Seth Lip­sky is the found­ing edi­tor of the Eng­lish-lan­guage For­ward and of The New York Sun. He is a for­mer for­eign edi­tor of The Wall Street Jour­nal and served as a mem­ber of its edi­to­r­i­al board. He is the author most recent­ly of The Cit­i­zen’s Con­sti­tu­tion: An Anno­tat­ed Guide. A grad­u­ate of Har­vard Col­lege, he served as a com­bat reporter in Viet­nam for the GI dai­ly Pacif­ic Stars and Stripes. He lives in New York City.