Leslie M. Golden

Leslie "Les" M. Golden is an American astronomer, musician,[1] film, stage, and commercial actor and stand-up comic,[2] writer,[3] and political activist[4][5] living in Oak Park, Illinois. He is a columnist for five international print gambling magazines published in the United Kingdom[6] and a winner of the Lili Fabilli-Eric Hoffer Laconic Essay Prize,[7] the Nicolaus Copernicus Essay Competition, and the Griffith Observatory Science Writing Competition. He is a national animal welfare advocate,[8][9] a political cartoonist who is listed in Comiclopedia, and a political reformer whose activism led to the rewriting of Illinois and Texas law.[10][11][12][13] [14][15]

References

  1. ↑ (1989) Nolan, Herb, “An Astronomer Tackles the Music Software Marketplace,” Upbeat, November, p. 45-46
  2. ↑ (1994), "A film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown," Compuserve Magazine, August, p. 55
  3. ↑ http://www.oakparkjournal.com/2012/2012-Book-announced-Golden-bio.html
  4. ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-03/news/9510030038_1_wallace-gabor-bradley-candidates-taxes, (1995) Zorn, Eric, “This candidate is a ‘Cut The Taxes’ above the rest,” Chicago Tribune, October 3
  5. ↑ http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/x1713643550/Constitutional-convention-Heres-a-pro-con, (2008) Sweeney, Chuck, Constitutional convention? Here’s a pro-con, Rockford Register Star, June 18
  6. ↑ http://oakparkjournal.com/2014/2014-Dr-Golden-Book-Announcement-OakPark.html, (2014) Vincent, Ed, Suburban Journal,“Golden Inks Agreement for Gambling Magazine,” p. 5, June 20
  7. ↑ http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/hofferprize.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nevada-dog-mauled-1-year-old-boy-birthday-spared-death-sentence-judge-article-1.1074338, (2012) Caulfield, Philip, New York Daily News, Nevada dog that mauled 1-year-old boy to death on his birthday spared death sentence by judge , p. 5, May 8
  9. ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jan/29/what-lessons-did-we-learn-onion-saga/, (2014) Lapan, Tovin, “What lessons did we learn from the Onion saga,” Las Vegas Sun, January 29
  10. ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-10-23/news/0210230072_1_golden-ballot-orr, (2002) Ciokajlo, Mickey, “Candidates win ballot’s name game,” Chicago Tribune, October 23
  11. ↑ (2002) McLaughlin, Amy, “Candidates’ Stances Offer Clear Choices for Voters.” Chicago Daily Herald, November 1, page 4
  12. ↑ (2002) Sneed, Michael, “Election Board Objects to Nixed Nicknames.” Chicago Sun-Times, October 13, page 6; http://article.wn.com/view/2002/10/13/Election_Board_objects_to_nixed_nicknames/
  13. ↑ (2002) “State’s Attorney Suing to Keep Slogans Off Ballot,” Chicago Sun-Times, October 16, page 80; http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1461211.html, “State's attorney suing to keep slogans off ballot”
  14. ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-06-03/news/0306030127_1_orr-slogans-78th-district, (2003) Groark, Virginia, “Legislature cuts the slogans from names on ballot,” Chicago Tribune, June 3
  15. ↑ http://www.umsl.edu/~kimballd/illinois.pdf