Joe Rothstein is a political strategist and media producer who worked in more than 200 campaigns for political office and political causes.
He also has served as editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anchorage Daily News and adjunct professor at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.
He has a master's degree in journalism from UCLA. Mr. Rothstein is the author of award-winning political thrillers, The Latina President and the Conspiracy to Destroy Her, The Salvation Project, and The Moment of Menace.
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New Highways Radically Changed America. Much More Radical Change Is Just Ahead
Before AI and robotics, it was roads that changed everything. Joe Rothstein reflects on a summer with a daredevil stunt show—and how the 1950s Interstate Highway Act quietly reshaped American life, business, and politics.