University. He previously practiced as an attorney at firms in both Austin and Dallas.
An expert in the fields of economics and law, Dr. North is author of Good Intentions:
Nine Hot Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith, and has published numerous
journal articles, in recent years focusing his research on economics, law, and religion.
Dr. North lives with his family in Waco, Texas.
BOB SMIETANA is the
religion editor for The Tennessean and a correspondent for Religion News
Service.
His stories have appeared in national and regional US newspapers,
including the Washington Post, the LA Times, and the Chicago Tribune,
as well as national religious magazines such as Christianity Today, Christian
Century, Sojourners, and US Catholic. He was one of the first American
journalists to interview Graham Taylor and has written about Taylor for RNS
and Christianity Today.
Bob is the author of Life: Defining Personhood
Under God, and co-author of Good Intentions.
He lives outside of Chicago
with his wife, Kathy, and their three children.