The world is changing. It is our responsibility as citizens to understand these changes and react accordingly.Hecht is a brilliant analyst of public policy issues and offers innovative ideas on improving national security, decreasing oil consumption, enhancing health care, and improving government.Hecht is a graduate of Cornell University and earned a PhD in chemical engineering from Yale. He then spent over thirty-one years with DuPont. After he retired, he held academic appointments at the University of Delaware, Temple University, and the University of Denver. His articles on public affairs have been in over twenty publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. The differences he has made include decreasing racial discrimination throughout the United States and saving thousands of lives.