The Beginning...

This is my first blog so allow me to disclose some influences which will reveal themselves in my writings. First, I am currently finishing my undergraduate education. I go to school in New Jersey, the state I have lived in my entire life. I am from the suburbs and have frequently described my home town as follows: it is a V, a valley. The hills are for the affluent, with big, old houses from long ago. My house is at the bottom of the valley and was built after World War II. It is an excellent little North Jersey town with good schools and low crime. Anyway, I was raised in a union family (Local 472) with a Catholic upbringing. I have four brothers and sisters, two of each, and they are all older than me, including my twin sister by all of three minutes. All five of us have been to college with only me remaining to graduate. Clearly, my parents were more than adequate in their duty (they are, in fact, my heroes).

Under this backdrop, I will comment on, critique, disagree, and berate the political process of the United States. I hope my observations will spur any readers to THINK, anything else is secondary.

Update: I finished my undergraduate education in 2006 with a History major and Political Science minor from Rutgers University in New Brunswick.