Adam B. Coleman
Adam B. Coleman is the Author of “Black Victim To Black Victor“, Op-Ed Writer, Public Speaker, Host of “A Good Faith Space” Twitter Spaces show and the Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing.
Alma Womack
Alma M. Womack is a Louisiana native, graduate of LSU and a career wife, mother, grandmother and farm hand. She lives on Tupelo Brake on Smithland Plantation near Jonesville, LA, with 18 chickens and 8-14 dogs. She is fiercely patriotic, an unreconstructed Southerner, and a weekly contributor to the Jena Times newspaper.
Albert Constantine Jr.
"Albert Constantine Junior~ is the pseudonym of a Delaware native who grew up in the county council district once briefly represented by Joe Biden, and has followed the antics of the current occupant of the White House since that campaign. A fellow alumnus of the University of Delaware, following graduation, Albert spent the next few years on active duty with the United States Marine Corps, and the decade that followed in reserve status while pursuing a career in law enforcement that lasted more than thirty years in the state of his birth.
Animal
Animal hails from Alaska’s Susitna Valley, where he maintains his rural household in one of America’s last free places. He is a twelve-year veteran of the U.S. Army including service in Operation Desert Storm, and today is a focused minarchist libertarian, along with being an author, self-employed small businessman, woods bum and semi-professional bad influence.” Animal is the owner and author of the blog Animal Magnetism, at www.frombearcreek.com
Anthony Tye Rodrigues
Anthony Tye Rodrigues is a retired academic living in Texas, and the author of a book set in Britain in the later Roman Empire, called “Gemini”. It is the first published novel of a trilogy.
Barb Dwyer
Barb Dwyer, is a pseudonym for a libertarian enigma who navigates life with a Bible, a scuba tank, and a rifle, always ready to defend her beliefs.
B. A. Freeman
B.A. Freeman is a patriotic pen name I wish I had been given at birth.
I have served in the Army for 24 years, including seven years overseas.
Like most Soldiers do, I consider myself an average guy who has had some interesting experiences.
I prefer to do my own research and form my own opinions, rather than listen to the mainstream media.
Bill Crews
Bill Crews, AKA "Streiff"~ is a former infantry officer, CGSC grad and Army Operations Center alumnus. Bill is also the former Managing Editor at Red State, who although still continues to provide that great publication with stellar content, has graciously offered his time and effort to help grow this site.
Bill Fletcher
Bill Fletcher is an Air Force brat who went to West Point, saw the light and directly commissioned into the Air Force, thus improving the Officer Pool of 2 Services at once. F-4 Aviator and now a reformed Lawyer. Duty Honor Country
Bob Eikey
Bob Eikey is a veteran of the US Coast Guard. He holds a BS in Natural Resources with a concentration in Wildlife Biology from The Ohio State University. A lifelong competitive Marksman, Bob has decades of experience in several disciplines most notably High Power Rifle and Small-bore rifle as a coach and competitor. Bob was a member of the Ohio State Varsity Rifle team and was at that time the oldest NCAA Division 1 Student Athlete in the Country. Bob is also a sportsman having hunted all manner of game across North America.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall is graduate of Queen’s University in constitutional theory and international relations. He has over 20 years of experience as a political consultant, helping people deal with the government so they don’t have to and spending his time managing various political campaigns. Experience has made him in tune with how public policy and government operations work. Specific experience includes trade, government structure and constitutional issues, foreign policy. He splits time between Ontario and Florida.
Chris now publishes on his substack, sapiential.substack.com.
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the editorial director for The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Prior to working at The Heartland Institute, Talgo taught U.S. history and American government for five years in Bluffton, South Carolina. He served on the Town of Bluffton Accommodations Tax Committee and was elected precinct delegate for his voting district. He is an avid reader of history and the social sciences. He enjoys watching and playing sports and competes in 5k and 10k runs.
