Reviewed by Brenda Weeaks, MyShelf.Com
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Gregory J. Rummo is an award-winning columnist - a man with loads of opinion and a passion for writing. His book, The View From the Grass Roots is an anthology of his collected works, which were once published in newspapers like The Daily Record, The Weekly News, The Herald News and The New Jersey Herald. The columns are about various subjects. Let me give you a list of the chapters.

Family Life
Deaf Culture
Getting Old
America, Then and Now
The Great Outdoors
The Weather, the Environment and Global Warming
The Clinton Administration
The 2000 Presidential Election
Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Eternity
The Lighter Side
Missionaries and Missionary Adventures
An Evangelical View
Terrorism on American Soil

See what I mean? Passion and opinion - a strong alliance.

Rummo is a family man. He writes in length about his loved ones. One chapter is about his second son, born deaf. I was blessed in reading his positive attitude toward his deaf son and parents'-in-law and the lengths he personally went to to communicate with them.

Rummo tends to take a Christian view in his work. Although the Word may not be prominent in all his work, it's obvious that it's a moral ground from which he speaks. His political view is Conservative and will most likely rile his dedicated opponents, but they, in turn, will have to admit he writes with respect and honesty. Being a Conservative, I agreed with most of what he had to say and recommend anyone and everyone pick up his book and give it a try. Something in there is bound to speak to you.