Since Harvard, I have worked in progressive politics as a speechwriter, ghostwriter, researcher, and advisor for pundits, strategists, historians, Cabinet officials, and Members of Congress – including Democratic figures James Carville and Bill Press, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and former FCC Chairman William Kennard.In my spare time, I have maintained an online presence writing political commentary and film reviews at Ghost in the Machine (http://www.ghostinthemachine.net/">http://www.ghostinthemachine.net) since 1999. My Ph.D dissertation on the course of progressivism during the Twenties is available http://www.kevincmurphy.com/uphillalltheway.html">here.