Earl B. Russell is a writer and blogger whose writings have appeared in the New York Times and the Austin American-Statesman. He is now retired as professor emeritus at the Univers...view moreEarl B. Russell is a writer and blogger whose writings have appeared in the New York Times and the Austin American-Statesman. He is now retired as professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and owns a prized rubber chicken. He has two adult children, Joy and Robert. He and his wife Ellen live in Austin, Texas.view less