Matthew Miller
Born	Matthew Miller 1962 New York City, New York, U.S.
Residence	Pacific Palisades, California
Occupation	Journalist
Family	one daughter named Amelia, and his wife's name is Jody

Matthew Miller (born 1962) is an American journalist, and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a monthly columnist for Fortune, regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic Monthly, and author of The Two Percent Solution. He is a graduate of Brown University.

He also appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC. He previously served as a corporate consultant and as an advisor to the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton administration. Miller is a senior advisor to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and to the firm's in-house economics think-tank McKinsey Global Institute.

Miller supports universal health insurance, increased education spending, school vouchers and other goals detailed in his book. He was also a supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but now claims he "blew it" in supporting the war, stating, "If I'd known beforehand that Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, I would not have supported the war."^[1]

He is moderator and co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, representing the center.

[edit] Excerpt from The Two Percent Solution

From the prologue to The Two Percent Solution:

Suppose I told you that for just two cents on the national dollar we could have a country where everyone had health insurance, every full-time worker earned a living wage, every poor child had a great teacher in a fixed-up school, and politicians spent their time with average Americans because they no longer had to grovel to wealthy donors? Suppose I also said we'd largely be using 'conservative' means (like tax subsidies and vouchers) to reach these seemingly 'liberal' goals — and that when we were done, government would be smaller than it was when Ronald Reagan was president?

Bibliography[link]

• Miller, Matthew (2003). The Two Percent Solution. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-58648-289-0. 
• Miller, Matthew (2009). The Tyranny of Dead Ideas. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-8787-7. 

References[link]

External links[link]

• Matt Miller Official website
• Matt Miller biography at the Center for American Progress
• KCRW's Left Right & Center

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Matthew Miller may refer to:

• Matthew Miller (drummer), American musician of Cymbals Eat Guitars
• Matisyahu (Matthew Paul Miller, born 1979), American musician and reggae performer
• Matt K. Miller (fl. 1981–2010}), American voice actor
• Matt Miller (musician) (fl. 2002), bassist for the post-hardcore band Sparta
• Matthew Miller (journalist) (born 1962), American journalist and broadcaster
• Matt Miller (right-handed pitcher) (born 1971), baseball player
• Matt Miller (left-handed pitcher) (born 1974), baseball player
• Matt Miller (outfielder) (born 1982), minor league baseball outfielder
• Matthew Miller (basketball) (born 1982), basketball player for Rwandan national team
• Matt Miller (American football) (fl. 1995), American football quarterback

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Richard Sanderson (born 5 March 1953, Taplow) is a British singer.

Biography[link]

He was born in England, son of two musicians: his Scottish father plays drums and his French mother plays the accordion.

Sanderson began playing piano from age five and picked up guitar at age 15. He is best known for his song Reality, which was the title theme to the soundtrack to the french 1980 film La Boum. The song became a hit in Europe in 1982, reaching #1 in 15 countries, including France Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland and selling more than eight million copies worldwide. Reality is well known in Germany and it has been covered multiple times on DSDS, the German version of American Idol.

Despite his success in continental Europe, Sanderson is virtually unknown in the United Kingdom. He has scored four films: Resonnances, Acharnés, Adam et Ève, C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans and the TV miniseries Unknown Images: The Vietnam War.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1980: No Stickers Please
• 1981: I'm In Love
• 1987: Reality
• 1987: Songs For Lovers
• 1987: Fairy Tale
• 1990: Anytime At All

Compilation[link]

• 1984: The Best of Richard Sanderson

Singles[link]

• 1979: Never Let You Go
• 1980: Reality
• 1980: Go On Forever
• 1981: She's A Lady / Junie Bug
• 1981: When I'm In Love / Close The Gate
• 1982: Your Eyes / Playground
• 1983: Stiamo Insieme / L'Hotel
• 1983: Sun
• 1984: Check On The List / Something New
• 1987: Lovely Lady
• 1988: Maybe You're Wrong
• 1990: When The Night Comes
• 1990: Anytime At All

External links[link]

• Official website
• Richard Sanderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Discogs

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Arianna Huffington
Huffington at the 2012 Time 100 gala
Born	Arianna Stasinopoúlou (1950-07-15) July 15, 1950 (age 61) Athens, Greece
Occupation	Journalist, Tycoon
Nationality	Greek American
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Genres	Non-fiction, news
Subjects	Politics, spirituality, environment, liberalism
Spouse(s)	Michael Huffington (1986–1997)
www.huffingtonpost.com

Arianna Huffington (formerly Stassinopoulos; born Greek: Αριάννα Στασινοπούλου, July 15, 1950) is a Greek-born American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known for her liberal news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s.^[1] She is the ex-wife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.

In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election.^[2]

In 2009, Huffington was named as number 12 in Forbes' first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media.^[3] She has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardian's Top 100 in Media List.^[4]

In 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million and made Huffington president and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, which included The Huffington Post and then-existing AOL properties such as Engadget, AOL Music, Patch Media, and StyleList.^[5]

Early life[link]

Huffington was born Arianna Stasinopoúlou in Athens, Greece, the daughter of Konstantinos (a journalist and management consultant) and Elli (née Georgiadi) Stasinopoulos, and is the sister of Agapi (an author, speaker and performer).^{[citation needed]} She moved to England at the age of 16, and studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was President of the Cambridge Union.^[6]

In 1971, she appeared in an edition of Face the Music along with Bernard Levin. He was 42 ; she was 21. A relationship developed, of which she wrote, after his death: "He wasn't just the big love of my life, he was a mentor as a writer and a role model as a thinker."^[7]. Huffington began writing books in the 1970s, with editorial help from Levin. For the BBC, the two traveled to music festivals around the world. They spent summers touring three-star restaurants in France. At the age of 30, she remained deeply in love with him but longed to have children; Levin never wanted to marry or have children. Huffington concluded that she must break away, and moved to New York in 1980.^[7]

Career[link]

In the late 1980s, Huffington wrote several articles for National Review. In 1981, she wrote a biography of Maria Callas, Maria Callas – The Woman Behind the Legend, and in 1989, a biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer.^[8]

Huffington rose to national prominence during her husband's unsuccessful Senate bid in 1994. She became known as a reliable supporter of conservative causes such as Newt Gingrich's "Republican Revolution" and Bob Dole's 1996 candidacy for president. She teamed up with liberal comedian Al Franken as the conservative half of "Strange Bedfellows"^[9] during Comedy Central's coverage of the 1996 U.S. presidential election. For her work, she and the writing team of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program.^{[citation needed]} She has also made a few forays into acting with roles on shows such as Roseanne, The L Word, How I Met Your Mother, Help Me Help You, and the film EdTV.^[10]

Huffington's politics began to shift back^{[clarification needed]} toward the left in the late 1990s. In 2000, she instigated the 'Shadow Conventions', which appeared at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles at Patriotic Hall.^[11]

Campaigning for Governor of California, 2003

Huffington heads The Detroit Project, a public interest group lobbying automakers to start producing cars running on alternative fuels. The project's 2003 TV ads, which equated driving sport utility vehicles to funding terrorism, proved to be particularly controversial, with some stations refusing to run them.^[12]

In a 2004 appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she announced her endorsement of John Kerry by saying, "When your house is burning down, you don't worry about the remodeling."^[13] Huffington was a panel speaker during the 2005 California Democratic Party State Convention, held in Los Angeles. She also spoke at the 2004 College Democrats of America Convention in Boston, which was held in conjunction with the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Huffington is also a regular panelist on the nationally syndicated weekend radio program, Both Sides Now with Huffington & Matalin,^[14] hosted by Mark Green.

California recall election participation[link]

Huffington was an independent candidate to recall California governor Gray Davis in the 2003 recall election. She described her candidacy against front runner Arnold Schwarzenegger as "the hybrid versus the Hummer," making reference to her ownership of a hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius, and Schwarzenegger's Hummer. The two would proceed to have a high-profile clash during the election's debate, during which both candidates were rebuked for making personal attacks.^{[citation needed]}

Despite briefly retaining former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley as a campaign advisor and advertising executive Bill Hillsman as her media director, she dropped out of the race on September 30, 2003. Others attributed her exit to her inability to garner support for her candidacy, noting that polls showed that only about two percent of likely California voters planned to vote for her at the time of her withdrawal.^[15] Though she failed to stop the recall, Huffington's name remained on the ballot and she placed 5th, capturing 0.55% of the vote.

