Greetings CV readers, I'm honored and blessed to be contributing at Classical Values. You may have seen my work at Dean's World, perhaps via the odd Instalanche. I've always loved the idea of a blog based on the values of classical civilization (partly as a result of everything Victor Davis Hanson has written on the Greeks), and I hope I can uphold the tradition of quality posting I've enjoyed reading here lo these many years. And maybe people will finally stop confusing me with Dean.

A little bit about me: I'm in my mid-thirties, recently married to someone much better than I deserve, work in information technology (when circumstances allow), and am generally libertarian in political view. Like M Simon, I'm both a Polywell enthusiast and reside in Obama's home state of Illinois:

A majority of Illinois voters (52%) believe politicians in the state are more corrupt than most politicians in other states. Forty-one percent (41%) say they are about as corrupt as those in other states. Only three percent (3%) say they are less corrupt.

(Ah, the Land of Lincoln. If only Honest Abe could see us now! Actually, I think he may have voted in the last election.)

I'm not quite a Republican, being socially very liberal, though I usually vote for them as the lesser of evils. I'm critical of Obama in general, even reflexively so, but I do try to give him and other Democrats their due when merited.

I generally write about international and national politics, with a foray into science or philosophy now and then. I hope longtime CV readers will enjoy my contributions.