The Power and the Glory: The Key Ideas and Crusading Lives of Eight Debaters of Reason vs. Faith
Burgess Laughlin is a long-term student of history. He received a BA in cultural history from Tulane University in 1967. For twenty years, he worked as a writer, editor, and publications manager in the electronics industry, before retiring. For four years, 1996-2000, he studied history and languages at Portland State University (Oregon), as a post-baccalaureate student. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society.