Russell Halley started writing for weekly newspapers in the early 70's and advanced to a successful career as a freelancer, having been published in several national magazines. Eventually, however, the lure of commerce lured him away and he switched to circulation, working with many of the largest publishers around the world to increase readership. As an avocation, Russell has always followed and participated in the minutia of the political world, and migrated from a severe left wing point of vi