He covered the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the late 1980s. He’s served as a producer for CBS News, ABC News, Fox News and the MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. Prior to that he worked as a broadcast reporter for TV and radio stations in Los Angeles, Denver and Tuscon. He also served as News Director for the Telemundo station in Los Angeles. He writes on many contemporary issues regarding politics, culture and education. He majored in journalism at the University of Arizona.