Beverly Merrill Kelley, Ph.D. recently retired from teaching communication courses after thirty-five years in the department she founded at California Lutheran University. She has instructed so many local attorneys, she is rarely permitted to serve on a jury. She previously published three nonfiction books that explore the relationship between politics and film as well as numerous scholarly articles in the fields of argumentation, persuasion, credibility, interpersonal communication, television, and film history. A former radio and television talk-show host and frequent contributor to the Vent...