Cheryl Russell (Beaufort, SC), a recognized authority on statistics and demographics, is the editorial director of New Strategist Publications and the former editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TV Guide, Family Circle, and many other publications, and she has appeared on the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and PBS. She is the author of The Master Trend and 100 Predictions for the Baby Boom.
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"...full of almost random statistical facts. What makes it an intriguing book is the thought and commentary that Russell provides for each statistic... Russell pulled together well-tied themes, and her insights into them is what really makes this book shine... Hopefully, Russell will be successful enough with this volume to turn it into an annual event." -- Sacramento Book Review, September 2008. " A bonanza of information based on the latest data available. Facts about families, men and women, sex, marriage and divorce, babies, housing, technology, health and much more are provided in easy bite-size bits that add up to a portrait of the nation today. If you want to know what is really occurring and why, this book holds the answers." --Bookviews.com, November 2008 "Each page holds a surprise, some good, some bad and each one more interesting than the last. Inquiring minds won't want to miss this one." --MonstersandCritics.com, Oct. 29, 2008