important person of the 20th century. time magazine had chosen einstein, the great scientist. charles disagreed. he picked churchill, the indispensable statesman who led the fight against hitler and sounded the alarm over communism. politics trumping science. that might explain why he traded a big-time medical career for a one way ticket to washington and why once here his eyes locked on to a help wanted ad in the political opinion magazine the new republic. i showed it to my wife and she said, why don t you apply? i said, how can i apply? i ve never written anything, don t know anybody. she said, you write it. i ll hand deliver it. that morning at my office i get a call. i m mike kingsly. i just got your letter. why do you want to do this? you re a doctor. i was intrigued so i called him.
century. time magazine had chosen einstein, the great scientist. charles disagreed. he picked churchill, the indispensable statesman who led the fight against hitler and sounded the alarm over communism. politics trumping science. that might explain why he traded a big-time medical career for a one way ticket to washington and why once here his eyes locked on to a help wanted ad in the political opinion magazine the new republic. i showed it to my wife and she said, why don t you apply? i said i don t know anybody. she said, you write it. i ll hand deliver it. that morning at my office i get a call. i m mike kingsly. why do you want to do this? you re a doctor. i was intrigued so i called him. michael was looking far managing editor for the left-leaning magazine. was there something in his application, something in the