Peter Robinson is an American author and research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he hosts the long-running interview series Uncommon Knowledge. He began his career in the Reagan White House as a speechwriter from 1982 to 1983, credited with drafting the line 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall' in President Reagan's 1987 Brandenburg Gate speech in West Berlin. Following his White House tenure, Robinson served as a principal speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush and later worked as a fellow at the Claremont Institute and a contributing editor at National Review. Robinson graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Stanford University before pursuing a second B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Christ Church, Oxford, completing it in 1982. He also attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. A prolific writer, he has authored books such as 'How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life' (2003) and 'Writing to Win: The Los Angeles Lakers, a Brilliant Coach, and the Greatest Basketball Team of All Time' (2022), and contributes opinion pieces to the Wall Street Journal.