I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
Scott Bakula, Actor (1954) |
David Cameron, Politician (1966) |
Lewis Cass, Soldier (1782) |
Bruce Catton, Historian (1899) |
Artur Davis, Politician (1967) |
Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1884) |
Ruth Ellis, Criminal (1926) |
John Entwistle, Musician (1944) |
Heinz Fischer, Statesman (1938) |
Bobby Flay, Celebrity (1964) |
Gordon W. Allport, Psychologist (1967) |
Benjamin Banneker, Scientist (1806) |
Robert Jackson, Statesman (1954) |
Walter Kerr, Critic (1996) |