: About Me

 Lucinda Gunnin is a reporter and author who masquerades as a self-storage manager during the day. She is a featured author in the anthologies Elements of the Soul and Elements of Time by Twin Trinity Publishing. She has a master's degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield and dual bachelor's degrees from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. When she is not chained to her keyboard, she enjoys reading, hiking and her adorable cat.

My passion is ...

Politics and my cat.

I know too much about ...

Illinois.

My parents always told me ...

Be careful what you wish for.

My childhood ambition ...

to win a Pulitzer for news reporting.

My favorite memory ...

the day we adopted my cat.

Why I write ...

to breathe, to live and to express myself.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

the first season of 24.

My first job ...

busing tables at Casa del Sol.

My best moment ...

holding my book in my hands.

My inspiration ...

my husband and my family.

Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Confict in Iraq: Surrender is not an option, nor is defeat

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Undergoing a military operation usually involves the achievement of objectives. Therefore, the United States cannot surrender or be defeated in Iraq as we have already achieved our military objective. The war began against the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein. It was not about oil. If it had been, the best American policy would have been to join other pretentious nations around the world involved in the oil for food scandal. The American objective as stated by President George Bush when he signed the Congressional joint resolution authorizing the use of force was to seek out terrorists ...

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