Semi-retired, spending time as an author and producer of an analytical weekly newsletter. Activist, particularly on faith and family issues. Prior careers: soda jerk, furniture restorer, poverty program director; restaurant manager, commercial print shop manager, convenience store manager, disc jockey, salesman, real estate investment counselor, telecommunications operator, telemarketer; federal investigator, counter-intelligence officer / special agent / linguist / intelligence analyst (overt and covert spec-ops).