Chuck Cordak
Chuck Cordak is a father of six, five who have served and are still serving, He has been deeply involved with Ohio GOP politics for over 40 years. A former ROTC Midshipman at Ohio State University, he is a native Ohioan raised as a Truman Kenndy Democrat with Conservative Catholic education and traditional values who has worked all over the Midwest, as well as the Northeast. Chuck resides in Columbus and is currently working on releasing a thought buster book. Chuck is also a segment contributor on Sirius XM and TNT Radio.
Chuck Klein
Chuck Klein is a former police officer, licensed Private Investigator (ret.), active member of International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) and author of: INSTINCT COMBAT SHOOTING, Defensive Handgunning for Police; and other books, articles and columns. www.chuckkleinauthor.com
Cody Daigle
Cody Daigle was born in Southern Louisiana & joined the Navy at 17. After boot camp he was sent to Pensacola for training to become a Cryptologist. Daigle served on the USS Gettysburg and the USS Leyte Gulf. Deployed four times. Two into the Persian Gulf, 1 to play with pirates off the coast of Africa, and 1 to spend six months in the Med trying to drink Europe dry. Retired after 20 years in 2020, and currently works for a large Credit Union making sure everyone does the training the government requires. He spends his free time camping with his amazing wife, two kids, and three dogs.
Cushman Younger
Cushman Younger is the nom de plume of a retired corporate attorney. He holds a BA in Economics and a Juris Doctor from an ivy league law school. Having spent most of his career in senior roles with the legal departments of major international financial institutions, he finds himself writing the occasional poem, sometimes with a social message, and sometimes without.
A collection of his poems titled, "The Cruel March of Time", will be available shortly on Amazon.
Dana Pico
Dana Pico~ is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and alumnus of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and international Commerce, and has written for the Kentucky Kernel, UK's student newspaper, as well as a few articles for the Lexington Herald-Leader, all in the days just after Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. He is now retired and living on his small farm on the banks of the Kentucky River. You can find more of his writings at The First Street Journal.
Darin Gaub
Lt Col (ret) Darin Gaub is a Co-founder of Restore Liberty, an international military strategist and foreign policy analyst, an executive leadership coach, and serves on the boards of multiple volunteer national organizations. The views presented are those of the author and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, or its components.
Dave Agusta
Dave Agusta~is a retired manufacturing engineer from a major international corporation, having spent 39 years with the company. He was born and spent the first 62 years of his life in Western New York, moved to Colorado after retiring in 2010 and then 2 years ago to Twin Falls, Idaho. He now spends his retirement in his woodworking shop, making the occasional batch of wine, and kayaking on the Snake River with his wife. He considers himself very conservative, concerned with the size, power and overreach of the federal government and its growing intrusion into all Americans lives.
David T. Cloft
David T. Cloft is a competitive smallbore and long range rifle shooter from the United States, who has won seven National Championships and has set 17 US National Records.[In 1999 he became the first American to be Knighted by the Princess of Buedingen, Germany after winning their annual Schutzenfest. In 2011, in Brisbane Australia, he finished 15th in the world for long range rifle shooters. He formerly retired after 24-years of service in United States Army, at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he’s a 1997 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point. He now teaches math, science and history at a private Christian school in Northeastern Michigan and lives spending time with his wife and two teenage sons.
David Wyatt
David Wyatt is a Christian, husband, father, son, and American citizen. In that order. He has worn many hats vocationally, from stockbroker to singer/songwriter. Today, David splits his time between his web development businesses, writing Christian (https://www.viewsfromthepew.com/) and social commentary, and being with family - not necessarily in that order!
Diane Gruber
Diane Gruber practiced law in the Portland, Oregon area for 34 years, and wrote a monthly legal column for two local newspapers from 2000-2006. After writing an Op-Ed for the Oregonian in March 2017Diane received several invitations to write for online publications which she did for three and a half years. Like many of us, Diane started writing on Substack due to the massive censorship and the Biden Regime's destruction of our country and our society. Diane and her husband currently split their time between Oysterville, WA and Custer, SD.
Don Smith
Don Smith is a defense contractor and retired Army Reserve officer who served in DESERT SHIELD/STORM and was mobilized after 9/11. He has a bachelors' degree in history from the University of Virginia and a masters' degree in strategic intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College (now the National Intelligence University). His great-grandfather served in Company C, 14th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. He is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) instructor.
