Warren Boroson, author and journalist

Warren has written about:

Why blondes have more fun (light reflected from blonde hair shrinks the pupils, so observers see fewer facial imperfections)
the etiquette of dueling
the only signer of the Declaration of Independence who later swore loyalty to the British
what psychoanalysts have said about Mickey Mouse (his androgynous persona doesn't threaten males or females)
copyeditors from hell
the best puns ever created
the next nuclear war (a Delphi poll concluded: India vs. Pakistan)
how he fell into the Jordan River
the nasty card game called "Knuckles," which children once played
a defense of Typhoid Mary
social effects of first contact with aliens
the social significance of graffiti
why you cannot tax-deduct casualty losses caused by termites
why people won't believe that Oswald did it alone.

. Warren Boroson is the author of more than 20 books. In "How to Sell Your House in a Buyer's Market," it took him 300 pages to say "Lower the price." His book, "J.K. Lasser's Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett" took 300 pages to say, "Buy Berkshire Hathaway," Buffett's company.

He collects autographs, and has one from T.S. Eliot defending himself against accusations of antisemitism.

His favorite opera singers are Jussi Bjoerling, Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Rethberg, Cesare Siepi. Favorite little-recognized singer is Richard Crooks

Favorite observation: "Half the world's problems are caused by people who oversimplify complicated things and the other half are caused by people who make things that are basically simple complicated."

What he loves: Ben Franklin, Jane Austen, "Bringing Up Baby," Joan of Arc, Mark Twain, Mozart's operas, Beethoven's music.

He is so old that he once interviewed Nan Britton, President Harding's mistress. (He was in his 20s, she was in her 70s.) She was hard to get along with. She hung up on him.