| Barrett Kalellis began to personally plumb the world of conservative thought 35 years ago, after he left the cloud-cuckooland of the university, and began to notice how much money he was being taxed by federal, state and local governments.
After having made a career as a news and speechwriter and communications executive with various corporations and public relations agencies, Kalellis opened a second front as a freelance writer and reporter for various newspapers, trade publications and opinion journals. His op-ed columns and articles have regularly appeared in The Detroit News, the Washington Times, National Review Online, NewsMax.com and many other web sites, and he is an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan.
With a broad background in literature, politics, history and the arts, Kalellis brings a different perspective to social and political commentary. Rather than merely parrot received, and sometimes knee-jerk, opinions in the conservative hive, he brings wide-ranging and scholarly insights that blend analytical observation, strongly held beliefs and wry humor to his writing.
A conductor, pianist and composer, Kalellis was the music director of the Detroit Contemporary Chamber Ensemble during the 1980s, and was a winner in a national orchestra composition competition.
Kalellis received his academic degrees and training at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Indiana University and the Hochschule für Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria.
He was named a winner in C-SPAN’s National Essay Contest in October 2005.
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