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| Gender | MALE |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Investments |
| Location | NYC Metro, United States |
| Introduction | My background is in finance and political philosophy. This is my daily "blog". I write a longer column weekly which appears on Townhall and Typepad called simply Law of the Bad Premise. Just type in "Law of the Bad Premise" along with the word "Townhall" or "Typepad" in Google Search and it will direct you. I enjoy debunking the common myths of the day while keeping an open mind. I am, however, hard headed. I am happily married with 3 children in their teens and early 20s. I work in the investment business which takes up more time than I wish. My political views can be summarized as leaning libertarian but with a strong belief in the wisdom of America's Founding Fathers. Philosophies of all stripes which seek to impose their views on others are loathsome to me. I believe tolerance of intolerance is one of the world's greatest dangers today and is one short step away from causing global calamity. |
| Interests | My interests include politics, economics, social issues of the day, science and its methods, pulp fiction, history, statistics, financial markets, and religion. |
| Favorite Movies | Anything Tarentino, Scorsese or Coppola. Other great movies include Marathon Man, the Terminator series, Zelig, Batman Begins, Chinatown, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Animal House, The Sopranos, Silence of the Lambs |
| Favorite Music | Classic Rock or anything that sounds like it |
| Favorite Books | Anything Elmore Leonard, Anything Tom Wolfe, Much of Steven King (for example, The Stand, The Shining, Carrie, The Gunslinger/Dark Tower Series, Pet Cemetary, Jerusalem's Lot and the Richard Bachman Series), Lee Child Books, John Sanford Books, The Leopard, The Brothers Karamazov, Dracula, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Brave New World, Lord of the Flies, Nelson Demille novels, Catch 22, Slaughterhouse Five, The Godfather, Animal Farm, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest |