G. Randy Kasten

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Who is G. Randy Kasten?

Gregory Randolph Kasten is an attorney and author. Born April 11, 1955 in Oakland, California, Kasten received a bachelor's degree in American Studies from Reed College in Portland, Oregon in 1978 and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1982. He was admitted to the California bar in 1984. Now working in San Francisco, California, Kasten's first book was Just Trust Me: Finding the Truth in a World of Spin a nonfiction work on critical thinking.

The book presents methods for discovering truths behind advertising, politics, media, family and social relationships. Kasten has described the genesis of the book as his experiences in a rural community "It was 1970, and my family had recently moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to a town in the San Joaquin Valley…One evening I found myself sitting on a couch at my friend Earl's house…Walter Cronkite was finishing up a newscast with a bit of commentary. He spoke about the dangers of making up one's mind too quickly and labeling events before fully understanding them…His concluding phrase was something like, "Let's not be too quick to use the label-making device." Earl looked over at me. "Do you know what the crap he was talking about?" Kasten has said the book is an attempt to answer that question.

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