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JanStephen James Cavanaugh was born in 1943 in Canada, the oldest of eight raised to run the family farms, but a dream changed all that and in 1964 he expatriated to the United States of America to study for Roman Catholic priesthood. Not accepted for first level vows he chose in 1967 to go to South Vietnam to work for International Voluntary Services on agricultural projects. If there is a civilian version of missing in action (MIA), he became one during Tet 1968. His mother to her dying breath will not speak of the shock upon receiving a U.S. State Department letter saying that her number one son was missing in Vietnam at a time of intense war. In 1969 he repatriated to the United States of America, married, naturalized, and in 1982 completed doctoral work in the philosophy and psychology of human development at Pennsylvania State University. His post-doctoral work encompasses academic, private, non-profit, and corporate and government practices. Every now and then to get out of his head and into his body he takes to the road as a CDL Class A driver. Nothing like the thrill of 80,000 pounds on the shifter at 80 miles per hour and signs of "Steep Hill Ahead" to focus the mind, body and soul! Particularly on a stormy night at three in the morning! For those who care he is a Gemini. He is a citizen of the United States of America by choice and he believes strongly in the liberal principles of limited government, separation of church and state, human rights and individual dignity as outlined by the founding fathers of our great Constitution. In his view within that framework can be the template for the next order of global human governance. He fears that the current course of U.S.A. policy, foreign and domestic, plays to the advantage of our enemies. He dreams we are on the Titanic of Modernity and we face heavy seas and hot headwinds in the dark of night. There are some us on stern bracing against the winds of war pointing at the fast rising tide to our stern. The captain does not hear our voices; he stares straight ahead. What happens next always wakes him in a sweat. He has two dreams yet unfulfilled: To promote the voice and work of peace full-time. To counsel presidents and kings in matters of war and law.
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