Don Surber
Don Surber is a retired newspaperman.He is 69 and lives in Poca, WV, with his wife of 45 years, Lou Ann. They grew up in Cleveland. Three kids. Promoted to Grandfather in 2020.
Duke Woodhull
After ending his thirty-year Air Force career in 1985 and working twelve years more with The Boeing Company, Duke settled with his wife in the idyllic mountains of Western North Carolina. The former U-2 pilot, a deeply concerned conservative observer, Duke enjoys expressing to extreme Liberals the error of their ways.
EagleHasLanded
EagleHasLanded has an extensive insurance consultant background dating back over 3 decades. He merged his company with a national firm in 2018 and served as a Senior Partner until March 2021. He has been active in the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and the Boys and Girls Club. He enlisted in the Army in 1976 and went on to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1983 and served as an infantry officer until 1988.
Edward Haugland
Edward Haugland 38+ year IC DOD retired Senior Executive, Patriot, American, and defender of our Constitution. USAF veteran. Happily married! Independent Consultant. Expertise in Cognitive Warfare, Grey Zone, Advanced S&T/R&D, Nuclear Arms Control, Strategy and Strategic Planning.
Elizabeth Vaughn
“Elizabeth is the founder and editor of The American Crisis. She is a current contributor to Newsmax and The Western Journal and a previous contributor to RedState, The Dan Bongino Show, and The Federalist.” Her articles have also appeared on HotAir, Instapundit, RealClearPolitics, MSN, Newsmax, Ricochet and Twitchy. Prior to blogging, Elizabeth was a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch and an independent equity trader. She is a wife, a mom to three grown children and several beloved golden retrievers, and a grandmother!
ET Bass
ET Bass is the pseudonym of an Alabama resident and native, born at the tail end of Generation X. After college, he began a career as an engineer in the utilities industry and has been blessed to be a co-owner of an engineering firm. As a radical conservative, he acknowledges that the truth is absolute and that it is our duty to find it.
Ethan Imaap
Ethan Imaap has sought le bon mot, brotherly camaraderie, and God's favor since childhood. Over the course of two decades as an editor and writer he's covered commercial and recreational fishing in New England, life on Cape Cod, and how to discern good knives from bad while at a prestigious knife publication. Most recently, his efforts supported America's strong hunting tradition while calling out its saboteurs.
He spent one year, 1991-1992, in the U.S. Army, mostly at Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. His thin claim to valor consists of getting accepted at such a prestigious institution in the first place, not washing out, and never falling out of a road march--and he's sticking to it! He looks up to all the knights and ladies he met along the way, continually reaching out to them as he shares his thoughts on the strategic and spiritual battle for America's soul at StormTheCulture.com.
Fabius Maximus the Younger
Fabius Maximus the Younger is a Retired Army officer, PhD, graduate of West Point, and a former assistant professor at a number of military institutions. Fabius has published two dozen scholarly publications. He is a combat veteran and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Gary Binford
Gary Binford hosts the audio/video conservative podcast, “United Patriots Uprising with Gary Binford” and is the founder of “Nation Savers 2024” on Facebook. He previously was a sports writer for Newsday and the New York Daily News, and the longtime manager of Dmanns Music contemporary jazz flutist Dwayne Kerr.
Jack Point
Jack Point is a former motorcycle kamikaze and racing photographer, with years of experience in the firearms industry and theater to boot. (Big guns, fast motorcycles and light opera!) Having one article published years ago on a whim, for some reason an opportunity to write again seemed like a good idea.
James Atticus Bowden
James Atticus Bowden is a co-founder of the Virginia First Foundation. He is a retired U.S. Army Officer and Defense Consultant. His home of record upon entering the United States Military Academy was Arlington, Virginia. He graduated in 1972. Bowden served as an airborne, ranger infantry officer in 5 Divisions. He earned graduate degrees from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He taught as an Assistant Professor at USMA and Adjunct Faculty at the College of William and Mary.
