I'm Lyn Nofziger and this is my website, which at the urgings of some I'm finally getting around to updating.  Today, by the way, is Jan. 6, 2003.

However, nothing much is really going to change.  I will continue to express my opinions and write an occasional verse under the pen name of Joy Skilmer.   You will get them by clicking on "Musings." If you're interested in the books I've written click on Books.

The odds are you've never heard of me, which is all right because I've probably never heard of you either, so let me tell you a little bit about myself. (If you want to know more you can always go to one of the internet book stores and order my political memoir--it is not a biography--which is called "NOFZIGER." If you want to know less, stop now.)

I am a Californian, a World War II army veteran, a former newspaperman, a politician and the author of four Western novels and a book of light verse. I make an occasional political speech, write an occasional political column or op ed piece, review books now and then for the Washington Times and complain a lot. If you visit this page from time to time you will be able to see what I complain about.

In more detail, I spent 16 years as a newspaperman, including eight as a Washington Correspondent for the Copley Newspapers of California and Illinois.

I served in Ronald Reagan's governor's office and White House and in Richard Nixon's White House. I have run and participated in numerous political campaigns, including five for president, and have won some and lost some. Once I even worked at the Republican National Committee.

I am a Republican because I believe that freedom is more important than government-provided security. Sometimes I wish I were a Democrat because Democrats seem to have more fun. At other times I wish I were a Libertarian because Republicans are too much like Democrats.

What I actually am is a right-wing independent who is registered Republican because there isn't any place else to go. However, Republicans, like Democrats, are not abovecriticism and I will continue to be critical of both parties and their leadership and a lot of other people and things, too.

Hope to see you around.

This page was last updated on  1/6/03.