Michael Sheldon is the author of The Violet Crow, the first in a series of novels featuring Bruno X, a psychic detective who uses Mad magazine Yiddish and recycled borsht belt routines to outwit the forces of evil in the Philly suburbs.
A full-time writer, Michael has published numerous articles on photography, investments, and biotechnology. He is the co-author of George Russell's Success by Ten, published by Wiley. He also invented a form of photographic novel called "photoromance," and hopes to continue visual storytelling at the Evil Morons blog site. In spite of his Ivy League education, Michael has always been a fan of clear, independent thinking. He was exposed to libertarian ideas while living in Montana during the Reagan years, and he has been getting in better touch with his inner redneck since then.
Three critical days, July 1-3, 1863, helped determine the outcome of the Civil War. We remember the 50,000 casualties on both sides as proof that mistakes can be corrected and enemies reconciled.
After the Seattle riots in 1999, an ex-girlfriend called to congratulate me. She said, "Wasn't it great? You were so lucky to be there." She must have been reading Howard Zinn.