A Socrates-Plato minded guy. Management, trainer, intelligence analyst, IT, logistician, planner, jack-of-all-trades background. Attended Louisiana Tech/University of Maryland.

Thirty-five years of mil-service and mil-contractor support.

I don’t see much wisdom or much common sense from either party these days.

Given a choice...I would rather be sitting on a front porch...sipping an ice tea with a lemon or two neatly drifting, and discussing cowboy westerns, the Panama Canal, Will Rogers, the downfall of NFL football, Aristotle, Steinbeck, Huck Finn, Greek logic, Aristophanes of Greek humor fame, and perhaps the advantage of charcoal over gas grills.

My readings are partial to historical pieces. Best books of the past year: History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893.

My travels: New Zealand, Australia (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane), South Africa, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Turkey, Hong Kong, Singapore, Italy, Germany, France, Italy, Greece (Athens, Crete, and Corfu), Cyprus, Mexico, Croatia, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus, Panama, Austria, Switzerland, Czech, Mexico (3 hours), Singapore, Vatican City, Luxembourg, and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1-day trip to hell).

Six books I recommend: A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life. Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich. The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War.

Best restaurant in world? Deep in the wilds of Bavaria....village of Ramsau. Name of the hotel/restaurant is Gasthof Obervirt. Stop in the spring/summer, and eat a tasty dinner with a local beer in the beer-garden.