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I am a freelance writer living in Riverside, California. I spent 25 years in the sports department at a daily newspaper, where I learned to appreciate tight writing and to hate television timeouts. When I run the world, Mario Cuomo's 1984 Democratic Convention keynote speech will be required reading in all schools, and the works of Warren Zevon will be included with the classics.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 28, 2008 McCain-Roosevelt connection: All bull, no bully
John McCain's recent labeling of Barack Obama as a Socialist is at odds with his claim of Teddy Roosevelt as political role model.