning the...
EMedia Wire, February 6, 2009
...Parini (November), State by State, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (December) and The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (January). The PBC Pick is chosen monthly by 's Editorial Board, whose distinguished members include Michael Chabon, Dave...
Catholic Exchange, February 1, 2009
...somebody?s right to live.? Blankley trenchantly recounts left-wing hacks like CNN?s Jack Cafferty and Newsweek?s Jonathan Alter finding the seeds of a ?full-blown dictatorship? in the Bush White House, and snarling Joe Conason claiming Bush...
Yahoo! News, January 29, 2009
...somebody's right to live.' Blankley trenchantly recounts left-wing hacks like CNN's Jack Cafferty and Newsweek's Jonathan Alter finding the seeds of a 'full-blown dictatorship' in the Bush White House, and snarling Joe Conason claiming Bush was headed...
Akron Beacon Journal, January 27, 2009
...drooled on accounts that Obama was reading certain titles about Lincoln and FDR. Sales of The Defining Moment, Jonathan Alter's book on FDR, for instance, reportedly spiked more than 500 percent on Amazon.com after aides indicated before the general...
Associated Content, January 21, 2009
...as such. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times: '(Obama) is that rare politician who can actually write.' Jonathan Alter of Newsweek: 'He is one of the best writers to enter modern politics.' Michael Kazin of The Washington Post: 'Obama's knack for...
International Herald Tribune, January 18, 2009
...administration. Publishing a book so soon after two other fine introductions to the same topic - one by Jonathan Alter, one by Anthony Badger - creates an obvious challenge. But 'Nothing to Fear' meets it. If Cohen doesn't stake out a new position in the...
Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2009
...unexplored territory, having long attracted the attention of journalists and scholars, most recently historian Anthony Badger and columnist Jonathan Alter. In his timely and engaging book, 'Nothing to Fear,' Adam Cohen contributes to this literature by...
Spiegel Online, January 16, 2009
...your book 'The Defining Moment' has been mentioned several times by President-elect Barack Obama. How did that happen? Jonathan Alter: The book was published in 2006 but I briefly discussed its content with Obama last year when he began using the phrase...
Stranger, January 11, 2009
...copy of The Defining Moment, a biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first hundred days as president, by Jonathan Alter. It was the perfect gifta book about one of my favorite presidents that I hadn't readand I gulped it down within 24 hours. When I...
EMedia Wire, January 7, 2009
... announces that its PBC Pick for the month of January is by Jonathan Alter. New York, NY (PRWEB) January 7, 2009 -- announces that its PBC Pick for the month of January is by Jonathan Alter. The Defining Moment A fast-moving, pathbreaking account...
Reuters UK, December 7, 2008
...Obama mentioned he was reading about former President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression, sales of Jonathan Alter's 'The Defining Moment' and Jean Edward Smith's 'FDR' spiked, Amazon.com (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)...
Reuters, December 4, 2008
...Obama mentioned he was reading about former President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression, sales of Jonathan Alter's 'The Defining Moment' and Jean Edward Smith's 'FDR' spiked, Amazon.com (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)...
China Post, November 24, 2008
...examination of Abraham Lincoln?s cabinet by Doris Kearns Goodwin. At number eight and rising is Newsweek journalist Jonathan Alter?s ?The Defining Moment,? which looks at the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt?s presidency. Lincoln and FDR...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 24, 2008
...daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Random House Freezes Pensions; Calvin Trillinand His ReviewerRhyme; Obama Reads Jonathan Alter; Denis Leary on Why We Suck; Poet Donald Finkel Dead; ; Universal Nabs Robert Ludlum; Mystery Writers of America...
Hartford Courant, November 23, 2008
...biography, 'Team of Rivals,' and for a work about the first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's administration, Jonathan Alter's 'The Defining Moment.' Honorary award winner Maxine Hong Kingston, who, like Obama, spent many years in Hawaii, praised his way...
Grand Rapids News, October 12, 2009
...that saps us today. Those warring views of history clashed Monday night in a debate between Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter and author Amity Shlaes. In Alter's view, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wisely turned to unprecedented social...
First Read, October 2, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
First Read, September 7, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
First Read, September 3, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
Jesus' General, August 29, 2009
...Jonathan Alter has penned a fine biography and history of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first 100 days as President in The Defining Moment (Simon and Schuster $16.00). Alter is a...
First Read, August 24, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
EE, June 14, 2009
...ladies Watergate book for ladies. The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter. This book has received lavish praise, well deserved. Brief, non related FDR summary: 1) Hoover wasn't that bad. 2) You know who...
Main PRNN, June 10, 2009
...Jay Parini (November), State by State, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (December), The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (January), The Inheritance by David E. Sanger (February), Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik (March), Food Matters by Mark Bittman...
Who Says I Can't?, June 2, 2009
...the book. Apr 2007 After Newsweek published an issue with a Livestrong band on the cover written by Jonathan Alter about his bout with cancer and chemotherapy I felt compelled to write them a letter. I wrote a long letter to the editor but they...
First Read, May 8, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
First Read, April 23, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
First Read, April 14, 2009
...Politics.MSNBC.com MSNBC's Legislative Action Center Newsweek Politics Hardball with Chris Matthews Washington Post's Politics Jonathan Alter Eleanor Clift Howard Fineman Syndicate This Site Add First...
Laurie Powers' Wild West, February 19, 2009
...recently. I was recently reading The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, by Jonathan Alter. I have not finished it for reasons I won't go into in this post. But something struck my fancy at the beginning of one of the chapters...
Pressroom, February 15, 2009
...alacrity because the price of oil no longer supports their geopolitical ambitions. http://www.newsweek.com/id/184766 JONATHAN ALTER: "Poof Goes the Purple Dream" (p. 33). Senior Editor and Columnist Jonathan Alter writes that for all of President...
DisabilityNation Blog and Episode Feed, February 9, 2009
...crisis, as well as hitting the ground running? These are some of the questions historian and cable commentator Jonathan Alter sets out to answer in his history of Roosevelt's first hundred days, The Defining Moment Alter seems to believe that FDR's...
Literary Lotus, January 28, 2009
...this month’s reading of “ The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope ” by Jonathan Alter. This led me to “ American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House ” by Jon Meacham. Along the way we read “ The Little Prince ”...
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias, January 27, 2009
...s right to live." Blankley trenchantly recounts left-wing hacks like CNN’s Jack Cafferty and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter finding the seeds of a "full-blown dictatorship" in the Bush White House, and snarling Joe Conason claiming Bush was headed toward...
WBUR and NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook, January 21, 2009
...first hundred days, from this president, President Obama? What’s most urgent for you? - Tom Ashbrook Guests: Jonathan Alter , senior editor and columinst for Newsweek. His 2006 book “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of...
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias, January 19, 2009
...institutional voice rather than publish bylines. Each magazine's lead columnist -- Time's Joe Klein, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter -- is liberal. Newsweek has been running columns by Jacob Weisberg, the liberal editor of Slate, another Post Co. property....
The Backroom, November 25, 2008
...s reading two books about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One, about FDR’s history-shaping first 100 days, is Jonathan Alter’s The Defining Moment: F.D.R’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope . The other: Jean Edward Smith’s brilliant FDR ....
Omnivoracious, November 24, 2008
...his press office later clarified that he was talking about Jean Edward Smith's 2007 bio, FDR , and Jonathan Alter's The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope , from 2006, but he might also take a look at Adam Cohen's upcoming (and...
