David Screws received a BBA in Management in 1974 from Texas A & I University in Kingsville, TX, and spent 32 years after that working in the oil and gas industry. In 2001, he completed a Master of Arts degree in American History at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and taught as an adjunct professor in several colleges and universities throughout Texas over the course of 16 years. He also taught the U.S. and World History full-time for 10 years at a private high school in Corpus Christi, TX. He has two published articles in historical journals and a recently published historical/political work titled The Washington Caliphate.