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...writing the book, Kennedy collaborated with Ron Powers, co-author of the No. 1 best seller Flags of Our Fathers and author of the critically acclaimed Mark Twain: A Life. Jon Karp, the editor in chief and publisher of Twelve, edited the book. In a statement, he described working with Kennedy as "the greatest experience of my 20 years in the publishing business." (Karp declined an interview.) He said, "For the past two years, I've had the incredible opportunity of asking Senator Kennedy every question I could think of - and receiving answers that deepened my understanding of national politics...
With the wisdom of hindsight, Deepak Chopra recalls a conversation he had with Michael Jackson a few years ago. "He said there's something you can take that takes you to the valley of death and then takes you back," the best-selling author and physician tells TIME. "I hadn't the vaguest idea of what he was talking about. And then he quickly changed the subject." Now, says Chopra, "I see he was talking about propofol...
...have a lot of kind words for the management gurus lining bookshelves at airports. The whole shtick these gurus offer is fundamentally religion, not some kind of expertise. Take [Good to Great] author Jim Collins. His entire language is about how a company can transcend its limitations, and how a company or an individual can be motivated to succeed. My complaint is there are better, more eloquent, more far-seeing humanists. (Read a Q&A with Jim Collins...
...guess the author is nowhere near the age at which death becomes real. Up to that point it's very easy to theorize; you don't have to make up your mind whether death is preferable to a life that offers nothing but mere existence. It's a tragedy that the discussion is governed by people who are not of an age to understand the scope of the problem. Nancy Gibbs will find out for herself when she gets there. Alexander Reiter, KIRCHZARTEN, GERMANY...
...guess the author is nowhere near the age at which death becomes real. Up to that point it's very easy to theorize; you don't have to make up your mind whether death is preferable to a life that offers nothing but mere existence. It's a tragedy that the discussion is governed by people who are not of an age to understand the scope of the problem. Nancy Gibbs will find out for herself when she gets there. Alexander Reiter, Kirchzarten, Germany...