Amicus aka John Cole had a long career as a Radio Talk Show host in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Portland, Oregon, along with an accompanying career as a newspaper reporter.

He has previously published a political treatise, A Call to Convention, A Call to Arms, 1984, a collection of short stories, Surprises of Love ISBN 1413731007 released in 2004, and, The First Chief, Ahjeed a novel of Native American early history, ISBN 0595350003 released in 2005.