About the Author:  Robert Franklin is a licensed attorney in Texas.  He’s a journalist who has published essays and op-eds in a wide variety of online and print media including the Toledo Blade, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Times and World Net Daily. He is the Former Executive Editor, of the Houston Law Review where his legal writing has appeared.  He is a ‘featured columnist’ and a member of the Board of Directors of Fathers and Families, a national non-profit organization. Robert has published poetry in several journals including the Concho River Review and an anthology of Texas poets.