James Baar (February 9, 1929 – October 3, 2021) was an author, international corporate communications consultant, corporate communications software developer, blogger, former business executive, journalist and sometime college lecturer. His latest books include "Conversations at the Redwood: The Portraits Speak" (historical fiction), "A King for America" (political satire) and "But Wait! There’s More! [maybe]," a book on the advertising agency business’ Golden Age and current chaos. Early life and career Born in New York City, Baar graduated from Union College (New York) in 1949 where he majored in philosophy. Baar began his newspaper career on The Record in Troy, New York where he "specialized in reporting obits, church notices and the occasional arson." He graduated to the United Press and subsequently was a reporter and editor in the UPI Washington Bureau and Senior Editor of Missiles & Rockets Magazine. In his later business career, Baar has been Chief Operating Officer in four major public relations agencies: Hill & Knowlton Advanced Technology, Gray-Strayton, Creamer Dickson Basford and Lewis & Gilman. He also was Corporate Communications Officer of Computervision, Managing Director of General Electric’s European Communications Operation and manager of various GE PR operations in the United States. Personal life He and his wife, Beverly, live in Providence, Rhode Island. Baar died on October 3, 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island. Published works Polaris! (with William E Howard), 1960, Combat Missileman (with William E Howard), 1961, ASIN #B0007DWQD4 Spacecraft & Missiles of the World 1962 (with William E. Howard), ASN #B0000EGOMB The Great Free Enterprise Gambit, 1980, The Careful Voters Dictionary of Language Pollution (Understanding Willietalk and Other Spinspeak), 1999, Spinspeak II: The Dictionary of Language Pollution, 2004, Ultimate Severance, 2005, But Wait! There's More (maybe) (with Donald E. Creamer), 2008, The Real Thing and Other Tales, 2011, A King for America (novella), 2013 ASIN-B00C7875C6 Trump Card: Holding America's Enemies at Bay (with William E. Howard), Conversations at the Redwood: The Portraits Speak, 2018, References 1929 births 2021 deaths American bloggers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Union College (New York) alumni Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Providence, Rhode Island American male novelists 21st-century American novelists Writers from Providence, Rhode Island 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) American male bloggers