Jason Dean Pardieke
Jason Dean Pardieke was raised in rural northern Michigan where a strong work ethic and sense of self-preservation are vital tools. He has worked to instill those values and his love for God and country in his growing family.
Jeff lukens
Jeff Lukens is the Chairman of the Election Integrity Committee for the Hillsborough County (Florida) Republican Executive Committee. He can be reached here.
Jeff Ulicny
Jeff Ulicny~ is a natural-born American and small business owner. He currently resides near the front lines of our current culture war in the People’s Republic of Michigan, and has traveled much of these United States in his former life as an Information Technology consultant.
BG(R) Jeffery Marshall
"Dr. Jeffery Marshall~ has a doctorate from Vanderbilt's Leadership and Learning in Organizations Ed.D. program. He is currently the President and founder of Morgan Works, a small company that helps organizations understand their environments and develop and execute effective plans. He is a retired Army Brigadier General and former Vice President, Consulting Services with a global consulting company.
Jennifer Barreto-Leyva
Jennifer Barreto-Leyva is an attorney, journalist, and author born in Venezuela, and raised in Puerto Rico. Pro-life activist. Former Fox News correspondent. TV and radio host and producer. She is part of the editorial national board of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. Former Venezuelan ambassador at the Britts Global organization in the United Nations. Politics analyst and consultant. Opinion columnist, news correspondent in Buenas Nuevas in Puerto Rico, and President of The Ladies Coalition. Director of the platform El Dato Político. Named for Parade Magazine, 6 years in a row, as one of the 50 most influential and powerful Latinas worldwide.
Jeremy Mercier
Jeremy T Mercier is a 28 year old Connecticut native, currently residing in South Dakota, who became politically initiated during the onset of the Covid 19 Pandemic. He is determined to offer reporting on controversial topics from a factual perspective because as a father to a 3 year old, the need for less polarizing media is more apparent than ever.
See more of Jeremy’s work at https://jeremymercier.substack.com/
Jim Hollingsworth
Jim Hollingsworth holds degrees from Mt San Antonio Junior College, Humboldt State College (University), and has a master's degree in Biblical Studies from Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida. He worked at the Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho as a Maintenance Planner, for Nine years, pastored churches and was principal of Christian schools for ten years, spent four years in Mexico doing church planting among the Tepehuan Indians, and spent over twenty years in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho as a building contractor. He is now retired and writing books: Climate Change: A Convenient Truth, Cortez: A Biography, The Ancient Culture of the Aztec Empire and Abortion Compassion. The book on climate is now in the Second Edition.
Jim White
Jim White is a graduate of the United States military Academy at West Point, class of 1980. After serving 6 1/2 years in the US Army as a Field Artillery Officer, he went on to successful careers as a manager at Pepsi, and then as a financial advisor. Since retiring on June 30 of this year, he has become more active in politics and is now running for the position of County commissioner of Leelanau county, Michigan, District 4.
Joe Heaton
Joe Heaton is an avid Anti-Marxist who desires to confront their malignant ideas directly. He is a father who fears that his children will not grow up in the same free country that he did. He is disgusted by how many people who swore to defend the Constitution betray the Constitution by supporting the advent of tyrannical practices in America. Yet, he is not a political writer. He generally writes stories and about philosophical concepts.
Joe Penkala
Joe Penkala is a former artillery officer and business owner. He is a veteran of both Iraq and Bosnia. Joe is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and the Boston University School of Law.
John F. Di Leo
John F. Di Leo is a transportation and international trade compliance trainer, as well as an actor, columnist and author.
A conservative activist and Milwaukee County Republican Party Chairman in the mid-1990s, he has now been a recovering politician for 25 years.
John Gentry
Dr. John A. Gentry is adjunct professor with the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and also teaches for the School of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University. He is a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer and formerly was an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. He writes frequently on intelligence and security topics, most recently including Neutering the CIA: Why US Intelligence Versus Trump Has Long-Term Consequences (Armin Lear, 2023).
