About the Writer

Name: Ian Cheney
Quest: To work toward the impossible — writing an unbiased political column
Favorite color: Don’t start
Location: Connecticut
Party affiliation: Unaffiliated
Political ideology: Radical moderate?
Profession: History teacher
Education: B.A. in History and the Social Sciences; M.A. in American Studies; PhD in Nothing Whatsoever
Favorite post: How Trump and Cruz Should Settle Iowa

Writer during the 2012 election for Construction Literary Magazine.

Author of Who Made the West: A Ranking of the 30 Most Influential Figures in Western History

Follow me on Twitter @PPFAmerica

Here’s me in front of a big American flag: