James George is an author and independent journalist, formerly the National Politics Examiner for Clarity Media and the Affordable Care Act reporter for CBS News. James consulted for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and ManTech International, which serves federal government clients. He was raised in rural central Ohio and Columbus, where he attended Ohio State University and graduated from Franklin University with a business and operations research degree and a journalism minor. As Academic Director for UC Berkeley Worldwide, he instructed Asia-Nation students in IT subjects. George received awards for papers in information literacy from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative and Nihon University, Tokyo. AllPoetry gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award for publishing over 3,000 poems.