Author
Specialty Subjects : Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic History.
Book Credits : None to date.
Enter your professional bio here : Former U.S. diplomat and life member of the American Foreign Service Association. I reported from Brazil, Mexico, The Netherlands, Canada, the U.K., Chile, Venezuela, Peru, France, Argentina, and Washington DC. I write on foreign affairs, labor, and cybercrimes. Memberships include The Writers Guild, National Book Critics Circle, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, California and New York State Societies, National Writer's Union, Fraternity of Alpha Zeta. Dad was a Korean vet who served with Alabama's Army National Guard 1962-67 for the Cuban Missile Crisis, Selma to Montgomery March, integration of the Univ. of Alabama. I have a role as a reporter in 2015's ''Selma.'' I contribute to Alabama Voices with The Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser. My work appears in The Foreign Service Journal, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, Des Moines Register, The Albany Times-Union, Indianapolis Star, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Daily News, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, The Writer, Agricultural History, Bloomsbury Review, Berkeley (CA) Daily Planet, Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, American Writer, many more. My political battles are legendary. See New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/22/business/at-work-promotions-and-family-matters.html My reporting changed the personnel policies of the U.S. Foreign Affairs Agencies. See https://glreview.org/supreme-job-blow-to-jesse-helms/ In this case, my reporting eventually led to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of LGBT workers. After my encounters with Helms, my work appeared in Bay Area Reporter, Bay Times, [both San Francisco], San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, The Hill, Washington Times, The Advocate, Raleigh News & Observer, many more. See also https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/trayvon-martin-oscar-grant-and-birmingham-1963/ https://www.chieftain.com/article/20150110/NEWS/301109968 https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2019/01/29/i-didnt-compromise-my-alabama-upbringing-hollywood/2706410002/ https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/06/29/carol-ruth-silver-fateful-fearless-freedom-rider/439361001/ https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Freedom-Rider-Diary-by-Carol-Ruth-Silver-5256987.php https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/01/08/selma-role-recalls-fathers-courage/21456239/ https://www.al.com/news/2015/01/being_cast_in_selma_was_therap.html
Writing Credits : See under bio.
Skills (Select all that apply) : Feature writing, Ghostwriting, Government relations, Ideation, Investigative reporting, Op-Ed, Publicity, Speechwriting, Technical writing
List any memberships you have with other organizations : Associate Member Korean War Veterans Association, Life Member Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America, Member Sons of The American Legion (SAL), Member US-Philippines Society, Friend of the Israeli Defense Forces, Washington Ambassador's Club, Associate member Veteran's of Foreign Wars, Kiwanis Club of Shepard Park Washington DC, Honorary Member Paralyzed Veterans of America, Supporter New Hope Foundation Inc. to preserve the Rosenwald School in Fredonia, AL, National Active and Retired Federal Employees, Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association, Chattahoochee Valley (Alabama) Historical Society, Alabama Historical Society, Advisory Council D.C. Republican Party,
Foggy Bottom (DC) Association, Friends of George Washington University, Friend of the Chambers County (Alabama) Library.
Retired Membership