Who is the "Gray Man"?
Gray Rinehart writes science fiction, fantasy, assorted nonfiction, and the odd song. Or odd songs.
He is also the "Anti-Candidate," available as a write-in vote for any elective office, anywhere.
The "Gray Man" is a ghost, and Gray's alter ego. Check out The Legend of the Gray Man to find out more about the original "GrayMan" of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
Featured Links:
Baen Books -- Gray is their "Slushmaster General" in charge of evaluating new submissions
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America -- Gray is currently an Active Member
Orson Scott Card's The Ornery American, which has published four of Gray's essays
We hope you like the "Gray Man Writes" web site. The site is designed for quick downloads--with limited graphics, short pages, and no annoying 'pop-up' ads. Let us know what you think!
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Updated from the original blog entry
The Anti-Candidate's Position on TAXES
The government needs some amount of money to do what a government is supposed to do: i.e., to do things the citizenry can't do for themselves. Taxes, therefore, are a necessary evil.
We appreciated the tax cuts and tax credits enacted in the last few years, but we recognize that some minimum level of taxation is needed and therefore tax cuts can't continue indefinitely. (We are reminded of a remark Jim Belasco made many years ago, that "[You] can never cut your way to success, because the ultimate in cost-cutting is to close the place down.") So we are not against paying our fair share, but of course we complain about it and would like it if our fair share were less than it is.
Our tongue-in-cheek Ornery American essay -- "Taxes, Direct Deposit, and Choice" -- presented an innovative tax plan which we will refuse to implement if elected to any office.
Page last updated in August 2010
Header photograph credit:
Pawleys Island, SC, sunrise photos courtesy of Scott Pangburn (WHS '82).
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