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CurrentI have had more than 160 opinion, humorous, and hiking essays published in the Salt Lake Tribune, The Spectrum (St. George, UT), The Independent (St. George, UT), Mesquite Local News (NV), the Mesquite Citizen Journal (NV), the Moapa Valley Progress (NV), the Los Alamos Daily Post (NM), and the Sun Runner (CA) since 2010.In addition my ebook "Why We Left the Left: Personal Stories by Leftists/Liberals Who Evolved to Embrace Libertarianism" is now available at Amazon for purchase as an ebook. You can examine the book at: http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Left-Libertarianism-ebook/dp/B008H7HH0Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1341506113&sr=1-2&keywords=why+we+left+the+left Why We Left the Left examines a political question that intrigues almost everyone who studies, participates, or is interested in politics: “Why do people identify with a certain ideology and/or political party?” Numerous scholarly and popular books examine political ideology/party identification and why certain ideologies attract certain individuals. This book examines that question in two separate, yet joined phases. Why do people initially identify with the Left/liberalism and why do these same individuals abandon that ideology to evolve into libertarians? This inquiry is unique in its focus on 23 former liberals/leftists who become libertarians. One popular conception of libertarians is that they are, for the most part, disgruntled old white guys. While that group is represented, more than 25 percent of the stories are from women and more than two-thirds are by people younger than 50. This gender and generational diversity extends to occupations—contributors include college students, law students, an attorney, a professional artist, public school teachers, a chemist, writers, a filmmaker, a law professor, a stay-at-home mom, a firefighter, the CEO of a $40 million company, a TV reporter, an editor, the CEO of a free market think tank, and a research engineer.
