Richard Heffner (b. August 5, 1925) is the creator and host of The Open Mind (talk show), a public affairs television show first broadcast in 1956. Currently University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University, he is the author of "A Documentary History of the United States," a verbatim anthology of important public documents in American history, among them the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, … Wikipedia
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