For the Love of Freedom

The post-modern understanding of freedom in America is challenged in this story about politics and journalism in Michigan. A journalist on the political beat stumbles across information about the governor’s hidden past that can potentially destroy his reputation and put his "New Freedom" agenda at risk. Faced with the potential of reading about his past indiscretions in the newspaper, the governor must choose among several destructive options. Whatever his choice, championing the cause of freedom has suddenly snared the him in a trap of his own making. In the battle of wits that ensues, the governor uses to power of his office to prevent the truth from being revealed.

This intriguing story is allegorical and set amid the lush and beautiful harvest season at the close of the 20th Centu...