About Anthony W. Hager

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Vrinda" ><B>the</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Vrinda" ><I><B><U>right</U></B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Vrinda" ><B>slant.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Vrinda" ><B>.......... never afraid to be </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Vrinda" ><I><B><U>right</U></B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Vrinda" ><B>!</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="therightslant.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>About Anthony W. Hager</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Back to the home page...<A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="therightslant.com"><U>therightslant.com</U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Comment by email:</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:respond@eatananimal.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:respond@eatananimal.com"><U>respond@therightslant.com</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>About Anthony W. Hager</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Any review of my life must begin with my family. My wife, Sharon, and I were married in June 1990 and have two sons, Noah and Caleb. Unashamedly “Born Again” in 1973, I've been a member of Alexis Baptist Church for 34 years, having served in various capacities including deacon and Sunday School teacher. Whenever possible, I help coach youth baseball in my hometown of Stanley, NC.</div> <div> I graduated from East Gaston High School in 1983. Having tired of the formal classroom and in need of adventure, I found an outlet in the United States Navy. However, during four years of service I never left the United States. Instead, I was assigned to Attack Squadron 42 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving as crew chief on a TC-4C aircraft. In an unusual twist for a sailor, I never saw a ship during my enlistment.</div> <div> Following an Honorable Discharge from the naval service in 1988, I pursued several different career paths. I have worked in the trucking and transportation industries, having served in every capacity from dock checker to over-the-road truck driver. Other career moves have taken me to the sales field as a life and property insurance agent, the construction business, and part-time gun dealer. I was a Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer for six years, at which time I also studied gun repair.</div> <div> I toyed with writing during the 1990s, but began editorializing frequently in 2003. Since that time my freelance columns have been published more than 200 times. Many more of my works have appeared on TheRightSlant.com, an editorial and faith based website I have written and published weekly since February, 2003.</div> <div> My commentaries are sometimes humorous, sometimes abrasive, and always blunt. I believe that faith in God and individual liberty are superior to government meddling. As such, my writing promotes personal responsibility and faith in Our Creator, a concept that I fear is disappearing from America. My columns adopt a common sense approach, often using parables to make a point. If it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.</div> <div> I'm not shy concerning my lack of a journalistic background or connection to the media. I am a true outsider, a self-proclaimed “anti-journalist.” In my mind, too many journalists present dishonest and biased interpretations of events rather than reporting facts, thus they sully their profession's reputation and deprive readers of the ability to decide issues independently.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>