Paul Cowan (1940-88) was a longtime reporter for the "Village Voice" and the author of "The Making of an Un-American, Only Yesterday, An Orphan in History", and, with Rachel Cowan, "Mixed Blessings" and "A Torah Is Written". Rick Perlstein is the author of "Nixonland" and "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus".