It has been a tumultuous few months for relations between the United States and Russia. Last October, President Donald J. Trump, clearly frustrated by his inability to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine, a war he had vowed as a presidential candidate on more than 50 occasions to end within 24 hours, did something that even his predecessor had declined to do.

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Tom Freston attributes his long-running success as a media entrepreneur who helped shape modern popular culture in America and throughout the world largely to luck. His captivating new book suggests otherwise.

Part memoir, travelogue, history of rock n' roll, and insider look at the media business, Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu is a rollicking, often hilarious romp through Freston's 25-year career as a creative force in the music industry and modern media. Witty and warm, the book accurately reflects the man I met over 30 years ago and have admired since—insatiably curious, creative, decent, and kind.

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PALM BEACH, FLA. — The "season" is now over in Palm Beach, the winter home of some of the nation's wealthiest citizens, and of course, President Donald Trump. The once brief season—four months between Christmas and Easter—now extends from Thanksgiving to Memorial Day and even longer, depending on the weather in the Hamptons, Newport, Nantucket, and the other summer resorts to which billionaire Palm Beachers and their poorer multi-millionaire neighbors flee. As the temperature climbs, Palm Beach, or at least most of its more fashionable haunts, is increasingly deserted. But not Green's.

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When Mike Duggan, a Democrat, first ran for mayor of Detroit back in 2013, the city was a hot mess — a notorious symbol of urban decline.

With the auto industry in shambles and whites fleeing downtown for the suburbs in the wake of the nation's deadliest riots, the murder rate was soaring.

So was violent crime.

Factories were closing and buildings were being burned and abandoned. In the midst of the campaign, Detroit went broke — the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation's history.

Few thought that Duggan, a former Wayne County executive and prosecutor who once headed the Detroit Medical Center, could win.

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On a temperate April night, Detroit was buzzing. The historic Detroit Athletic Club—long a favorite for family celebrations—was fully booked. At the Detroit Opera House, director Yuval Sharon's reinvention of Mozart's Così fan Tutte played to a sold-out, enthusiastic crowd. Downtown at Cliff Bell's, a jazz quartet performed for a racially mixed audience. At Little Caesars Arena, 20,000 fans watched the Detroit Pistons battle the New York Knicks in the NBA playoffs. And along the newly restored RiverWalk, residents strolled the scenic, carefully landscaped waterfront.

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