About the Author
Lee DrutmanLee Drutman is the former Communi-ca-tions Director at Citizen Works (www.citizenworks.org), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by Ralph Nader to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power. His commentaries have been published in many outlets, including the
Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, and the
Providence Journal and online at TomPaine.com, Alternet.org and CommonDreams.org.