My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Independent investigative journalist, author, essayist, screenwriter
Location	Toronto, Canada
Introduction	If you were born in post-war Milwaukee, you were born a Democrat. So I gravitated naturally to liberal politics, first as journalist and then an activist. I've been writing since I was eight years old and, after working far too long in newsrooms - local newspapers, major market television and radio stations, assistant editor of a major business newsweekly - I've spent much of the past decade as an independent investigtative jouralist. Media outlets have published, cited or quoted me including The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Financial Post, TruthOut, LA Progressive, UK Progressive, TVO, PBS and BBC News. When not covering and writing about politics, I scribble out random thoughts on the peculiarites of modern times.
Interests	Baseball, politics, quirky and off-beat independent films, reading (fiction and non-fiction)
Favorite movies	Chinatown, The Godfather I, quirky and off-beat independent productions, nearly anything with Kevin Spacey or films directed by the Coen brothers.
Favorite music	Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello and most kinds of jazz and blues. Nothing with Celine Dion.
Favorite books	Anything by John Le Carre