Coach Bill / Dad, Entrepreneur Special Educator, American Political Scientist, Writer, Musician.

After the election, it became increasingly evident that the news media, the entertainment industry and the administrations of the social media platforms we enjoy were brazenly leftist in ideological social values and openly campaigning for a coupe of the incoming presidential administration. They call it the ‘resistance.’ Many celebrity faces called for the assassination of the President Trump and issued a general call to obstruct, misinform and counter the governance of the president and openly target his supporters through indirect means of thought influence and sometimes quite directly through violent and intolerant action as shown to be by the social democratic group known as ‘Antifa,’ short for anti-fascists.  It is apparent that established American news media is overwhelmingly leftist in ideology and this puts forth the question of how they are respecting the American populace at large. Is it not a tenant of journalism to put forth the ‘news’ in an objective manne...

It used to be called  “shell shock.” The reality of war can put a soldier in situations not normal for the average human being. Prolonged exposure to the drama and aftermath of violence can surely have an effect on a person’s mind and heart (soul). ‘Shell shock’ has been well-documented on film, such as Tom Cruises character in, ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ and late-director Stanley Kubrick’s, ‘Full-Metal Jacket.’ A person’s ‘bearings’ are shifted and a new normal takes hold. This new normal juxtaposes itself against the normalcy of everyday society. Inevitably, the soldier who has experienced sustained levels of stress has what amounts to separate operating systems which do not always agree with each other.  The ravages of war are not taking in with a soft light. I had a friend who served in Iraq as a Marine. I knew him before and after his service. Many active and veteran armed forces personnel never see the front lines or have to literally fight their way out of ...

(updated 12/22/15) Behaving as if all that matters is profit, as if we are on our own, an island, let me get mine and you get yours, that this is a race of some kind were money is king and lord over our hearts and minds.  That is a sorry life. A sad life straight out of William Randolph Hearst’s life as portrayed in Orson Welles’s classic masterpiece film, ‘Citizen Kane.’  In a world beholden to growth through monetary profit, as it is for all companies on the stock markets of the world, what messages do we send each other and the community when we make money lord over common sense? How much money is enough? How much financial security shall we shore up for ourselves? This post is not about taking from the rich and giving to the poor. It is about how we conduct ourselves in relation to others. It is about what we allow to drive us as we seek to live life. Do these ‘drivers’ benefit our hearts and minds, do they benefit the community? Are we not free to live our ...