Sam Boykin, Contributing Editor

One day I found myself wearing a nametag and being screamed at by a customer because we didn’t have the right kind of copy toner. So this is what my life had come to: Working middle management in an office supply store and taking abuse from some balding, red-faced cretin.

After years of floundering it was the wake-up call I needed. I quit my job, got myself into college, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English. So what if it was 10 years after my high school graduation. After college I worked as a crime reporter at a small NC daily where I received a crash course in journalism and writing under deadline. Following that I landed a dream job at an alternative weekly where I was given free reign to write about whatever I wanted—from dwarfism and transsexuals to lady wrestlers.

In 2005 I decided to strike out on my own, and have been writing freelance full-time ever since. Still a late bloomer, I just turned 40 and I’m about to get married. At this rate I’ll probably have my first kid just as my AARP membership kicks in.

Jason Wright, Contributing Editor

Jason Wright is a political and public policy consultant. He is also the founder and editor of PoliticalDerby.com, home of the original 2008 Power Rankings. Jason's Op/Eds on politics, policy and pop culture have appeared in over 50 newspapers and magazines nationwide.

He is the author of the bestselling novel, Christmas Jars (2005) and The Wednesday Letters (2007) and has edited two compilations of political Op/Eds. He was also the losing candidate for third-grade class president (1979) and U.S. Congress (2000). He has been banned from golf courses in seventeen states plus Canada. Jason has a remarkably sane wife and four children. (Thankfully they all take after their mother.) They live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

www.jasonfwright.com

Tim Hogan, Contributing Editor

Tim Hogan lives outside Boston, Massachusetts with his wife Amy. They are the proud adoptive parents of two retired greyhound racers, Bubba and Betsy.

The Hogans are expecting their first human child in December 2007.

Eric D. Snider, Contributing Editor

Eric D. Snider is a writer, performer, bon vivant, raconteur, man-about-town, and astronaut. Raised in Southern California and "educated" (for want of a better word) at Brigham Young University, he has worked for several newspapers and freelanced for publications as varied as Muscle & Fitness magazine and Glenn Beck's Fusion. His weekly "Snide Remarks" column is enjoyed by dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of people, and his movie reviews are sometimes readable. Eric's writings are cataloged at his website, the cleverly named www.ericdsnider.com, where he seldom writes in the third person the way he has done here.

Eric Armusik, Contributing Artist

Eric Armusik is not only a graphic artist but is a traditional portrait and figure painter as well. His paintings have been displayed in galleries and museums in Philadelphia, New York, and Florence, Italy. His work is well reviewed by critics and patrons because of his ability to combine technical, Old Master brilliance with elaborate drama and emotion in both his figures and their settings.

Armusik attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a B. F. A. in painting, and a minor in art history focusing on Baroque art.

To date the artist’s work has been featured in such galleries and museums as the Salmagundi Art Club, New York; Allentown Art Museum; Philip and Muriel Berman Art Museum, Ursinus College; Monsoon Galleries; Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts; State Museum of Pennsylvania; and Reading Public Museum. His paintings are in the permanent collections of The Trenton City Museum, Lehigh Valley Hospital and numerous private collections and his work has also been prominently featured in publications like American Artist Magazine, Old House Journal, ArtMATTERS, Morning Call, Reading Eagle and William and Mary Review.

His paintings can be viewed on his website at:

www.ericarmusik.com

Paul E. Nunn - Contributing Artist

Paul started working with The Glenn Beck Program in 2004 by designing the Michael Moore is Fat t-shirt. He has designed many of the shirts you can currently buy at the studio store including The Big Frog 109.9 and Screw the Caribou!.

Then, Glenn started Fusion Magazine... allowing Paul to show off his true artistic potential. He has contributed art for every issue and designed a handful of covers, including the one for July/August 2006. Despite Glenn's constant request, he refuses to paint him in the nude... but everybody has a price!

Then, Glenn started the television show... and Paul was chosen to redesign the logo. Replacing the iconic lower 'g' logo was a daunting task. Glenn rejected about 30 designs and threatened to remove Paul's 'moneymaker' if he didn't come up with the perfect design. Suddenly, inspiration hit and Paul designed the current symbol you see today.

When not working for Glenn and the rest of the gang, Paul is a professional animator and illustrator of children's books. He lives in sunny Kenosha, Wisconsin with his wife Amy and their new daughter Grace. For more info, please visit his website.