Drawing on the past, outraged by the present and still believing in America's future, Keith Raffel examines the nation's challenges with clarity, wit and vision. These sharp, eloquent essays don't just inform-they provoke and entertain. With insights collected from teaching tech ethics at Harvard, founding a Silicon Valley startup, watching over the CIA, studying history, writing bestselling thrillers and raising a family, Raffel offers his own distinctive views on what's going on in this country and world of ours. He'll broaden your horizons, challenge your assumptions and keep you turning the pages.