John Green
John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Free Idaho. He is a graduate of Purdue University and spent 40 years doing product development, quality assurance, and strategic planning in the fields of railroad maintenance, oil exploration, and defense systems for the Army and Navy. As a retiree he now spends his time writing social and political commentary.
John Kachelman Jr
John L. Kachelman, Jr is an evangelist in the Churches of Christ and an author of over 25 published books, living in Montgomery, AL. He has been involved in humanitarian actions in 40 foreign nations as well as the USA. The successes of these efforts are attributed to the strength of the private sector’s compassion. He views the greatest threat to freedom as the political demagoguery that criminalizes, attacks and punishes man’s inalienable rights.
John Parillo
John Parillo is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. After service in the first Gulf War, he left active duty for opportunities in the private sector. After a career in logistics, culminating as Vice President of Operations and Sales for Penske Logistics, he decided to retire and spend time thinking and writing about the meaning of life.
John Surdu
Dr. John R. “Buck” Surdu retired from the US Army as a Colonel after almost 29 years of service. He served in a number of leadership positions as an infantry officer before being transferred to the Acquisition Corps. He was a successful project manager within the Army as well as a project manager at DARPA for the Deep Green program, among other projects. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science with background and refereed publications in artificial intelligence, modeling and simulation, and software engineering. He is currently working in the defense industry, creating advanced technologies. He takes seriously his oath to defend the Constitution and Bill of Rights against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Daniels (pseudonym) is a follower of Christ who has spent his working life in private industry and family businesses, with parallel service in elected office and various roles in the church and community. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other” – John Adams.
Julie Plott Counihan
Julie Counihan is an adamant supporter of the U.S. military and a dedicated volunteer with Veteran’s Last Patrol, a non-profit aiding veterans in hospice care. She currently resides in South Carolina where she enjoys reading, gardening and hiking in her spare time.
Kevin Finn
Kevin Finn is a retired school teacher/administrator, Tae Kwon Do instructor, hang glider pilot and motorcyclist. In his spare time he enjoys reading, watching movies and keeping up with current events.
Kevin White
Kevin L White is a 30 year retired Air Force veteran. He is currently a government contractor on the Air Force's newest tanker platform: The KC-46. He mentors youth on career options and encourages development paths to success. Kevin currently lives in Dayton Ohio with his wife Carolyn.
King Pizza
King Pizza is a practicing lawyer living in Florida. During the pandemic, he spoke out publicly to his county commission against the implementation of a mask mandate. Besides politics, he enjoys eating pizza (sadly, he says, "yes" to pineapple on pizza) reading, taking photographs and watching Jeopardy.
Dr Lani Kass
Dr. Lani Kass served in the Department of Defense for 30 years. She was the first woman Professor of Military Strategy and Operations at the National War College, where she educated 20 generations of US and Allied senior-most military and national security leaders. She served as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and as Senior Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After retiring from government service in Oct 2011, she served for 10 years as Senior Vice President and Corporate Strategic Advisor at CACI International Inc, a $6B Fortune 100 company.
Larry Lahiff
After fifty years in the service sector as a Marine, firefighter, emergency manager, and school bus driver Larry retired from work but is still engaged in life.
Lawrence Sellin
Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. is retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel and a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq. He had a civilian career in international business and medical research. Dr. Sellin is the author of Restoring the Republic: Arguments for a Second American Revolution. His email address is lawrence.sellin@gmail.com.
Marcus Watkins
Marcus Watkins is a God first conservative, grassroots GOP political activist and proud family man. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia College Chicago.
Marcus is National Director for the Michigan Republican Assembly, an advisor to and member of BLEXIT Michigan (Former Assistant State Director), a member of the Wayne County Republican Party, Citizens of Free Speech and Michigan Leadership Group. He writes about culture and politics and is a lover of baseball, jazz and fine wine.
Mark Berwind
An irreverent old guy, whatever that means. Retired and still learning. I guess that means I'm still alive. If I teach anyone anything from my writings, it is because I wrote something I was wanting to understand better for myself. I also include strong opinions from time to time.
