I was raised at the knee of a big brother journalist and taught me to love writing. My mother and father taught me to love reading. While I am writing an autobiography my main form of writing through my career has been the "op ed" essay. I written over 800 mostly, political and social commentary. The realization that so many of the issues I've written about remain unresolved that I've written a book, "Mirth, Wind, and Ire" to be followed shorty by the sequel, "More Mirth Wind, and Ire."

I've been blessed with too many civic awards in my career including a Doctor of Humane Letters from Florida Atlantic University, that I will err on the side of kindness and not list them for you.