China’s superstar pianist Lang Lang is 26 years old, and the face of a new China. He had a big role in the Olympic opening ceremonies, and he joins us from Beijing.
Comments [5]With the Beijing Olympics set to begin, we talk with a top sports psychologist, herself a world class athlete, about what it takes.
Comments [1]It is now less than six months to the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The Olympic torch has begun its journey. Olympic politics — over Tibet and Darfur and more — are in full gear.
And in pools and on tracks and pommel horses across the country, top American athletes are swinging [...]
Newsweek’s Jon Meacham talks about his new biography of President “Number 7,” Andrew Jackson, who broke down the doors of Washington for the common man.
All eyes on Obama’s emerging cabinet. The Big Three go begging. Markets keep tumbling. Our news roundtable goes behind this week’s headlines.
The “Tipping Point” master Malcolm Gladwell talks about the ecology of success and where the super-successful get their edge.
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Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.
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