Mark Ryan
Mark Ryan is an Army veteran of the first gulf war era, served as a forward observer He is married to his wife, Karen. Mark is an ordained elder of the Free Methodist Church serving a rural congregation in Northern Michigan. he holds a Master of Ministry degree from Warner University.
Max Dribbler
Retired Army intelligence officer and senior executive from the intelligence community. Currently ranching in Colorado with horses and a variety of herd animals. Experienced large program manager with test and evaluation expertise. Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance expert with extensive national technical means experience. Overseas tours in Germany and Korea. Active investor, golfer, hockey player, reloader.
Max Knight
Max is a Born-Again Christian and grandson of legal immigrants. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and Ancient History. Max is well-known as a "Conservative teacher" in many academic circles, having taught all ages, from inner-city school children to college students.
Follow Max on Twitter, Telegram, Truth and YouTube:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maximus_4evr
Telegram: t.me/Maximus_4EVR
Truth: https://truthsocial.com/@Maximus_4EVR
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Maximus_4EVR
Mike Ford
Mike Ford~ is the Managing Editor for AFNN. He is a retired Infantry Officer who writes mainly on Military and Foreign Policy, while occasionally dabbling in Political and Economic matters. Ford has widespread experience, ranging from military, local law enforcement and developing technology solutions for special operations applications. He also does occasional consulting work for local and state governments along with private industry.
Mike Kahn
Michael Kahn is a former Army cold war tanker who has spent most of his adult life writing software for the aerospace industry. He landed in Oklahoma City 30 years ago and hopes never to move away. He enjoys sailing, woodworking, and brewing beer. Out of concern for the way this
nation is heading, he is learning vegetable gardening, hoping this year will be an improvement on last year's meagre harvest.
Mike Thiac
Michael A. Thiac~ is a retired Army intelligence officer, with over 23 years experience, including serving in the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the Middle East. He is also a retired police patrol sergeant, with over 22 years service, and over ten years experience in field training of newly assigned officers. He has been published at The American Thinker, PoliceOne.com, and on his personal blog, A Cop's Watch.
The Original John Doe
Raised in a very small damp, dark, and cramped place for 9 months without TV...the one, the only, The Original John Doe.
MG (R) Paul Vallely
Major General Paul E. Vallely, U.S. Army (Ret) is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. His 31 year service in the Army included two combat tours in Vietnam , 15 years experience in Special Operations, culminating as the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army, Pacific. MG Vallely is now the Chairman of Stand Up America US Foundation. He and LTG Thomas McInerney co-authored the book, “Endgame” – "Blueprint for Victory for Winning the War on Terror.”
Peter Serefine
a US Navy veteran and liberty-loving American. I am also a high school educated middle-aged proud member of the middle class. I consider myself a conservative in politics but I am not what most people think of when they imagine a conservative. I am not a religious man, do not hunt or fish, and don't own a gun. I live in a big beautiful house in a small Victorian town in central Pennsylvania with the woman of my dreams.
Pierre-Louis Ours
As his name, Pierre-Louis Ours, indicates: Pete was born in France in 1952. He became a follower of Jesus in 1979 and an American citizen in 1980.
He is a watchman, not a professional writer: He writes when he feels that what God says needs to be put out. Three of his books are still in print: Revelation the Fair God, The Rock Breaks the Globalists’ Empire and Justin’s Tomorrows.
H lives where the mountains reflect God’s glory and where the sun usually shines; so he still hikes and rides his mountain bike.
Ray DiLorenzo
Ray DiLorenzo is a career pilot having retired after 22 years as a contract fire pilot with the California Department of Forestry (Cal-Fire). He is presently affiliated with Stand Up America US Foundation founded by Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely (Ret)
Richard Edward Tracy
Richard Edward Tracy is the nome de plume of one of the original lost boys from Neverland. Richard Edward always dreamed that when he grew up, he would be like Rod Serling. Time passed and as Richard Edward continued to hang out with the boys, he realized that no one in Neverland ever grew up, ever got any older. (I guess that’s why they call it NEVERland). Richard Edward is a US citizen, a USAF veteran, a proud American and yes, still struggles at growing up.
