The All American Blogger Team
Duane Lester, Lead Writer

Duane Lester is co-founder of All American Blogger, and the primary writer. Following graduation, Duane entered the United States Navy as a journalist. He spent five years touring the world, reporting on local news and sports. Following his enlistment, Duane spent almost 10 years working with adjudicated youth in residential treatment environments.
Duane discovered politics after September 11. He credits Erich “Mancow” Muller for opening his eyes to his conservative beliefs. Since then, Duane has devoured books and literature on politics, reading everything he can from Adam Smith to Larry Elder to Thomas Sowell. He refers to his style of politics as “conserva-tarian,” a mixture of conservative and libertarian beliefs.
Andrew Riley, Webmaster
Andrew Riley is the co-founder of All American Blogger, as well as the webmaster and a part-time contributor. He was born and raised in farm country, served in the United States Army, and has had an interest in politics since seeing Ross Perot speak at a rally in Boise, Idaho.
Andrew was a supporter of Bill Clinton in the 90’s and despite having become more conservative as he has grown older and wiser, he is disgusted with what the Bush administration has done in the 2000’s. His current politics are mostly Libertarian with a touch of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism.
Contributors
Doug Weber
Doug Weber was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia moved to the midwest to grow up outside of Minneapolis and attend the University of MN where he studied Economics. In 1993 Doug moved back to the east coast, married and currently lives just west of Philadelphia again.
Andy Min
An evangelical Christian with strong fiscal beliefs just about sums up Andy’s bio.
AJ Snyd
AJS lives in Western Michigan, he is a Christian, capitalist and construction worker. His degree is in engineering, and his desire is to live free.
Robert Burke
Robert Burke is a sucker for candlelit dinners, barefoot walks on the beach, and French poetry. He can’t stand stupid people, extreme generalizations, socialists and reality TV.
Travis Farral
Travis is very proud of his Christian faith. He is a capitalist and a conservative with some libertarian leanings. Travis has been involved in politics since high school where he volunteered on a campaign for a state representative and saw President Ronald Reagan speak at a rally in Texas.
Chris Deaton
Chris Deaton is a current graduate student in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and an alumnus of Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. You can read more of his insufferable ramblings at his blog A Firebrand Something .
Tom Bombadil
Sara Lester
Terms of Service
We love the blogosphere because it embraces frank and open conversation. But frankness does not have to mean lack of civility. We encourage personal expression and constructive conversation.
1. We take responsibility for our own words and for the comments we allow on our blog.
We will not post unacceptable content, and we’ll delete comments that contain it.
We define unacceptable content as anything included or linked to that:
- is being used to abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others
- is libelous, knowingly false, ad-hominem, or misrepresents another person,
- infringes upon a copyright or trademark
- violates an obligation of confidentiality
- violates the privacy of othersWe define and determine what is “unacceptable content” on a case-by-case basis, and our definitions are not limited to this list. If we delete a comment or link, we will say so and explain why. [We reserve the right to change these standards at any time with no notice.]
2. We won’t say anything online that we wouldn’t say in person.
3. We connect privately before we respond publicly.
When we encounter conflicts and misrepresentation in the blogosphere, we make every effort to talk privately and directly to the person(s) involved–or find an intermediary who can do so–before we publish any posts or comments about the issue.
4. When we believe someone is unfairly attacking another, we take action.
When someone who is publishing comments or blog postings that are offensive, we’ll tell them so (privately, if possible) and ask them to publicly make amends.
If published comments could be construed as a threat, and the perpetrator doesn’t withdraw them and apologize, we will cooperate with law enforcement to protect the target of the threat.
5. We do not allow anonymous comments.
We require commenters to supply a valid email address before they can post, though we allow commenters to identify themselves with an alias, rather than their real name.
6. We ignore the trolls.
We prefer not to respond to nasty comments about us or our blog, as long as they don’t veer into abuse or libel. We believe that feeding the trolls only encourages them — “Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it.” Ignoring public attacks is often the best way to contain them.
If you have any questions about these terms, feel free to contact us.
This code of conduct is a slightly modified version of Tim O’Reilly’s “Blogger’s Code of Conduct“.



