Early regulations were usually written by bureaucrats with only limited information about company operations and the costs of alternative remedies.

FORBES: Environmental Regulations: The New Frontier

Although it is written for the reader who is planning an estate, with information on wills, trusts, taxes and the matter of choosing an executor, the book is also helpful for executors trying to make sense of it all.

FORBES: Understanding the Role and Responsibilities of an Executor

But wait, those same interests provided you written information advising you to limit the length of your calls, perfectly in line with guidance provided by the FCC.

FORBES: Cell Phone Radiation? Text, Don't Talk, advises FCC

Had we not written the book we would never have known that and been able to provide experts with that information that may help solve the riddle of why our society is growing more and more violent.

CNN: Terror on Trial: Author talks about McVeigh book

Authorities said he gave three days of interviews with the FBI as part of a proffer agreement -- a written understanding that allows a person to provide information about a possible crime without his words being used against him at trial.

CNN: Terror suspect: 'Our phone call is being monitored'