Embedded reporter Karl Zinsmeister will describe his month on the frontline of the Iraq war, chronicled in his new book Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton College. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the college's Family Weekend and the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2003-2004 Speakers Series.
Zinsmeister, the J.B. Fuqua Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, has been a legislative assistant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a syndicated radio commentator, and an advisor to the U.S. Department of Education. His research and writing have covered a wide range of topics, ranging from demographics and social and cultural trends to defense, business and economics. He is editor-in-chief of The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture. He lives in Cazenovia, N.Y.
