Love, War, and Other White Lies

In Love, War and Other White Lies, Tony presents two separate diaries.  One deals mostly with love and general topics.  The second covers the Iraqi War and other subjects.  Tony’s approach is humorous, sarcastic and serious all in different measure.  Tony wants to open peoples’ minds to the other possible reasons for war and entertain the reader with his love poetry and other poetry.  Tony wants the reader to see the parallels between the white lies we tell in our relationships to avoid “hurting” the other person, and the “small” lies our government tells us because “they know better”.  Tony believes if one looks at the Communist scare of the 1950’s and compares that to the Terrorist scare of today, we need to examine our foreign policy to see if we are being fair to everyone.  Just as in the 1950’s, those who have different views are being seen as less patriotic or sympathizers.  Tony would like to say “freedom of expression is the true litmus test of a free society,” and the degree of freedom matches the tolerance to express oneself – freely.  Tony believes the “true” patriot protects the right of free expression for all Americans.  God Bless America.

Tony has been writing poetry since the age of ten.  This is his third book.  His first was “Love is a Butterfly” (1999).  His second book was “Before Forty After 9/11” (2002).  Tony attended the University of Illinois and received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology (1983).  He served in the U.S. Navy (1983-93), and was in the Persian Gulf War.  In 1998 he graduated Phi Theta Kappa with an A.A.S. from Kankakee Community College.  Tony works with individuals who are developmentally disabled in addition to being a Licensed Massage Therapist and Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant.  Tony has three children who are a great source of inspiration.  Tony wrote this book to exercise his right to free speech and expression.