Bill O’Connell received a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College in 1976, his Master of Business Administration from Fordham University in 1979, and a Master of Science in computer science from Pace University in 1987. He runs the popular political blog LibertysLifeline.com, and he's the author of Liberty’s Lifeline: Engaging the Grassroots Movement to Stop the Erosion of American Freedoms (Bridgeway Books, April 2011). A native New Yorker, he and his wife, Julie, have four children and live in Long Island, N.Y. For more information about Liberty’s Lifeline and to find out more about the blog that inspired the book, visit www.libertyslifeline.com.