Dana R. Casey is a veteran high school English teacher of more than two decades in an East-coast urban system. She is a life-long student of theology, philosophy, and politics, dedicated to the true principles of the Enlightenment, as defined by our Founders and enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. She longs for an America which includes civil discourse, individual freedom balanced with personal responsibility, and a diversity of ideas. Her website is candiddiscourse.com