Q. What do you like most about writing?
A. I love the learning process, the research that necessarily precedes writing a book. I liken research to panning for gold. You have to sift through a lot of sand and gravel between each nugget you find worth adding to your data base.
Q. How do you choose the subject for your next book?
A. I consider only subjects I feel strongly about, ones that if thoughtfully presented will either help the reader enjoy a better life or make our beloved America a better place to live. This too is a panning process. I have looked at several potential subjects, and after serious study decided either that the problem was unsolvable (campaign finance reform for example) or that I simply had nothing constructive to add.
Q. Why should the ideas and suggestions in your books be taken seriously?
A. Because they are based on deep research and have been carefully thought out. While that doesn't guarantee they will always be perfect answers, readers can be assured they are based on objective analysis of the facts and are honestly presented.
Q.How did you come to write your first book, Ending The War On Drugs, A Solution for America.
A. I heard a speech by a judge advocating the legalization of illicit drugs. I considered him way off base, but he was so intelligent, informed and sincere I decided to read further on the subject. The more I read, the more sense his ideas made, so I decided to read even further. I came to feel so strongly we were mishandling the issue, I spent the
next four years researching and writing the book.
Q. Why did you write your book on immigration?
A. I have lived in Southern California since World War II and have witnessed first hand what happens to a wonderful place to live when it is inundated by unassimilated immigrants; traffic congestion, deterioration of education, disappearance of open space, ethnic conflict and all the other pathologies caused by the influx of too many
people in too little time. People from other parts of the country like Miami, New York City, and Chicago have had similar experiences. Many smaller cities are now in the throes of the same dislocations. The more reading I did about immigration, both legal and illegal, the more convinced I became that something has to be done, and soon, if we are to retain even a semblance of what we were. I wrote the book to help that happen.
