: About Me

Like most people I wear many different hats. I am a banker, a scholar, a writer, a dreamer, a politician, a teacher... and so many other things.

I am the Channel Manager for International Politics and I am also a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Citizen Journalist and a recipient of the 1H2O award for journalism on how climate change affects the provisioning of water to people in the poorest regions of the world.

I also have picked up the title Xiao Wang in my travel through life as a result of my study (and love) of Chinese.

My areas of expertise include basic personal finance, the basics of investing, world politics, international relations, comparative religion, history, math, and philosophy.

I teach basic personal finance to teenagers in my youth group and I chair, and help run, 5 Model United Nations Conferences here in Florida.

I love coffee. My dream is to open a coffee shop where I run a small financial planning office out of where I help people that normal financial planners won't touch, like that little old lady who needs help balancing her checkbook.

I have many passions in life, God, good friends and good coffee. Personal relationships are very important to me. The acquisition of wisdom and knowledge is a force that constantly drives me forward.

My passion is ...

wisdom and knowledge

I know too much about ...

everything and nothing

My parents always told me ...

to value education

My childhood ambition ...

be president

My favorite memory ...

is of a coffee shop

Why I write ...

to inspire and to leave a legacy

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

the Sword of truth Series, and a bit of Kissinger.

My first job ...

Domino's pizza

My best moment ...

finally being able to think of myself as a writer

My inspiration ...

knowing that I am accomplishing a life goal

Politics, News & Issues > Food & Agriculture Feeding the poor today and everyone on the planet tomorrow: What are the issues, and what can be done to avert a global food crisis?

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The idea of food riots may sound odd to someone in a developed nation like America where food seems so plentiful, but in many areas around the world food is scarce and riots are commonplace. In an interview with Raj Patel, Amy Goodman points out the startling contradiction that in an age where obesity is an international problem there are 800 million people starving to death (democracynow.org). Food riots have occurred in almost every corner of the world. Haiti recently experienced massive riots over food. In Africa there have been recent riots in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauri...

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