Jeffrey R. Orenstein earned his B.A. from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, all in political science. His first career was in education, starting as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at a large public university in Ohio in the 1970's and taking an early retirement as a full professor 25 years later. He is the co-author of several widely-adopted books in the field, including An Introduction to Political Theory (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), coauthored with Robert Booth Fowler, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U. S. Rail Policy: Uncle Sam at the Throttle (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1990), Contemporary Issues in Political Theory, Revised Edition (New York: Greenwood, 1985). Co-authored with Robert Booth Fowler, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Contemporary Issues in Political Theory (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1977). His current career is in journalism. He is the Publisher and Executive Editor of Living On The Suncoast Magazine, entering its tenth year of publication and has been the executive editor of The Gulf Coast Business Review, both in Sarasota. He has written numerous articles on transportation and technology issues for national magazines and his most recent book before Fixing American Government is You Can Write A Book: How To Write What You Know and Self-Publish Your Way to Success, (Sarasota, Suncoast Digital Press, 2013), co-authored with Barbara Bingham. He and his wife Virginia live in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.