True North

I was born in Minneapolis in a hospital on the East side of Loring Park. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President, but would not be for much longer.

I was raised in Plymouth, MN. next to a cornfield that was part of the Hennepin County Workhouse back when they made those gentlemen actually work. I graduated from Wayzata High School. Somehow. It was the 70s. We had priorities other than education back then. Like changing the World, man.

I was a perfect example of the species of liberal idiot that the Woodstock Generation turned out en masse. I voted for Jimmy Carter. Twice. Then two things happened to me. the first was the advent of The Real World, complete with something I was completely unfamiliar with: reality. The second was Ronald Reagan. I went into 1980 convinced that a police state was imminent. By 1984 I was pulling the lever for Dutch. In 1998 I wasn't quite convinced and voted for some Green party puke (or was it Losertarian?). It only took two years of Bill Clinton to complete my conversion from hippie to Conservative.

I have for decades had a deep, abiding faith in God and accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior. God has saved my life and healed me in many ways that I don't want to address in this bio. Ask me sometime. The reason I mention this is to point out that I identify as a Christian Conservative, and this informs most of my world view.