Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
We're featuring Andrei Cherny's book The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour this week at TPMCafe Book Club. In addition to Cherny, Michael Tomasky of The Guardian, James Traub, a contributing writer at...
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
As luck would have it, I've got a super-lengthy draft of a post in the works, so I need to take some time and divide it up somehow. That gives me one more day to shoehorn in some non- Sort thoughts. I'm trying to make the most of this time. » USA Today: A lesson from Berlin for Baghdad (Andrei Cherny) Too often during this current occupation, Iraqis have been treated as mere pawns in...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
I love it when guests to The Colbert Report blog about the backstage buildup and the interview experience! Recent guest and author of The Candy Bombers Andrei Cherny is the latest to share the delightful details. Since we’ve read about the gift bags and so forth before, I’m just going to paste a [...]
Acton Institute PowerBlog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
“This is a story, really, about when America was at its best, when we were doing the right things in the world, when people all over the world looked to us as a source of goodness and decency and humanity,” says Andrei Cherny. His words come courtesy of the Voice of America article titled, “ Berlin Airlift Remembered After 60 Years .” Cherny is the author of the new book The Candy...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... John Dear, a veteran 90 year old US air force pilot who flew 150 missions into West Berlin, and Andrei Cherny, author of the recently published book The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour. DW-WORLD.DE: Frau Grier, what was the immediate post-war period like for you as a kid in Berlin? Traute Grier: Things started getting bad in April 1945...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... we were repeatedly reminded that we are a nation that has lost its way. At the same time, author Andrei Cherny and Barack Obama offered hopeful reminders of the nation we once were and could be again. In his new book The Candy Bombers , Cherny recounts a "story of America at her best" with the inspiring tale of the first battle of the Cold War in which the United States responded...
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
One minor non-Sort aside for the day. TPM is running with Andrei Cherny's "The Candy Bombers" for their book club posts this week. Andrei's introduction post James Traub Lawrence Kaplan I'll be shocked if Bishop doesn't get the floor over...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
... particularly memorable nailings. More Vintage Stephen from Second City, in Musky Treasures! Guest Andrei Cherny [...]
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Filed under: Late Night , TV Royalty , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , Reality-Free Here's who's on the late night shows tonight. Charlie Rose : Ted Sorensen The Daily Show: Bill Moyers (repeat) The Colbert Report: Andrei Cherny (repeat) The Late Show with David Letterman: Tina Fey, Brett Favre, and Estelle (repeat) Jay Leno: David Beckham, Sherri Shepherd, and The B-52s (repeat)...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
... Know a Lobby’ interview with Brady Campaign president Paul Helmke. Last week’s guest, author Andrei Cherny, shares his experience on The Colbert Report . Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) will appear on the Report next week as a birthday gift to her daughter. Mainstream Media: No, Stephen doesn't have a Twitter . Nor a Myspace page, nor anything else that would tale as much time as...
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Andrei Cherny goes on the Colbert Report and lives to tell about it: Also, there's this CNN report on Andrei's subject matter: I've still got to wrap up Andrei's book, but that's not to say I won't recommend it before...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... colberti! Episode 4067 (May 15, 2008) - Author and former vice presidential speechwriter Andrei Cherny Drop in and speak your mind in our new feature: the Friday Free-for-all! The Colbert Report Episode News: Will Bill O’Reilly address his meltdown video clip on The Colbert Report this week? Featured lobbyist Paul Helmke talks about his interview with Stephen and the questions that...
No Fact Zone.Net (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
... Stephen Colbert's Bears and Balls High food prices Dollar Stores High gas prices My Interview With Andrei: “Plus, my guest Andrei Cherny calls the 1948 Berlin air lift America’s finest hour. What about the final episode of Mash ? ” Andrei Cherny - author, The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour In closing: “Good Night!”...
