Francis Rathman

My priorities in life are like those of many a great American, Faith, Country, San Jose State Spartans Football, and God. Though I might have my own myopic take on how the world turns, I really pride myself on being able to cut out the noise to find some absolute truth in whatever the news might bring, on any given day. My deepest hope is that readers, in turn, will really pride themselves, along with me, through the content that I expose to them.

My philosophy on finding the truth is as follows. 1: Take a firm and informed position on the issues, and 2: Spend so much time, in good faith debate, arguing and berating, for hours on end, anyone who might have a different viewpoint, in the hopes of coming out the other end, better off than we were before, when people first started arriving to the barbecue.

As a Communications and Cross Cultural Studies double major at SJSU, I became equipped with the skills and perspectives needed to really investigate pretty much any story, in any place, at any time. My love for investigating the unknown came from reading Dan Brown novels in college, and I was specifically spurred on to follow my interests in story telling by my CCS department chair, who once said to me in front of the class, “Francis, you have a great gift for finding problems, where none exist”.

To go along with these strengths, last, but absolutely not least, I am an Alpha Prime Millennial. Able and willing to communicate across generational divides because of the unique month and year that I was born under, which naturally makes me better at certain things than other older and/or younger generations. I am a bridge between everyone, hitting home with an evolution hating 70 year old couple, the 40 year old single mom who still does not understand what the word secular actually means, and the 10 year old boy who’s right knee really hurts when he “bends it like this”. There are no waters I am not willing to wade into, and dear reader, I pray that you will wade into them with me.

Francis currently holds the Motto Desk: the institutional phrase “More Content Is Better Always” is maintained under his name. Active bylines are filed by other correspondents while the motto remains in force.