In these freewheeling conversations with America's political and cultural leaders, veteran journalists and radio anchors Markos Kounalakis and Peter Laufer ask the critical question: where do we go from here? The answers they get—from environmentalist Bill McKibben, pundit Pat Buchanan, journalist Joe Klein, psychologist Drew Westen, comedian Ahmed Ahmed, Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson, and others—focus on repairing the damage left us by the abject failure of the Bush years. (from Polipoint website)

Hope is a Tattered Flag: Voices of Reason and Change for the Post-Bush Era (co-author, Peter Laufer)
Markos gives an overview of the book:
In these freewheeling conversations with America's political and cultural leaders, veteran journalists and radio anchors Markos Kounalakis and Peter Laufer ask the critical question: where do we go from here? The answers they get—from environmentalist Bill McKibben, pundit Pat Buchanan, journalist Joe Klein, psychologist Drew Westen, comedian Ahmed Ahmed, Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson, and others—focus on repairing the damage left us by the abject failure of the Bush years. (from Polipoint website)
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About Markos
Markos Kounalakis is President and Publisher of Washington Monthly magazine. He co-anchors the syndicated weekly radio program, “Washington Monthly on the Radio.” Markos is a print and network broadcast journalist and author who covered wars and revolutions,...
Published Reviews
Jul.15.2008
Washington Monthly writers Kounalakis (Beyond Spin: The Power of Strategic Corporate Journalism) and Laufer (Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq) have selected 48 interviews broadcast on...








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