THEOLOGY • BEER • TOMATO PIES • POLICY • LAW • ENVIRONMENT • HIKING • POVERTY • ETHICS

THEOLOGY • BEER • TOMATO PIES • POLICY • LAW • ENVIRONMENT • HIKING • POVERTY • ETHICS

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

What P.L.E.R.B. is all about...

This is my first blog... ever. This forum was selected as I process thoughts more clearly while writing. So, in the process of writing a blog, my intention is to organize and formulate my views and perspective on a wide range of topics and issues. If others gain benefit from this blog, that's a plus.

Much of this blog will be dedicated to issues surrounding poverty, law, the environment, religion and business. Having served in very poor, urban environments of Chicago, Trenton, and Philly, as a law student serving with a federal district judge and previously working on a massive corporate fraud case for the U.S. Attorney's Office - Department of Justice, having written extensively on the environment and business and the interchange of the two as a former writer for The Motley Fool and for a graduate thesis at Duke University and for a project at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and having studied religion extensively as an undergraduate student at Milligan College and as a graduate student at Princeton Theological Seminary and having many opportunities to speak to faith groups on reconciliation, and finally, with additional legal studies at the University of Oxford-England, conflict resolution studies at Caux-Switzerland, and working for public policy think tank in Washington DC, these and many more experiences enabled me to obtain a unique perspective on highly complex and difficult issues. It is time for me to get this perspective in writing.

I will also employ this blog to comment on the lighter side of my life and the things I love to do when I am not thinking about the 'big' things. Life is made beautiful and pleasurable by the everyday simple things. Some of these things... cooking, hiking, sports... I will also share my thoughts on from time to time.

Now... need to finish doing my pushups, clean up, and head to my grandparents to share with them the best chili I have ever made... it's an award winner folks.

Peace

JMac