Richard Jonas
Richard Jonas (a pseudonym) has over 40 years of experience as an Army officer, scientist, and businessman. His military career spanned over 25 years, from service in Europe during the Cold War through deployment in the latest Iraq campaign. He served for more than 15 years as a scientist in the aerospace, defense, and energy fields, applying statistical analysis to a wide range of complex problems. He now works as a corporate executive providing jobs across America.
Rick Czechowski
Rick has a B.S. from the US Naval Academy and an MBA, Texas Christian University. He is a former US. Marine Corps Captain-Field Artillery. He's a Certified Financial Planner and a PSIA Certified Ski Instructor at Park City, Utah. He has two daughters.
Rob Pue
Rob is an ordained minister and the founder and publisher of Wisconsin Christian News, a national Christian newspaper based in Wisconsin. He writes a monthly commentary for WCN, and can also be heard twice weekly, (Tuesdays and Saturdays) nationwide on the VCY America Radio Network, (as well as several other independent stations), with his “From the Editor’s Desk” commentaries. Rob’s messages offer unique teaching and insights from God's Word, dealing with the most important issues of our day. In addition, Rob hosts the weekly internet TV program, "WCN-TV," every Tuesday at 5 pm Central time, which can be found at WCNTV.net. He is also available for speaking engagements for conferences and special events. View his website at: WisconsinChristianNews.com
Robert of Rosemont
A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the Wharton School of Business, Robert is a life-long resident of Pennsylvania. A third-generation poll watcher, Robert’s grandmother was a suffragette and the first female columnist of any daily newspaper in America. She was instrumental in making Mother’s Day a national holiday. Before she had eight kids, Robert’s mother worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence. Robert’s father was a Captain in the US Navy. His career included contested landings in the Pacific Theatre, taking back Japanese held islands. Robert spent 14 years traveling to Capitol Hill to meet with staffers and members of the House and the Senate. He has presented at the Department of Navy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, the House Oversight Committee and the General Accounting Office. Robert is a registered Independent voter.
Robert Shillingstad
Bob Shillingstad is a retired as a financial planner and partner in a national firm, although he did get his start by teaching high school just out of college. He has been married to his wife Jane, for 60 years. They have been Christians for most of that time, passing on that worldview to their children and 24 grandchildren is their purpose.
Ron Yates
Ron Yates is an author of historical fiction and action/adventure novels. Before turning to fiction, he was an award-winning foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois where he was also the Dean of the College of Media. The books in his “Finding Billy Battles Trilogy” have won multiple awards, including the Goethe Grand Prize Award for Historical Fiction and “Best Book of the Year” from Chanticleer International Book Awards, as well as the Grand Prize from The KCT International Literary Awards and the New York City Big Book Award. Ron proudly served four years in the U.S. Army Security Agency.
Roslyn Stevens
Roz Stevens is a native of Palm Beach County, Florida. She is a cultural conservative, Christian, Republican and a chapter leader for the Independent Women’s Network where she is also a contributor.
Roz was a family advocate for 35 years and recently expanded her advocacy to Education Freedom. She is creating a Palm Beach School Choice website, a local directory of all private, religious and charter schools. She encourages parents to use recently adopted Universal School Choice laws to create the perfectly tailored education for their children.
Currently she is working on her book, “I’m Bringing the Fire: Creating the 21st Century School”
Russ Rodgers
Russ Rodgers is a retired U.S. Army Command Historian and an Army veteran with experience in tanks, infantry and military intelligence. Besides numerous publications on military history, including armor and Islamic asymmetric insurgency operations, Rodgers has over 35 years of experience in politics. He has worked as a campaign manager or senior consultant in over 60 electoral contests, winning over 70% of them, and has trained others to run for elected office. In New Hampshire in the early 1990s, he also started the first known organization fighting against false accusations of child abuse. He holds a Masters degree with Honors from the American Military University, and continues his political work as well as doing historical research and writing. As an aside, Rodgers is also an avid wargamer.
