Who Is the Author?

Who am I? You might get the wrong impression from my posts. I am not a small business owner. I am not a millionaire or billionaire fighting the Democratic Party’s plans to spread my wealth around to keep its members in office.

I am a middle class American who refuses to swallow the lie that wealth, private enterprise, and free market capitalism doom our future. By day I manage operations for a machine tool company, where I try to add some measure of value:

 Adding value at work

 Nights and weekends I put my political science degree and cynical outlook to use writing Civil Candor. My home is in Illinois, a state determined to carry on its proud tradition of corruption and jaw-dropping fiscal irresponsibility.  

Readers have asked why I do not blog under my real name, or even a believable pseudonym. Other readers, less approving and even hostile towards a conservative viewpoint, are the reason I post under “Civil Candor.”