Political Leaders of the Day — 5 — Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson, the nominee for Secretary of Commerce, has a long resume full of international diplomatic service and both legislative ...
Political Leaders of the Day — 4 — Robert Gates
The once and future Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, is a plain-speaking Kansan with more than a quarter-century in the CIA ...
Political Leaders of the Day — 3 — Mitch McConnell
It's official: the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, is now referred to as the Republican Leader, thanks to Senator Robert ...
Political Leaders of the Day — 2 — Nancy Pelosi
Why don’t we warm to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi? Her story is one of those improbable only-in-America tales ...
Political Leaders of the Day — 1 — Harry Reid
I’m starting a series of blogs on the public speaking quirks of political figures of the day with that conundrum, ...
President-elect Obama on ’60 Minutes’
What’s extraordinary about President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s interview on 60 minutes is how comfortable they look ...
Stewart Brand on TED.com
Stewart Brand is one long-term cool individual. He was associated with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, he founded The Whole Earth ...
TED.com redux — Samantha Power
Samantha Power works at Harvard, and writes about U.S. foreign policy, especially as it concerns war and genocide. Her talk ...
President-elect Obama’s first press conference
The President-elect’s first press conference was remarkable for its caution. It was as if the mantle of leadership had already ...
TED.com — 9 — Keith Schacht and Zach Kaplan
A talk on TED.com inspired me because I often get questions about presenting in pairs – people ask, is it ...
