*Beinart, Peter: -Peter Beinartis the author of The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris and The Good Fight *. A former editor of The New Republic, he is an associate professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York, a senior fellow at the New America Foundat...

*Beinart, Peter: -Peter Beinartis the author of The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris and The Good Fight *. A former editor of The New Republic, he is an associate professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and the senior political writer for The Daily Beast. He lives with his family in New York City.