Media presence[link]

In the 1970s, on the strength of her prominence in the Cambridge Union, Arianna Stassinopoulos was a frequent panelist on the weekly BBC Radio 4 political discussion programme, Any Questions?, and the BBC television panel games Call My Bluff and Face the Music.^{[citation needed]} She was the first female host of the BBC's late night chat show Saturday Night at The Mill, broadcast live from the foyer of the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.^{[citation needed]} She was dropped from the show after just a few weeks in the role, and was replaced by Jenny Hanley.^{[citation needed]}

Huffington at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

Huffington's book The Fourth Instinct is based on the idea that all humans have an inherent spiritual yearning.^[16]

Huffington is the co-host of the weekly, nationally syndicated, public radio program Both Sides Now, along with Mary Matalin, former top aide to the Bush/Cheney White House. Every week on Both Sides Now, Huffington and Matalin discuss the nation's relevant political issues, offering both sides of every issue to the listeners. Both Sides Now is hosted by former Air Radio America President and HuffPost blogger Mark J. Green.^[14]

Huffington also has an Internet presence with her website The Huffington Post, which features blogs and commentary from her and from a number of prominent liberal journalists, public officials, and celebrities.

Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was a website called Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.^[17]

In November 2008, Huffington joined the cast of Seth MacFarlane's animated series, The Cleveland Show, where she lends her voice to the wife of Tim the Bear, also named Arianna.^[18]

On November 17, 2008, Huffington substituted for Rachel Maddow on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. The online website TV Newser has put forward the idea that she is in the running for a more permanent role as commentator or anchor at MSNBC.^[19]

Huffington was spoofed by actress Michaela Watkins on the November 22, 2008, episode of Saturday Night Live.^[20]

Huffington was also spoofed on the first season of Tracey Ullman's State of the Union in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Huffington appeared as herself in the May 10, 2010, episode of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.^[21]

Huffington participated in the 24th annual "Distinguished Speaker Series" at the University at Buffalo, NY., on September 16, 2010. She headlined a debate against radio co-host Mary Matalin on current world events, political issues, and the local Buffalo economy. The University at Buffalo "Distinguished Speaker Series" has featured a multitude of world-renowned politicians and celebrities such as; Tony Blair, Bill Nye, Jon Stewart, and the Dalai Lama.^{[citation needed]}

Huffington offered to provide as many buses as necessary to transport those who want to go to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on October 30, 2010, from the Huffington Post Headquarters in New York City.^[22] Ultimately, she paid for 150 buses to ferry almost 10,000 people from Citi Field in Queens to RFK Stadium in DC. The only self-promotion on her part was 'Huffington Post' written on the bracelets needed to get on the bus.

Huffington appeared as herself in the Family Guy episode "Brian Writes a Bestseller" on November 21, 2010,^[23] taking part in a discussion on a mock version of Real Time with Bill Maher about the quality of a book Brian Griffin authored in this episode.

Plagiarism claims[link]

Huffington was accused of plagiarism for copying material for her book Maria Callas (1981); the claims were settled out of court in 1981, with Callas' biographer Gerald Fitzgerald being paid "in the low five figures."^[24][25][26]

Lydia Gasman, an art history professor at the University of Virginia, claimed that Huffington’s 1988 biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, included themes similar to those in her unpublished four-volume Ph.D. thesis. "What she did was steal twenty years of my work," Gasman told Maureen Orth in 1994. Gasman did not file suit.^[27]

Maureen Orth also reported that Huffington "borrowed heavily for her 1993 book, The Gods of Greece."^[24]

Personal life[link]

Huffington met her future husband Michael Huffington in 1985. They were married a year later. They later established residency in Santa Barbara, California, in order for him to run in 1992 as a Republican for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which he won by a significant margin. Arianna campaigned for her husband, courting religious conservatives, arguing for smaller government and a reduction in welfare. In 1994, he narrowly lost the race for the U.S. Senate seat to California to incumbent Dianne Feinstein.^[28] The couple divorced in 1997.^[29] They have two daughters – Christina Sophia Huffington and Isabella Diana Huffington.^{[citation needed]} She became a naturalized American citizen in 1990.^[30] In 1998 Michael Huffington disclosed that he was bisexual.^[31]

Religion[link]

Huffington was a member of the Rajneesh movement in the early 80s along with her then-partner Bernard Levin.^[32] Later they both joined the MSIA movement.^[32]

