Category Archives: The William Tell Show

MOVING DAY

March 2, 2024The William Tell ShowWilliam Tell

Please visit my new blog:

It is fitting that I’ve started a new blog, with a new name, as my life has entered a new phase. I am no longer The Homeless Blogger, and it’s time for me to work toward making The William Tell Show a reality, on the air.

There will be no new posts at the present blog, but I will maintain it — likely through the end of 2024, if not beyond that — for the sake of various resources I know people use from time to time; until I get those copied onto the new site. They include:

Seek the best!

There can be no dialogue with toxic speech.

December 7, 2023National media, National news, The William Tell Show, Thursday postsAnn Coulter, First Amendment, Free speech, Free Speech Handbook, Hate speech, Joan Walsh, Milo Yiannopoulos, The heckler's vetoWilliam Tell

Debate opposing views, don’t label them hate: Column

Over the weekend, I very nearly un-Friended a church member on Facebook.

This woman is a pillar of the congregation, exceptionally gifted, and holds several important offices. But she frequents certain web sites that spew forth racial hatred, and she Likes certain items, and they show up in my Timeline. I will never voluntarily expose myself to such material. (Related: Change your diet.) There can be no dialogue with it: even to take it seriously is poisonous to my soul.

The First Amendment will not protect me from it. On the contrary, hate speech is normally protected. As are lies. As is verbal bullying. And heckling.

One can choose, however, what one pays attention to.

Milo Yiannopoulos is a troll.

As likewise are Ann Coulter and Joan Walsh.

There may be no lawful way to silence them, but those persons and organizations (such as Young Republicans) who sponsor them, hire them, and give them gratuitous platforms, may be persuaded that the nation deserves better.

Originally posted 2016-06-15.

Podcast — Some things will never change, Part 1

September 5, 2023Podcast, The William Tell ShowAcceptance, Bruce Hornsby, DSPS, Joblessness, Nina Tame, Racism, Sarah Trefren, Serenity prayer, The Way It Is, Time blindness, What IsWilliam Tell

That’s just the way it is.

Some things will never change, Part 1

Music: Bruce Hornsby, “The Way It Is”

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30% of Americans are bigots

August 5, 2023OUR BEST POSTS, Politics, The William Tell ShowAcceptance, Arrested development, Bigots, Certainty, Chakras, Civility Movement, Conservatives, Conspiracy theorists, Deplorables, Desire for certainty, Divisiveness, Donald TrumpWilliam Tell

Acceptance, or judgment?

Biden slammed for Christmas ‘unity’ speech after year of political attacks: ‘Spare us, you old grinch’ | Fox News

There is a segment of the population who won’t accede to any gesture of reconciliation. Though I myself didn’t approve of Joe Biden’s divisive remarks about MAGA people in September ’22, the reactions quoted in the article, to Biden’s Christmas ’22 message, are telling. On the one hand, most of the people quoted are actually outside the conservative mainstream. On the other hand, they’re there, which is the subject of this post. The quote from Kevin McCarthy’s spokesperson is particularly troubling; I will not examine whether these folks correctly say Biden said what they say he said. Continue reading 30% of Americans are bigots →

Podcast — Balls and strikes

August 1, 2023Podcast, The William Tell ShowBaseball, Centerfield, Courts, Donald Trump, Election interference, Fact-oriented, Judgment calls, Justice, Law, Objectivity, Pronouns, R. Kelly, Stormy DanielsWilliam Tell

Will Trump get justice in the Stormy Daniels matter?

Balls and strikes

Music: John Fogerty, “Centerfield”

Podcast — Facts and Law: Will Donald Trump be indicted, or not?
PESB: A “woke” excess (Link won’t take effect until 08/26/23.)

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Podcast — Still paused.

July 4, 2023Podcast, The William Tell ShowWilliam Tell

I have not had the Net access I need to record an episode this month.

My laptop got damaged. Then it got repaired. Then it got stolen.

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Orthodoxy

June 22, 2023The William Tell Show, National news, National media, Media, Thursday postsKarma, Racism, Dogmatism, Orthodoxy, Dogma, Los Angeles Times, ConversationsWilliam Tell

White Americans are nearly as blind to their racism as ever before

An orthodoxy is a system of ideas that adherents insist one must accept without question. In other words, a set of dogmas.

Every media outlet has one. It may be implied or explicit; flexible or rigid; narrow or broad; but it’s there. It defines what ideas that media outlet will allow to be expressed. In publishing media, it determines what will and won’t get published.

An obstacle facing me in my hopes of getting published, is that I seem somehow always to run afoul of a given media outlet’s orthodoxy.

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Podcast — Hiatus

June 6, 2023Podcast, The William Tell ShowWilliam Tell

Taking a break this month.

Friday 05/05/23, my laptop sustained water damage. The hard drive, or at least the operating system, disconnected. At this moment, it is in the hands of a trusted, techy, church member wunderkind who may or may not be able to fix it. At least, he said, he may be able to retrieve the data, which I warned him includes 16 gigs of porn.

For the duration, I’m using the computers at the central branch Enoch Pratt Free Libary — and am without any means to record.

If this genius can fix it, well and good. If I must replace it, I’ll have to jump through some hoops: I was financially able to pay “cash” for it when I bought it two years ago, but now to replace it I’ll have to find credit.

Either way, I hope to “see you” again in July!

Housing the homeless ain’t that easy

May 18, 2023Homelessness, Local news, Local politics, National news, The William Tell Show, Thursday postsAffordable housing, Honesty, Housing First, Infantilism, Redlining, Responsibility, Transitional housing, Vandalism, Why have nots have notWilliam Tell

For a long time, I have balked at seeking transitional housing, mainly for two reasons: (1) There must be a thousand buildings in Baltimore City serving that function, each with its own application process, eligibility criteria and rules — not to mention desirability. There’s no way to find “the right place” without going to each one in person. (2) I have heard too many credible horror stories of negligent house managers and conflicts with residents who abuse substances, abuse the property, and abuse each other.

Fortunately, the case manager at the clinic appears to have equipped me with the very short list of highest-rated outfits.

Last week’s City Paper cover story sets forth a microcosm of what is, in fact, the big picture: