F.J. Rocca is an independent, conservative writer and blogger of fiction and nonfiction, most interested in the philosophy of American conservatism. He believes that wisdom is greater than the sum of facts, that knowledge is born of experience, that clarity is more important that eloquence, and that truth is vital to human discourse. His website is candiddiscourse.com.
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