Nat Hentoffis an internationally known jazz critic and the only critic ever designated a Jazz Master by the NEA. He is a regular columnist for Jazz.com and theWall Street Journal, the United Media Newspaper Syndicate, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow. His many books includeJazz Country; Jazz Is; The Jazz Life; Boston Boy: Growing Up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions; Living the Bill of Rights; and the forthcomingIs This America?