Topic: Walter Isaacson

The annual Aspen Ideas Festival presented by The Aspen Institute has witnessed another successful year. With the lofty goals of improving the well being of humanity around the world and striving to create leaders who have values, the Aspen Ideas Festival invites some of the greatest minds the world has to offer including political luminaries like former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Colin Powell and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Take a look back with Plum at the esteemed guests, prominent speakers, and big ideas that made up the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival.

Before the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Denver, Aug. 25, Republican presidential candidate John McCain paid yet another visit to Aspen.

While McCain has come to Aspen before to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this trip he sat down with Walter Isaacson at The Aspen Institute to discuss the seriousness of the crisis in Russia, climate change, the strength of the dollar, and solutions to the energy crisis. Find out what the Arizona senator had to say about these pressing issues and more.