I Could Have Been President: Contemporary Essays on a Wide Range of Subjects by a True Renaissance Man

Excerpts from 40 years of astute social commentary on nearly every subject. Includes humorous insights and a plethora of practical advice from a boomer essayist who's walked the walk and talked the talk through some of America's most tumultuous, fascinating and challenging times.

Essays include: I Could Have Been President; Until the Good Lord Takes You Home; Surviving Daily Life vs. the Biggest National Calamities; First There Was Murphy's Law: Now There's Seavey's Law; I Walked with the Apollo 11 Astronauts (Just Not on the Moon); A Privileged Life; A Tribute to John Denver; As Long as Humans Hadn't Come (poem); Tennis Warriors at 60, 70, 80; Putting Americans on a Low (or No) Carb-uretor Diet; 7 Reasons Why I Don't Need to Go to a Nursing Home; Homeless Don't Lack Job Skills; 7 Reasons Why Children Owe Their Parents a Debt of Gratitude; The Misconceptions about Yellowstone Park; The Simple Economics of Home Exchanging; The Progressive's 12 Commandments; A Seavey Family Roots Story; Are You Sure You Want to Be a Parent?; Modern Human Consumption Examples; Walking the Dividing Line between Man and Fish; How I Became--and Survived--Being a Stepparent; Going, Going, Gone? Paper Printed Words, Plastic Manufactured Music and Film; Neighbors from Hell; Taming Growth: Maintaining Livability.