The Raffel Ticket

The Raffel Ticket

The Raffel Ticket

After college graduation, Keith Raffel worked as a senior staffer on Capitol Hill, started a pioneering Silicon Valley Company and wrote bestselling thrillers, only to return to live in his Harvard dorm decades later. Now, in The Raffel Ticket, he gives you his take on the issues confronting us as we try to create a better tomorrow. Read Keith Raffel's bio here.

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