Most books include a biography intended to sketch the author's background. Readers might want to know that the author has education, experience, and expertise setting him or her apart as someone with something uniquely valuable to say. This author, however, has very little unique information and no strikingly special perspective. The author presents himself as a US citizen with access to newspapers, magazines, books and the internet--all available to most other citizens. His stated intent is to become a better informed citizen, and the hope is that he can encourage fellow citizens to find thei...