About the Author

Thomas Michael Smith. I am an American, but mostly I am an older dude on a spiritual path trying to make sense of this world. For most of my life, my work endeavor involved investments and banking, hardly the training for someone who aspires to be kind and considerate. I am a centrist, but I do have a libertarian bent. My God is all-encompassing, powerful, compassionate and demanding. I have worked hard and I resent the wasteful and corrupt nature of the Government in the USA and the inattention most seem to give to happenings that don't impact their self-interest. Turns out that Adam Smith was right: BUT I DO HAVE LOVE IN MY LIFE AND THE BEST DECISION I HAVE EVER MADE WAS TO MOVE INTO SILC.