Fred Reed is a part-time sociopath and keyboard mercenary living near Guadalajara, Mexico. A Marine veteran of Viet Nam, he fell into journalism because, he says, it reqires no qua...view moreFred Reed is a part-time sociopath and keyboard mercenary living near Guadalajara, Mexico. A Marine veteran of Viet Nam, he fell into journalism because, he says, it reqires no qualifications and he didn't have any. Believing that a misspent life is the only kind worth living, he covered the miliatry for various publications for three decades and then was police reporter for the Washington Times for an additional eight. He has written for everybody from Playboy to Harper's but is best known for his disreputable and seditons website, Fredoneverything.net, which may yet get him lynchced.view less