Hi, I'm Matt Barganier, and Prof. Beito graciously invited me to guest blog here for awhile. I'm an editor at Antiwar.com and the 2nd AWCer to post on Liberty & Power (Backtalk editor Sam Koritz was a guest last year). I began working full-time for AWC in May after writing occasionally for the site for over a year. Before joining Antiwar.com, I received a BA in history and philosophy from Louisiana State University, taught middle school history for a year, received an MA in American Studies from the University of Alabama, and worked for an educational philanthropy. I hope I can contribute at least a flicker to the brilliance that is Liberty & Power. (All opinions are, of course, strictly my own and not those of Antiwar.com.)