Jonathan Rowe was, by inclination, an unobtrusive man. He moved through this world quietly, and he left quietly.
He did not promote himself. He was not comfortable seeking recognition. He concentrated instead on substance.
Jon died the other day, abruptly, with no warning of any kind, and left behind a wife, Mary Jean, and an 8-year-old son, Josh.
In part because of his modesty, and in part because celebrity and valor are not the same, you very likely did not know of him. Or, if you did, not nearly enough. Continue Reading…
Russ Baker delivers a lively, informal talk about Family of Secrets. He will explore the ongoing significance of the book’s revelations about the nature of power and “deep politics,” and address the past, present and future of the larger Bush-centered enterprise. There will be a lengthy Q&A session, and Russ will sign copies.
If you are in the greater Miami area, we hope you’ll join us. If you have friends who may be interested, please alert them.
Family of Secrets has been out for a while, but, due in good part to the corporate-owned media’s reluctance to air deep investigative journalism that takes on the powerful, it’s still one of America’s best kept secrets. That’s starting to change, and Russ is in demand now more than ever.
This week, Russ is providing intriguing context on a confluence of anniversaries and events currently taking place: the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s famed speech warning about the military industrial complex, the 10th anniversary of George W. Bush’s inauguration, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day observation, the Arizona shootings, and more. Russ talks about Family of Secrets, and about our new nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative reporting news site, www.whowhatwhy.com
You can hear or see Russ on the following shows:
January 15
Tonight, Saturday January 15, on Coast to Coast AM with Ian Punnett, 10pm-midnight Pacific Time, 1-3am Eastern Time Sunday (Coast to Coast can be heard on a major AM radio station almost anywhere in the US. See http://www.coasttocoastam.com/stations to find a local station.
January 17 On Monday, January 17, Russ will be a guest on Thom Hartmann’s nationwide radio show. To find a local station that carries Thom’s show, see http://www.thomhartmann.com/radio/stations .
Russ will also be on Thom’s television show, carried by RT on cable and streamed on the Internet. For more on that, see http://www.thomhartmann.com/tv . You can also see Thom’s show on Free Speech TV, carried by Dish Network and DirecTV. For schedule (the show repeats throughout the day and night) see http://www.freespeech.org/free-speech-tv-schedule
Also on Monday, Russ will be a guest on RT’s own television show, available via cable, satellite, and online. RT is the Russian equivalent of CNN, with English language programming.
January 18 On Tuesday, January 18, Russ will be on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. GRITtv can be seen nationwide on Free Speech TV. FSTV is carried on Dish Network and DirecTV. For schedule (the show repeats throughout the day and night) see http://www.freespeech.org/free-speech-tv-scheduleYou can also see or hear some of Russ’s past appearances, on MSNBC with Dylan Ratigan, on Public Radio International’s The Takeaway, and other programs, at www.familyofsecrets.com
We’re just getting started! You can be part of the wave, by helping spread the word.
Russ Baker on The Takeaway, Public Radio International.
Date: Nov. 12, 2010
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After two years of laying low, former President George W. Bush came out with a bang this week, with the release of his memoir, “Decision Points.” While the world has been focusing on Bush’s take on the Iraq war, weapons of mass destruction, the use of waterboarding and Hurricane Katrina, today we want to discuss what the memoir means in the context of the Republican surge in the past election. Is the book about the pastBush administration, or is it laying the ground for another Bush generation to take back the White House in the future?
There aren't enough positive adjectives in the English language to describe my amazement at the enormously important work that is "Family of Secrets". — O.W., Texas
I wanted to personally thank you for the tremendous effort and the marvelously informative document that you have created. I have no doubt I that I will read it once more in the future. — Menny, Germany
“One of the most important books of the past ten years”—Gore Vidal
“A tour de force….Family of Secrets has made me rethink even those events I witnessed with my own eyes”—Dan Rather
“Russ Baker’s work stands out for its fierce independence, fact-based reporting, and concern for what matters most to our democracy…A lot of us look to Russ to tell us what we didn’t know”—Bill Moyers
“This is the book people will be mining for years to come”—David Margolick, Newsweek and Vanity Fair
“An investigative gem filled with juicy revelations”
--Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times
Jonathan Rowe was, by inclination, an unobtrusive man. He moved through this world quietly, and he left quietly.
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