Paul Beckett lives near a small lake in the university town of Madison, Wisconsin. In the past he lived in Northern Nigeria for seven years, and he wrote on Nigerian and African politics. He is active in a number of progressive causes and organizations including The Madison Institute, the Progressive Roundtable, the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, and the Dane County United Nations Association. Much of his reading and writing now focuses on the Israel-Palestine situation. He can be reached at beckettpa@gmail.com.