: About Me

I am a freelance writer from Florida. I graduated from Eckerd College, a medium-size private campus nestled among enormous oaks on the banks of Boca Ciega Bay. I have been employed in the building supply industry for thirty years. I hold a degree in Creative Writing, and freelance as time permits.

I served in Vietnam from December '70 until September '71 as a helicopter crewman; sort of a part-time door-gunner and part-time first-echelon field mechanic.

I married twice and have two children who are both by Leigh, my second wife. Bill is a Florida home builder, and Kim is in the banking profession.

I returned to college recently and graduated May 20, 2007. I enjoy riding my motorcycle and also have an 18' boat that spends entirely too much time behind my garage and not enough in Tampa Bay or the Gulf of Mexico.

I have been published many times in guest columns in St Petersburg Times and The Tampa Tribune. My articles have appeared for fee in several local newspapers.

I intend to be a successful writer.

My passion is ...

to be a successful writer

I know too much about ...

very little

My parents always told me ...

not to ever do that in public again

My childhood ambition ...

to shirk responsibility

My favorite memory ...

private

Why I write ...

because I can't imagine not writing

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

Dr. Wayne Dyer: Being in Balance

My first job ...

grocery bag boy

My best moment ...

hasn't occurred, yet

My inspiration ...

people who really believe what they say

Politics, News & Issues > Economic News What happens when the Baby Boomers retire

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As boomers begin retiring, the country's entitlement programs will buckle and enormous spending cuts will have to be implemented to keep Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare solvent. At the same time, the age at which a citizen may retire with benefits will be extended to marathon proportions. For a while, politicians will fund the increased costs with sharp increases in government borrowing. Before long, the national debt will increase to a point when international bond customers begin pulling back, causing our economy to slide into a major recession. Ironically, the present Congress a...

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