Bibliography[link]

• The Female Woman (1973) ISBN 0-7067-0098-8
• After Reason (1978) ISBN 0-8128-2465-2
• Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend (1981; 1993) ISBN 0-8154-1228-2
• The Gods of Greece (1993) ISBN 0-87113-554-X
• The Fourth Instinct (1994) ISBN 0-7432-6163-1
• Picasso: Creator and Destroyer (1996) ISBN 0-671-45446-3
• Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom (1998) ISBN 0-517-39699-8
• How to Overthrow the Government (2000) ISBN 0-06-098831-2
• Pigs at the Trough (2003) ISBN 1-4000-4771-4
• Fanatics & Fools (2004) ISBN 1-4013-5213-8
• On Becoming Fearless...In Love, Work, and Life (2007) ISBN 0-316-16682-0
• Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe (2008) ISBN 978-0-307-26966-9
• Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream (2010) ISBN 0-307-71982-0

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arianna Huffington

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• Column archive at The Huffington Post
• Column archive at AlterNet
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Arianna Huffington on Charlie Rose
• Arianna Huffington at the Internet Movie Database
• Arianna Huffington collected news and commentary at The Guardian
• Arianna Huffington collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Works by or about Arianna Huffington in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Campaign contributions made by Arianna Huffington

Interviews and statements[link]

• Booknotes interview with Huffington on How to Overthrow the Government, February 13, 2000.
• YouTube: "Arianna Huffington video interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro, 2008"
• Video interview/discussion with Huffington and Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.tv
• "7 Days in America" podcast
• Arianna Huffington interview^{[dead link]} on the Tavis Smiley show. Watch her interview online. October 2006
• Video of Arianna Huffington on The Hour
• Arianna Huffington on her New Book Third World America – eo interview by Democracy Now!, September 10, 2010
• Arianna Huffington interviewed by Sophie Elmhirst on New Statesman, December 2010

Articles[link]

• McLellan, Diana. Arianna Huffington, Washingtonian, May 1, 1994.
• Los Angeles Shadow Convention; Aug 13–17, 2000
• Arianna Huffington profile at the Left, Right and Center website
• Hurricane Arianna, article by Paul Harris, The Observer, December 10, 2006
• This is the Future of the News: The Arianna Huffington Interview by David Weinberger for Wired, May 15, 2007
• The Times: Arianna Huffington: The Super Blogger

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Matt Welch is an American blogger, journalist, and libertarian political pundit.^[1][2] Since 2008, he has been the editor-in-chief at the monthly libertarian journal, Reason.^[3] From 2006 to 2007, he was an editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times.^[4] In the late 1990s, he wrote for Tabloid.Net, along with Tim Blair and Ken Layne, who now edits Wonkette.^[5][6]

He has written a portrayal of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, from a libertarian perspective. In McCain: The Myth of a Maverick,^[7] Welch argues that a McCain presidency would advance a statist agenda.^{[8][9][10][11]} Through a FOIA request, Welch obtained a copy of McCain's War College thesis which, based on his experience as a POW, argued for the teaching of US foreign policy to military recruits."^[12]

He has also researched the effects of UN sanctions against Iraq, often criticizing the reporting of others.^[13][14][15] Commentator Mike Rosen praised his research as "yeoman's work."^[16] Welch earned the award for "Best Entertainment Review/Criticism/Column" in the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, hosted by the Los Angles Press Club, for his work, "Bailing Out Big Brother: Media criticism goes from rebelling against media oligarchs to handing them a lifeline."^[17]

A life-long Los Angeles Angels fan, Welch is a frequent commenter on Halos Heaven.^[18] He is married to journalist Emmanuelle Richard, and they have one daughter.

In 2011 Matt Welch published "The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America" with Reason.tv Editor Nick Gillespie.^[19]

Publications[link]

• Blogs
  • Matt Welch blog
• Books
  • McCain: The Myth of a Maverick, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 ISBN 0-230-60396-3
  • The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America, Public Affairs, ISBN 1-58648-938-0

References[link]

External links[link]

• Current page at the Reason magazine site
• Professional autobiography at blog
• Interview at democracynow.org
• Video with his reaction to McCain candidacy
• Video discussions and interviews on Bloggingheads.tv

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