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E-mail a friendNovember 11, 2008
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki discusses how the Bush Doctrine goes against what the framers of the Constitution intended and would have wanted. Chef and former convicted felon, Jeff Henderson, explains how cooking at a Tavis Smiley Foundation event gave him the confidence to take the next steps in his culinary career.
Eugene Jarecki
Eugene Jarecki
Author describes how the American people can go about putting the Executive Branch back in its place. (3:21)
Full interview. (10:53)
An award-winning filmmaker, Eugene Jarecki tackles challenging topics. Walter Cronkite called his film Why We Fight—which won the '06 Peabody—"required viewing for every American." Jarecki is also a senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute and founder and executive director of The Eisenhower Project, an academic public policy group dedicated to studying the forces that shape American foreign policy. His book, The American Way of War, focuses on what can be done to get the U.S. back on track.
Jeff Henderson
Jeff Henderson
Former convicted felon shares his transformation from a prisoner to renown chef. (3:52)
Full interview. (11:52)
Jeff Henderson found his passion for cooking while serving nearly a decade in prison for drugs. He's been executive chef at several top restaurants and made Las Vegas history by becoming the first African American named "Chef de Cuisine" at Caesars Palace. An inspiration to troubled young adults, he has his own company, The Henderson Group, and a reality show on The Food Network, The Chef Jeff Project. He's also a best-selling author, whose life story is being turned into a major motion picture.