Staff Writer for the Weekly Standard. His writing has also appeared in National Review Online, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Boston Globe, HughHewitt.com and Townhall.com. He regularly guest-hosts the nationally broadcast Hugh Hewitt Radio Show. Dean has been battling Cystic Fibrosis for four decades.

Author of The Plucky Smart Kid with the Fatal Disease.

"Staying alive has required constant effort and a lot of luck. There have been good times and bad times. And occasionally there has been enlightenment."