Bill Boyarsky is Lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Southern California. In his 30 years with the" Los Angeles Times, " Boyarsky was a political writer, featured columnist, and city editor. He was a member of reporting teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes. He is the author of two biographies of Ronald Reagan. He is author of "Los Angeles: City of Dreams;" and with his wife, Nancy, he coauthored "Backroom Politics."