: About Me

A 1985 graduate of Stillwater (Okla.) High School, I began writing journal-related stuff in the late 1980s. After two years and four semesters of business-related studies at Oklahoma State - and without barely leaving the state of Oklahoma - I decided I needed to at least hang out by an ocean for a while before I chose a career.

I packed my stuff and headed west for California, stopping in Arizona and Las Vegas before ending up in San Francisco in the the Fall of 1989. Then on to Los Angeles where I really had no clue. Worked temp jobs, including NBC and BMG (then RCA) Records on Sunset Strip.

Decided I wanted to go to Europe. Had no cash, so the decision was easy. However, if you remember, at the end of the 1980s the Soviet Union was falling apart and the world seemed like a safe place, so why not go into the Army for 2 or 3 years?

Hussein invaded Kuwait on the same day I graduated from Basic Training at Ft. Knox in Kentucky in the Summer of 1990. I was in Saudia Arabia for New Years and loading 120 mm rounds into a M1A1 tank for three days of ground war with the 1st AD.

Long story short ... got out of the Army in 1995, returned home and jumped back into school again, this time in journalism. Was offered a job in the Fall of 1997 - I still had 20 hours left for my Bachelors - and left school early. Kind of like a superstar athlete excpet without the money.

Became sports editor of my hometown paper (Stillwater NewsPress) in 1999 and remained there until going insane in the Summer of 2008 and resigning.

Have done play-by-play and color analysis for various sports at the local radio station.

Done freelance work over the last nine months and completed work on a short book for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame entitled Glory Beyond the Sport: The Military and Wrestling.

Would much rather play tennis 5 days a week. Gave up golf two summers ago and am now solid 4.0, average 4.5 on the courts. Played No. 1 on my high school tennis team what seems like a thousand years ago.

Will be back in school for the Fall semester at O-State. Maybe I'll finish this time.

Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Should former Nazis still be persecuted if they have led good lives since WWII?

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Not only should former Nazis continue to be persecuted, they should be prosecuted. The second half of the 20th Century has been filled with much debate concerning the atrocities committed by the Adolf Hitler-led Nazi party. Germany, still suffering from its defeat in World War I, was in political and economic turmoil in the early 1920s. Hitler and his goons tried, unsuccessfully, in 1923 to seize power of the government. The putsch failed and landed many, including Hitler behind bars. While in jail Hitler wrote Mein Kampf which included his final solution and would help turn his regime int...

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