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My background is as follows: I am a Master's level teacher-counselor, poet-essayist and advocate for the poor whose poetry and prose have been published in more than sixty periodicals. My opinion pieces have been published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, SC, The Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC), and The Sun-News (Santa Fe, NM). Five of my letters have been published in USA Today.

During 2008 I did grassroots work for the Barack Obama campaign in South and North Carolina, counseled the homeless at the Winter Shelter in Columbia and engaged in homebound teaching of expelled students in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.

My politics are moderate-liberal, I suppose. I am a Conscientious Objector who advocated for an end to detainee abuse for Amnesty International and wrote hundreds of letters to public officials regarding this outrage. I also was a civil rights worker in the South during the 1960s.

I currently live in South Carolina with my wife, Linda.

I am a huge Clemson Tiger basketball fan.

OpEdNews Member for 46 week(s) and 3 day(s)

3 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 14 Comments, 3 Diaries, 0 Polls

14 comments


Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 4:22:20 PM

Diary: "The Arc of the Story of How We Treat Others Extends Way Back"

Thanks for your encouraging words...


Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 3:01:45 PM

Diary: "The Arc of the Story of How We Treat Others Extends Way Back"

Poetry shared...


Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2:31:48 PM

Article: "Obama and Hope and the Misuse of Our Freedom of Speech"

Give Obama a break


Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 11:48:19 AM

Article: "Homelessness, Creativity, and Recovery from Bipolar (2005).."

Health care access is vital


Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 5:49:31 PM

Article: "Homelessness, Creativity, and Recovery from Bipolar (2005).."

Thanks for your comment


Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:25:04 AM

Article: "Homelessness, Creativity, and Recovery from Bipolar (2005).."

Good for your husband


Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 3:19:20 PM

Article: "Are Anti-Gaza-Attack Protesters Helping Israeli Right-winger"

I agree with you


Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 3:04:10 PM

Article: "Homelessness, Creativity, and Recovery from Bipolar (2005).."

Thanks for your comment


Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:57:58 PM

Article: "Should Obama Be A Liberal Bush?"

Obama is who he is


Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 6:14:12 AM

Article: "America Is Not a "Center-Right Nation""

Thanks for your comment


Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:12:46 AM

Article: "America Is Not a "Center-Right Nation""

Thanks for your comment


Friday, January 9, 2009 at 11:29:12 AM

Article: "America Is Not a "Center-Right Nation""

Thank you


Friday, January 9, 2009 at 10:17:56 AM

Article: "Some Theories on Roland Burris. It's Not Over Yet."

My feeling about Burris


Friday, January 9, 2009 at 8:36:32 AM

Article: "America Is Not a "Center-Right Nation""

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