A NY Times Bestseller! “Senator Byron Dorgan is one of the few elected official of either party who has consistently and unwaveringly defended the interests of American working men and women and their families.  His commitment to our country and the truth is inspiring.  His book is a trenchant and timely examination of America’s so-called free trade policies and the exorbitant cost to our middle class and our nation.”  —Lou Dobbs

In Straight Talk from the Heartland, Schultz rails against the havoc that our nation's leaders are wreaking on everything from international relations to homeland defense, from our skyrocketing federal deficit to the disenfranchised families of rural America who are struggling to make ends meet. With a heady mix of patriotism, outrage, humor, and hope, he makes an urgent appeal to universal virtues such as honesty and liberty... "I'm here to give it to you straight," Big Ed says. "I've got faith that, when Americans grasp what's going on around them, they'll start acting like a bear fresh out of hibernation—famished, ill-tempered, and ready to start raising hell." Straight Talk from the Heartland is the wake-up call America has been waiting for.