: About Me

My passion is ...

History

I know too much about ...

everything shown on the History Channel

My parents always told me ...

Wear clean underwear. You never know when you might have to go to the hospital. (Weren't we all told this?)

My childhood ambition ...

From the backseat I always thought, if you could pass enough cars on the road, you could eventually get to the head of the line and be the first car in the world.

My favorite memory ...

Riding a 5-speed Schwinn Stingray. The coolest kid vehicle that has ever been, or ever will be, designed and built.

Why I write ...

I'm a Baby Boomer. All of us write because we all think we have something profound to say. Most of us are mistaken.

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

The Life and Times of the Colonel - Robert McCormick - Editor of the Chicago Tribune.

My first job ...

Combination busboy, dishwasher and janitor for an Irish restaurant that went out of business a long, long time ago.

My best moment ...

It hasn't happened yet, but I'll know it when I see it.

My inspiration ...

Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin, Dr. Stephen Maturin and, with deep gratitude, the indomitable Lucky Jack Aubrey.

Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Does the US need more spies to help inform and protect our country?

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America needs as many good spies as it can get.  Badly.  Unfortunately, the atrophied state of American spying reflects the same level of sloth and cowardice that our foreign policy does. We want simple, clean and inoffensive foreign policy that doesn't get anyone killed. Taking political and physical risks are out. Because human spies can also wind up being a tad offensive and getting killed, our policy for human spies tracks our foreign policy.   The current level of politically acceptable thinking about international spying in the U.S. Government ...

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