Richard Hurowitz is a writer and the founder and pub­lish­er of the Octa­vian Report. His writ­ing has appeared in the New York Times, Finan­cial Times, Wall Street Jour­nal, Times (UK), Los Ange­les Times, Time, His­to­ry Today and the Jerusalem Post, among oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. He received his bachelor’s degree in his­to­ry from Yale and his juris doc­tor from Colum­bia Law School. He lives in New York City with his family.