Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; and, The FBI Way; Democracy defender.

Proud rodeo mom, soccer mom, baseball mom, hockey mom, constitutional conservative.

I also don't know what is going on. 🤷‍♂️

Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi

#NAFO exGOP PK✝️ autist scientist farmer Wheaton alum - humanities & math DePaul & IIT - computer science

Liberal. Blue dot in a red state. BLM. LGBTQIA ally. Atheist. Dog Lover. Born & raised in Chgo living in AL. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

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