My name is Mike Hersh. I'm a writer and activist in the DC area. I run
http://www.bushoccupation.com and
http://www.mikehersh.com and .
I've been writing essays about politics and economics online since the mid 1980s. I graduated from Cornell University and the Washington College of Law.
I founded two small businesses, then became a full-time writer and activist. Some friends and I provide our websites as a public service, to defend your right to know and help you voice your dissent.
We need a new news medium, because the professional press squanders its rights and shirks its duties. We must fill the void. Using your computer and printer, you can join with us as news publishers. We can stand up together against abuses and protect our rights and liberties, but only if we first secure our most important rights: our rights to know and dissent.