With more than 40 years of experience as a professional journalist, David Kinchen has worked as an editor and staff writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel — almost 10 years and the Los Angeles Times — more than 14 years. He has also worked on three other newspapers — all dailies — and — since the summer of 2004 has been the editor of www.huntingtonnews.net. Kinchen can be reached at davidkinchen@hotmail.com