Our Editorial Team and Staff,
and National Advisory Committee

The Editorial Team and Staff
National Advisory Committee

The Patriot Post's National Advisory Committee is a consortium of conservative men and women — political analysts and policy experts who possess impeccable professional and academic credentials — who have provided us with inspiration and encouragement since our inception. The Committee is comprised — first and foremost — of constitutional constructionists, charged with advocating the timeless and enduring Judeo-Christian truths reflected in our American heritage and set forth in our nation's founding documents. (This is not to say that The Patriot Post advocates for a "Christian nation," but an adjunct to our mission is to advocate for a "nation of Christians.")

Likewise, The Patriot Post's Editorial team and staff are constitutional constructionists who also possess impeccable professional and academic credentials commensurate with the our mission to produce and distribute the highest quality e-journal on the Internet.

Statement of Allegiance as subscribed by The Patriot Post's National Advisory Committee, Staff and Associates: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, so help me God."

You will note that The Patriot Post's opinion and feature sections are published without attribution, consistent with our objective of humilitas and Ronald Reagan's counsel, "There is no limit to what a man can do...if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." Like The Patriot Post of 1787 from which we take our cue, each edition is published under the pseudonym "Publius," and all those associated with The Patriot Post are recognized only by their choice of pseudonyms.

In this age of "identity/personality" driven media, we have elected to let the ideas expressed in The Patriot Post stand on their own merit. After all, the timeless ideas in our pages don't necessarily originate with us and we make no claim to own them. Contrary to conventional wisdom about successful media models, we are now the most widely distributed e-journal on the Web, reaching hundreds-of-thousands of readers each week! We suppose that is good testament to the ideas handed to us by our Founders — the lens through which we interpret current news, policy and opinion.

While we publish without attribution, many of our readers have asked us to list members of our National Advisory Committee and our Staff and Associates. We asked all those affiliated with The Patriot Post to provide a brief personal bio, name their favorite Founder, list their favorite books and, just for fun, note their weapon of choice.

The Editorial Team and Staff

Mark M. Alexander (biography)

Occupation/Position:Executive Editor and Publisher
Education: BS; MSSc; MEd
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: Biography of John Adams, Biography of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Founding Fathers and Brothers
Weapon of Choice: If words don't work... Barrett M-107
Location: Tennessee

Douglas Andrews

Occupation/Position: Content Editor
Education: BS; MLS-Technology (ABT)
Favorite Founder: John Stark
Favorite Books: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations; The Making of the Atomic Bomb; Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege
Weapon of Choice: KA-BAR, E-Tool (Tie)
Location: Michigan

Brett Anthony

Occupation/Position: Director, Collegiate Patriot
Education: BA; MA; PhD (candidate)
Favorite Founder: James Madison
Favorite Books: Witness, The Greatest Miracle in the World, Psycho-Cybernetics
Weapon of Choice: Beretta 92F
Location: Oklahoma

Christy Chesterton

Occupation/Position: Director of Donor Relations
Education: BA
Favorite Founder: John Adams
Favorite Books: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Great Divorce, City of God
Weapon of Choice: Trans Galactic Gargle Blaster
Location: Tennessee

Michael G. Coleman

Occupation/Position: Legal Editor
Education: BS; MLA; JD
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Commentaries on the Laws of England, More Guns, Less Crime, The Anti-Federalist Papers
Weapon of Choice: M40A3 7.62mm
Location: Tennessee

Jonathan Connor

Occupation/Position: I.T. Director
Education: BS
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: The Book of the New Sun, Atlas Shrugged, The Everlasting Man
Weapon of Choice: Heckler & Koch P2000 9mm Variant 2
Location: Tennessee

Cassandra Cornell

Occupation/Position: Contributing Editor
Education: BS; MS
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: Witness, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Collected Poetry of John Donne
Weapon of Choice: S&W 66 .357
Location: California

Kathryn Farragut

Occupation/Position: Research Assistant
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Complete Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, WWJD for Kids
Weapon of Choice: Springfield 1911A1 .45 ACP
Location: Ohio