Sam Pearson
Sam Pearson~ is a retired Army Colonel with a variety of experience in both government and private sectors. As arguably one of the World's foremost military logisticians, he has been responsible for the on time delivery of supplies and services worth billions of dollars. After service in Southwest Asia, he was hand picked to support logistics operations in support of earthquake relief operations in Haiti. Pearson now serves as a consultant and volunteer mentor for students seeking their doctorates in advance statistical analysis.
Sean Dietrich
Sean Dietrich is a columnist, and novelist, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Southern Living, The Tallahassee Democrat, Good Grit, South Magazine, Alabama Living, the Birmingham News, Thom Magazine, The Mobile Press Register, and he has authored seven books.
Selwyn Duke
Selwyn Duke (@SelwynDuke) has written for The Hill, Observer, The American Conservative, WorldNetDaily and American Thinker. He has also contributed to college textbooks published by Gale – Cengage Learning, has appeared on television and is a frequent guest on radio. His website is www.SelwynDuke.com.
Seton Motley
Seton A. Motley is a consultant and the founder and president of Less Government. He is a Conservative - because human nature says so. Please feel free to follow him: Twitter and Facebook. And the far less censorious MeWe and Gab. It's his kind of stalking. For media appearances and/or speaking engagements: Press@LessGovernment.org.
Silas Dogood
Silas DoGood is a pen name for a 1985 graduate of West Point. After a short and undistinguished military career, Silas took his honorable discharge and went to work for a defense contractor for a few years. After that, he worked for several IT companies in the greater Kansas City area. Silas still resides in Kansas City, where he raised his two children and along with his wife of over 30 years is eagerly waiting on his children to dutifully produce grandchildren.
Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk retired as a Captain after serving 30 years in the US Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience, an oceanographer and systems analyst, Stu is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education, which serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
Susan Marie Stidham
Dr. Susan Marie Stidham has both a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from UCDavis School of Veterinary Medicine. She maintains a private equine veterinary practice in the foothills of Northern California. She is a patriot and the daughter of retired USMC LtCol HE Stidham, a decorated Marine Raider, and battle field promoted WWII and Korean War veteran.
Ted Agens
"Retired US Army SFC. Masters in Psychology/Addictions Counseling. Married, Father of four. Completely politically unaffiliated to all except the Constitution and anything that causes our Nation to move forward within the confines of that Founding Law. As such, it is a lonely Political Life"
Teresa Ford
Teresa Ford~ is a retired high school principal and English teacher. She spent 30 years in public education, the last fifteen in educational administration. Her patience with adults is limited, but she can ignore teenagers for hours at a time. She and her husband have three adult children who live on opposite ends of the country, unfortunately in liberal states. Teresa enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, and a good (or even mediocre) glass of wine.
Timothy Shea
A political pundit and grassroots activist buried deep behind enemy lines in his native Upstate NY, Timothy has been active in GOP and Conservative politics for over 50 years. The former host of Radio Red Nation Rising and Patriot Uprising TV, he served in elected local government positions in Massachusetts and is a serial entrepreneur and business consultant. Timothy is also the co-Founder of MAGA Institute and the co-host of MAGA Institute Podcast.
Tina Terry
Tina Iwalani Terry is a retired English teacher. Originally third-generation from Hawaii, she was raised in Singapore and Jamaica. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1969. She currently lives in Payson, Arizona, where she teaches yoga, and works ceaselessly to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Tom Weaver
Tom Weaver hails from Fort Worth Texas and hopes to someday return home from his current residence in Massachusetts.
Tom graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1974. He was qualified as a Chief Nuclear Engineer and a Surface Warfare Officer, serving as the Electrical Officer on the USS Virginia CGN-38 and the Navigator of the USS Texas CGN-39.
Tom left the US Navy for the civilian world in 1979.
Verum Loquitur
Verum Loquitur is a retired lifelong conservative. He has spent many years in local, state and federal politics. Known for telling it like it is whether you like it or not.