Playboy Interview: Fareed Zakaria -

The foreign policy wunderkind’s optimistic view of the America's future as a superpower is surprising -- his book, The Post-American World, begins with a run-down of categories where America is no longer #1. The journalist/editor drops seven pages of knowledge while chronicling his journey from son of a politician-journalist couple in India, to Reagan Republican, to hyper-intellectual writer for Foreign Affairs, to the Newsweek gig, to the “Muslim Cary Grant”. The combination of Zakaria's refreshing belief that the media is obligated to contextualize the news, and his faith in the resilience of America as a people and a Nation, makes Jon Stewart’s man-crush understandable.
in Playboy by David Sheff, May 2008
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The Grand Old (Independent) Party -

Libertarian presidential candidate William Redpath gives a quick history of his party before explaining the difference between himself and "rebel paleolibertarianist" Ron Paul. Redpath sounds like other also-rans, touting his policies as the only option to save us from terrorism, a failing economy, and regulatory irresponsibility, and compares the Libertarian Party to Prohibitionists, claiming they achieved their goal just by being in the 1916 presidential race. There are a few amusing sound bites here -- "If people thought Google was going to start abusing them through information gathered from their Internet usage, they could use Ask.com" -- but overall it's fairly predictable.
in Playboy by Robert Levine, May 2008
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