Michelle Hope

Occupation/Position: Subscriber Services
Education: BA; MFA
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right, Original Intent, Witness
Weapon of Choice: M2A1-7 portable flame thrower
Location: Tennessee

Nate Jackson

Occupation/Position: Managing Editor
Education: BA; MA
Favorite Founder: Patrick Henry
Favorite Books: Pilgrim's Progress, Southern by the Grace of God, Calvin's Institutes
Weapon of Choice: Smith & Wesson M&P Compact 9mm
Location: Tennessee

Ron Locke

Occupation/Position: Creative Director
Education: BFA
Favorite Founder: Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Books: The Holy Bible (King James Version), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Divine Conspiracy
Weapon of Choice: 12 gauge Remington 870
Location: Tennessee

Faith Long

Occupation/Position: Editorial Staff Liaison
Education: BA; MA
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: An American Primer, Bureaucracy, The Constitution of Liberty
Weapon of Choice: Anything really loud!
Location: Tennessee

Sarah Thorne

Occupation/Position: Patriot National Advisory Committee Liaison
Education: BA; MSSc
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Jefferson (vol. 1-6), Two Treatises on Government, A Study of History (vol. 1-6)
Weapon of Choice: Heckler & Koch MP-5 9mm
Location: Washington, DC

Jonah Walton

Occupation/Position: Contributing Editor
Education: AVA
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: An American Life: The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan, The Federalist Papers, A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics
Weapon of Choice: Barrett Model 82(A1) .50
Location: California

David Weed, III

Occupation/Position: Content Editor
Education: BS; MBA
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Killer Angels, Pillars of the Earth, The Unvanquished
Weapon of Choice: An Acerbic Barb
Location: New Hampshire

National Advisory Committee

The Patriot's National Advisory Committee is a panel of individuals who have provided us with inspiration and encouragement since our inception, and who serve without compensation. We are grateful for their constant vigilance and commitment to the advancement of our mission. The committee is chaired by The Patriot Post's Executive Editor and Publisher, Mark Alexander. The Advisory Committee does not serve in a legal or corporate capacity for Publius Press, Inc.

Mark D. Allen

Occupation/Position: Physician
Education: BS; MD
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Doctor in Buckskin, The Prayer Life, The Kingdom of God
Weapon of Choice: M-16 A-2
Location: Georgia

Steve Atwater

Occupation/Position: Legislator; Attorney; CPA
Education: BS; JD; CPA
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, Mere Christianity, Knowing God
Weapon of Choice: Ruger .22 Bull Barrel
Location: Washington, DC

Douglas Aragon

Occupation/Position: Ministry Innovator and Incubator
Education: BA; MS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Roots of American Order, Lectures on Calvinism, Modern Times
Weapon of Choice: SIG SG 550-1 5.56mm
Location: Tennessee

Lowry Blackmon

Occupation/Position: Department of Defense
Education: BS; JPME; MA
Favorite Founder: Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Books: Ronald Reagan -- How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader, When I Was A Boy, This Was A Free Country, Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House
Weapon of Choice: 1911 .45
Location: Maryland

Bradford Boyd

Occupation/Position: Marketing
Education: BS, MS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: All Over But the Shoutin', Baptist Hymnal, Joshua Chamberlain's Biography
Weapon of Choice: Predator
Location: Delaware

Stephen S. Briggs

Occupation/Position: 09, USA(Ret), National Security Consultant
Education: BA; MS; PhD
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The Right Stuff. Ronald Reagan: An American Life, The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao-Tzu to Milton Friedman
Weapon of Choice: General Dynamics M1A2 Abrams
Location: Virginia

Benjamin T. Brock

Occupation/Position: Development and Finance
Education: BA; MBA
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Flight of the Old Dog, Hunt for Red October
Weapon of Choice: Pneumatic "spud" gun
Location: Georgia

