Consulting writer (freelance/ghosting), 1999–present: speeches, book introductions, grant proposals, magazine articles, advertising copy, op-eds, writing workshops

Senior writer for Development, The Heritage Foundation, 1997–2004

Editorial writer, Mobile Register, 1994–97 (Pulitzer Prize finalist 1995)

Assistant editor, Warwick (R.I.) Beacon, October 1989–1990

Editorial writer, Providence Journal, summers 1984–85

Editorial page editor, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, 1979–1980

Education

Ph.D., philosophy, Brown University, 1991 (adjunct faculty at six colleges & universities during graduate study)

M.A., journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979

B.S., mathematics, Lynchburg (Va.) College, 1970