Brian J. Dunn earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in history from Eastern Michigan University.

For six years, I served in the Michigan Army National Guard as a radio operator (31Q and 31FV4) in the 156 Signal Battalion.

In civilian life, I taught an American history course at Henry Ford Community College for three terms prior to beginning my current position as a nonpartisan research analyst for the Michigan State Legislature.

The Dignified Rant is my foreign affairs blog. I began it in July 2002. In it, I comment on the war on terror and other foreign policy issues.

Why do I bother? Well, for one, I enjoy it. Or rather, it brings some satisfaction that I'm doing something. And as time goes on, I've gained readers from around the globe. I hope that these readers share with me the conviction that America is fighting a just war for all of civilization--even those who condemn us in their comfortable lives.