Abigail Brooks

Occupation/Position: Home school Mom
Education: BS; MS
Favorite Founder: James Madison
Favorite Books: Oh, the Places You'll Go, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit or There and Back Again
Weapon of Choice: SDI satellite based HILI systems
Location: Kentucky

John Burns

Occupation/Position: USAFR (O-5) / Airline Pilot
Education: BSEE, MS, JD
Favorite Founder: John Jay
Favorite Books: 1) The Law; 2) Basic Economics; 3) Reagan, In His Own Hand
Weapon of Choice: M61A1 20 mm Vulcan Cannon
Location: Colorado

Alan Cohen

Occupation/Position: Client Relationship Manager
Education: BA; MBA
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Tom Sawyer, The Fifth Estate, any encyclopedia
Weapon of Choice: Walther PPK
Location: New York

Andrew M. Davidson

Occupation/Position: Physician
Education: BS; MD; FACP
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The Civil War (Foote), The Sound and the Fury, Lord of the Rings
Weapon of Choice: Stoner SR-25 7.62
Location: Tennessee

James Denehy

Occupation/Position: National Security Analyst
Education: BS; MS; PhD.
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Speaking My Mind, The Real George Washington, The Bulletproof George Washington
Weapon of Choice: Super Soaker
Location: Virginia

James R. Edwards

Occupation/Position: Author
Education: BA; MA; M.Div.; D.Min
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The History of the American People, The Light and the Glory, The Body
Location: Pennsylvania

Richard S. Fehland

Occupation/Position: National Security Analyst
Education: BS; MS; PhD
Favorite Books: Feynman Lectures On Physics, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Weapon of Choice: RQ-1 Predator
Location: Virginia

Joseph J. Hamilton

Occupation/Position: 06, USA
Education: BS; MA; MS; PhD
Favorite Founder: John Adams
Favorite Books: The Killer Angels, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Weapon of Choice: Multiple Launch Rocket System
Location: South Carolina

Bryan D. Inman

Occupation/Position: 08, USN(Ret), National Security Consultant
Education: BS; MS; PhD
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: The Second World War, Civil War: A Narrative, The Gulag Archipelago
Weapon of Choice: CVN-76
Location: Virginia

D. Jack Jefford

Occupation/Position: 09, USA(Ret), Biker
Education: BS, MA
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Pillars of the Earth, Killer Angels, Gates of Fire
Weapon of Choice: 44 Magnum Super Blackhawk
Location: Tennessee

Margaret Joseph

Occupation/Position: Insurance Executive
Education: BS; (Advanced Studies -- School of Hard Knocks!)
Favorite Founder: Alexander Hamilton
Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sun Also Rises, Out of Africa
Weapon of Choice: Killer Instinct
Location: Tennessee

Robert R. Lear

Occupation/Position: Publisher
Education: BS; MBA; CPA
Favorite Founder: Samuel Adams
Favorite Books: How Now Shall We Live, Mind Siege, Culture Matters - How Values Shape Human Progress
Weapon of Choice: Colt AR-15 A1 5.56mm
Location: Connecticut

David D. Leigh

Occupation/Position: Performance Engineering Consultant
Education: Multiple incomplete degrees and most recently the "School of Hard Knocks," with a focus on "Life-long Learning."
Favorite Founder: Patrick Henry
Favorite Books: How to Win Friends and Influence people, 1000 Things you never learned in Business School, The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis
Weapon of Choice: Ruger 10/22
Location: Tennessee

Jack Lewis

Occupation/Position: Media Entrepreneur
Education: B.A., Seminary drop-out
Favorite Founder: James Madison
Favorite Books: Abolition of Man, City of God, Heresies
Weapon of Choice: Axe, definitely the axe.
Location: California

Thomas O. Marden

Occupation/Position: Judge
Education: AB; JD
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, Moby Dick, The Sound and Fury
Weapon of Choice: Walther PPK
Location: Tennessee

Francis P. Marion

Occupation/Position: Banking
Education: BA; MA
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The Narnia Series, J.P. Morgan -- American Financier, Navigate the Noise
Weapon of Choice: Colt .357 Python
Location: North Carolina

