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DR. WILLIAM
STEINER
Author of Stealing America’s Future
Authorial Magazine: Tell us what’s
unique about your book. Why
should people read it?
Dr. William Steiner: While so many
think their historical experiences
are unique and new, they are
not. History repeats itself. While
so many think that making the
same mistakes of the past, it
will somehow now no longer be
a mistake.
My book makes historical
connections of 19 th century Europe
and early 20 th century America
to 21 st century America. Human
nature does not change, with the
United States entering a period
of post-modern decline, possibly
ending the United States as a
unified nation. It demonstrates the
abject willingness of politicians
and the press to lie to advance their
goals of power and greed.
It dispels many oft reported and
unreported myths and it helps
the reader to become a better
critical thinker.
AM: Did you know the last line of your
book or how your story would
end from the very beginning? Did
you already know before you even
started writing it? Tell us more
about your writing process.
DWS: I did not know the ending of
the book at the beginning. As the
data and evidence grew, the ending
became more inevitable.
AM: Do you notice a pattern in your
writing? What rules in the end or
what usually wins in your stories?
DWS: I am a prolific writer of essays.
A major part of writing this book
was the compilation of multiple
essays into well thought out and
meaningful conclusions.
I was terribly fearful of being
factually wrong and that I would
accidently plagiarize what I wrote.
Hence, I spent a lot of time
checking and rechecking my facts.
AM: What did your first book teach you
about yourself? What did you learn
about yourself to never repeat in
your other projects or in other areas
of your life?
DWS: It taught me that I didn’t know
as much as I thought I knew at
the beginning of the book. After
putting it together, I was able to
come to some often uncomfortable
conclusions. I learned a lot by
weighing though filing cabinets
full of data, as the research was
enormous. It taught me to never
come to quick conclusions.
AM: Did you ever imagine your life
being the way it is now?
DWS: No.
AM: Would it be fair to say that you’ve
used—in writing your book—the
good, the bad, and the ugly parts of
your life?
DWS: Yes.
Stealing America’s Future makes a comparison
of today’s America to late 19th Century Europe
using two rare books, “The Conventional Lies of
our Civilization” by Nordau, describing Europe’s
elitist leadership, and “The Soviets at Work by
Lenin,” outlining the Russian Revolution as it took
place. Not commonly a part of the discussion of
history, both provide frightening detail about the
nuances of the geopolitics of Europe during the
early 20th century. Using heartwarming family
stories, humorous anecdotes, incisive criticism, and
cold factual analysis, it describes how progressive
liberalism, with its attempts at social engineering
and excessive permissiveness, has brought social
and economic disaster to America. If one reads
but two chapters, they need to read the “Lies of
Communism” and the “Lies of Modern Science.”
They alone make the book a great read.
This book covers numerous
subjects and also enumerates the
abject lies and the not so common
lies purveyed to the American
people by its politicians and media.
We all need to be better informed
and better critical thinkers.
AM: In all your years of writing, what do
you know for sure?
DWS: I enjoy getting to the truth. The
path in life is more important than
the goals in life.
AM: Will you be writing more books?
Tell us more about your plans
or upcoming events and the
projects that are currently in the
works for you.
DWS: Yes. I will be writing about the
final days of the United States as
a union. I will be writing about a
brush with the KCIA. And I will
be writing more children’s books.
AM: Is there anything you’d like
your readers to know about you
that they won’t find anywhere
else online?
DWS: One’s integrity is the most
important character trait they
can have.
AM: Is there someone you consider
as your greatest influence in your
writing? If so, please do tell us
more about him or her and why
you consider him or her as such.
DWS: Max Nordau and
Michael Montaigne
Dr. William Steiner
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