About

I began writing in 1991 as a correspondent for the Glendale, California-based Leader Newspapers, after years of working in a variety of jobs in bars, insurance, and politics. Occasional guest columns led to work as a stringer covering news, sports, and entertainment. Several stories were published on the front page.

Within a few years, I was offered top assignments, and, in 1999, after a stint as an assistant on Leonard Peikoff’s radio program, I was asked to conduct the Los Angeles Times Interview. The Philadelphia Inquirer assigned me to meet and interview each 2000 presidential contender, including George W. Bush. The series was picked up by major newspapers.

In 2000, I met Elian Gonzalez at the Miami house where federal agents would seize the asylum-seeking child, forcing him to return to communist Cuba. Within weeks of the September 11, 2001, radical Islamic attack on America, I created a newsletter devoted to war and culture, and, in a 2002 San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, I became one of the first journalists to warn that Iran is the West’s foremost enemy.

I began writing and editing for the Internet in 2002 when I began to cover movies for Box Office Mojo, a top-rated Hollywood Web site. This fascinating database publication, founded by publisher Brandon Gray in 1998, now features my movie reviews, my column and my interviews with Hollywood’s best and brightest. I continue to look for new and thought-provoking opportunities.