Calvin Murray

Occupation/Position: Attorney, Venture Capitalist
Education: BBA; JD
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Les Miserables, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Three Musketeers
Weapon of Choice: SIG 229 .357
Location: Massachusetts

Charles S. Paige

Occupation/Position: 04, USMC
Education: BA, MS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Gates of Fire, The Quotable (C.S.) Lewis, Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the U.S. Marine Corps
Weapon of Choice: Kimber ICQB M1911
Location: Virginia

Thomas M. Patrick

Occupation/Position: Venture Capitalist
Education: BS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The Chronicles of Narmia, Wager With The Wind, God Came Near
Weapon of Choice: HS Precision Custom .308Match
Location: New York

Nathaniel T. Pelham

Occupation/Position: 06 USMC(Ret), Banker
Education: BBA; MBA
Favorite Founder: Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Books: Lee's Lieutenants Book 1 & 2, The Firm, A Message to Garcia
Weapon of Choice: M109 SP 155
Location: Tennessee

David Reeves, III

Occupation/Position: Attorney and legislator
Education: BS; JD
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: The Abolition of Man, Blackstone's Commentaries, The Art of Political War and Other Radical Pursuits
Weapon of Choice: Winchester Model 1200
Location: Maryland

Brian F. Rhinehardt

Occupation/Position: 07, USMC(Ret), National Security Consultant
Education: BS; MSSc, PhD
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Democracy in America, George Washington: A Collection, The Ethics of Liberty
Weapon of Choice: FA-18E
Location: Virginia

Peter L. Rogers

Occupation/Position: Attorney
Education: BS; JD
Favorite Founder: Thomas Paine
Favorite Books: Theodore Roosvelt, An Autobiography, TR The Last Romantic, Gods and Generals
Weapon of Choice: Winchester Model 1200
Location: Massachusetts

Chester M. Smartt

Occupation/Position: 06, USMC
Education: BS; MBA
Favorite Founder: Patrick Henry
Favorite Books: Churchill Biography, Robert E. Lee, John Adams
Weapon of Choice: 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Location: Tennessee

Jack W. Stipple

Occupation/Position: Environmental Attorney and Entrepreneur
Education: BS; JD
Favorite Founder: Patrick Henry
Favorite Books: America's God and Country, The Merlin Trilogy, Moby Dick
Weapon of Choice: Remington Wingmaster 870
Location: Washington, DC

Paul R. Turner

Occupation/Position: Attorney
Education: BS; MBA; JD; PhD
Favorite Founder: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books: Princples of Natural and Politic Law, Discourses on Government, Blackstone's Commentaries
Weapon of Choice: Colt .38 Special Agent
Location: Maryland

John W. Wallace

Occupation/Position: 08, USAF(Ret), National Security Consultant
Education: BA; MS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: Portable Conservative Reader, The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates, The Art of Political War and Other Radical Pursuits
Weapon of Choice: F-15e at MaxV
Location: Texas

C. Bradford Washington

Occupation/Position: Attorney
Education: BS; MAS; JD; LLM
Favorite Founder: Sam Adams
Favorite Books: Chronicles of Narnia, The book of Romans, It's a Sin to Bore a Kid
Weapon of Choice: Papermate, med. pt. blue
Location: Maryland

Franklin Weber

Occupation/Position: Author -- Constitutional History
Education: BS
Favorite Founder: George Washington
Favorite Books: America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, The Light and the Glory, Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation
Weapon of Choice: Marlin .22
Location: Ohio

Victor C. Wolfe

Occupation/Position: Federal Investigator
Education: BS
Favorite Founder: John Adams
Favorite Books: The sermons of Charles Spurgeon, Whatever Happened to the Human Race, Ben-Hur
Weapon of Choice: HK Bennelli M1 Super 90 12 GA
Location: Washington, DC

Our Editorial Team and Staff, and National Advisory Committee