About the Author

George Marlin is a chairman of Aid to the Church in Need U.S.A. He is the former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A contributing editor to TheCatholicThing.org, an online publication, Marlin is the author or editor of 12 books, including Christian Persecutions in the Middle East: A 21st Century Tragedy (2015), The American Catholic Voter (2004), and Fighting the Good Fight: A History of the New York Conservative Party (2002).