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DAVID HORSEY is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. His work is syndicated internationally by Tribune Media Services. The winner of numerous awards for his cartoons and written commentary, he has published five collections of his work. Currently, he is president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. His career has taken him to Europe, Asia, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C., and through six presidential election campaigns. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
SCOTT SIMON (foreword to the first edition) was the host of the TV program Affluenza. He is currently the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on National Public Radio and is a former host of the Weekend Today Show on NBC. The author of several books, he lives in Washington, D.C.
VICKI ROBIN (foreword to the second edition) is the coauthor of the best-selling book Your Money or Your Life and the founder and co-chair of the Simplicity Forum (www.simplicityforum.org). She also founded the “Conversation Cafes” and “Let’s Talk America” campaigns. She lives on Whidbey Island, Washington.
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