Thane Rosenbaum

Thane Rosenbaum is an essayist, novelist, and law professor. His articles, reviews, and essays appear frequently in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN,the Daily Beast, and other national publications. He serves as the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio and can be seen regularly on various cable news shows. He moderates the Talk Show at the 92nd Street Y, an annual series on culture, world events, and politics. He has given public lectures around the world. He is a Distinguished University Professor at Touro College, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. Rosenbaum is the author of Payback: The Case for Revenge, and The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right, and is the editor of the anthology Law Lit, from Atticus Finch to "The Practice" A Collection of Great Writing about the Law. He has also published five novels including The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible.