Thom Hartmann

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born

May 07, 1951 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The United States

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male

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http://www.thomhartmann.com/

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Politics, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction

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Thom Hartmann is a progressive radio talk show host, author, and retired businessman who was born and grew up in Michigan.

His daily progressive radio talk show is syndicated and distributed to radio and television stations nationwide and in Europe and Africa.

Thom has spent much of his life working with and for the International Salem relief organization. In 1979 Hartmann and his wife Louise founded New England Salem Children's Village whose main purpose is to provide a home and a nurturing environment for neglected and emotionally disturbed children and New England Salem Childrens Trust (NESCT). Hartmann served as NESCT's Executive Director for five years, and on its board for over 25 years. Through his affliiation with German Salem Intern...more Thom Hartmann is a progressive radio talk show host, author, and retired businessman who was born and grew up in Michigan.

His daily progressive radio talk show is syndicated and distributed to radio and television stations nationwide and in Europe and Africa.

Thom has spent much of his life working with and for the International Salem relief organization. In 1979 Hartmann and his wife Louise founded New England Salem Children's Village whose main purpose is to provide a home and a nurturing environment for neglected and emotionally disturbed children and New England Salem Childrens Trust (NESCT). Hartmann served as NESCT's Executive Director for five years, and on its board for over 25 years. Through his affliiation with German Salem International organization and with that group he helped start international relief programs in Uganda, Colombia, Russia, Israel, India, Australia, and several other countries between 1979 and today.

Thom Hartmann introduced the theory of hunters and farmers in his groundbreaking Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception. In the book, Thom hypothesized that traits that were advantageous in a hunting culture - being alert to every sound in the environment, willingness to take risks, etc - became not so helpful when society switched to farming, and the prized trait was the ability to stick patiently to a task.

The hunters and farmers theory of ADHD children is the idea that they are the "hunters" who are able to take in continuous stimuli and react quickly to changing circumstances. Whereas, non-ADHD children are the "farmers" who are patient, methodical, and focused over long periods of time. Unfortunately for ADHD children, traditional schools teach for the patient "farmers", and not the alert and quick reacting "hunters."

In 1998 the New England Salem Children's Trust established The Hunter School and began to serve children who struggle in traditional education settings because of the educational and behavioral differences associated with ADHD. Hunter School, the Hunter School is a small, non-profit residential and day school where young boys and girls with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Asperger's Syndrome are nurtured, educated and celebrated.

As an entrepreneur, Hartmann's also founded several successful businesses including Woodley Herber Company which operated until 1978. In 1983 he founded International Wholesale Travel and its retail subsidiary Sprayberry Travel and the Atlanta advertising agency Chandler, MacDonald, Stout, Schneiderman & Poe, Inc., which did business as The Newsletter Factory.

He sold his interest in that company in 1996 and retired to Vermont, although he and Louise now live in Washington D.C., complete with a radio studio and their mascot attack-cat, Higgins.

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Thom Hartmann's Blog

Thom Hartmann isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Are the Koch Bros and their Tea Party followers shutting down the Government now?

Negotiations in Congress to prevent a government shut down have reportedly fallen through. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid placed the blame on Tea Party Republicans who are refusing to compromise in budget negotiations saying, "The infighting between the tea party and the rest of the Republican Party…is keeping our negotiating partner from the negotiating table."

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Books by Thom Hartmann

Average rating: 4.12 · 1,872 ratings · 334 reviews · 29 distinct works

	The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late by Thom Hartmann, Joseph Chilton Pearce (Foreword), Neale Donald Walsch (Afterword) 4.21 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It by Thom Hartmann, Greg Palast (Afterword), Mark Crispin Miller (Foreword by) 4.17 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights 4.22 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	What Would Jefferson Do?: A Return to Democracy 4.11 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Prophet's Way: A Guide to Living in the Now by Thom Hartmann, Andrea Gardner (Goodreads Author) (Afterward) 4.11 avg rating — 85 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision 3.75 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture 3.91 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child by Thom Hartmann, Lucy Jo Palladino 4.05 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception 3.98 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	We the People: A Call to Take Back America by Thom Hartmann, Neil Cohn (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004	My rating: