Tyler James Cook is a private school music and history teacher living in Lamar, South Carolina. In addition to teaching, Cook composes and performs music, serves on Lamar Town Council, and writes writes about culture, politics, the arts, film, literature, music, and history daily on his blog, The Portly Politico. He enjoys nature, gardening, walking, and jamming with his weird musician friends; most of all, he loves our Lord and personal Savior, Jesus Christ. Cook's music can be found on Bandcamp and here.