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Rob Boston's Biography

Member Info

Silver Spring, Maryland
Married Carol Laseski on June 20, 1992.
May 2008

I have served as assistant director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Washington, D.C.) since 1987. I have authored three books: Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church & State, The Most Dangerous Man in America?: Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition and Close Encounters with the Religious Right. In addition, I write regularly for Americans United's magazine Church & State and contribute to AU's blog. I write about other topics that interest me as well. These include, among other things, ancient Roman coins, bigfoot, Humanism, liberal politics and 1980s progressive music.

Influences

Journalistic style. Trained in "inverted pyramid" news style.

Upcoming Works

My writing appears regularly in Church & State magazine. (See www.au.org) and the blog of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (Also www.au.org.)

Publishers

Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y.

Interests & Hobbies

Reading, collecting ancient Roman coins, debunking the paranormal, biking