In addition to "Newsweek and the "Washington Post, Robert J. Samuelson's columns are syndicated to about 40 U.S. and 20 foreign papers by "The Washington Post Writers Group. He is the author of "The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, 1945-1995. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife, Judy Herr, and their three children, Ruth, Michael and John.