'A' Was For America: My Journey to Voluntaryism

"I was born in 1980, in Ponca City, OK - a town of about 25,000 two hours north of Oklahoma City. My old man - a chemist graduate from Madison by way of Purdue - worked at the Conoco refinery, the area's biggest employer. My mom - who'd been a nurse at the hospital - opted to stay at home with me and my older bro."