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Hold a doctorate in art history from U.C. Berkeley (1981) with specialty in Renaissance and Baroque art. Have been a college/university professor and have also worked as a museum curator and in museum education. Since 9/11 have been preoccupied with political/economic issues. Have worked for some major organizations/institutions that gave me a real insider's view of many of the horrors and deceptions that have progressively become more and more "normal" in the U.S. In 2006, I relocated to Vienna, Austria, where I am discovering a life that is free of many of the ridiculous regulations and obsessions that are destroying the United States.