The Conscience of a Proservative

About the Book

This is a collection of political essays and legislative proposals published in Vermont newspapers between 2001 and 2004. The author is a candidate for U.S. Senate and for Vermont Senate in the 2004 Vermont primary on September 14, 2004. The subject matter of the essays includes dEMOCRACY, the media, health care, justice, environment & energy, social security, and economics & employment. Many more essays on these and other subjects can be viewed on the Internet at www.petermoss.org. Mr. Moss is a proservative or Lincoln Republican and believes that the [com]passionate conservatives have high-jacked the GOP and are concealing their pro-wealthy actions using Republican camouflage and mendacious rhetoric.

About the Author

: Peter Moss holds postgraduate degrees in chemical engineering (University of Rhode Island, 1955) and in business administration (University at Buffalo, 1964). He worked for Exxon, Allied Chemical, Chemical Construction Corp., BASF, Armour Pharmaceutical, and American Hoechst. After 34 years in the private sector, in 1986 he joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as technical advisor to the Region 2 Superfund until his retirement in 2000. His legal background is self-taught, from 40 years of pro se practice in federal and state courts. He lives in Fairfax, Vermont, with Barbara, his wife of 39 years.