Ted Savas:  

Life After waking up on a pool table at 6:00 one morning in a city I did not recognize, I decided the hard life of rock and roll was for others. I finished my history degree, about one-half of a Master's Degree in American History, and completed law school at the U of Iowa (with distinction). I met my wife-to-be there, a recent nursing graduat, and we moved together to California in 1986, where I passed the bar (first try) and practiced law for 12 years in Silicon Valley. During that time I began writing magazine articles and then books (all history-related). In the meantime, I built and sold my law practice (1998), built and sold a publishing company (2001), and have launched another publishing endeavor, Savas Beatie LLC (2004), which you can read about on the web at savasbeatie dot com. I teach law and history classes at night at the college level. The inability of young people to think clearly, articulate a coherent thought, write, read, and comprehend is disastrous for our country's future. I'm still married to the greatest love of my life, Carol (21 years). She was a clinical nurse for nearly 20 years, but went to the darkside four years ago to join a large California insurance company--Blue Shield. Carol has set up its dialysis program for the state of California. We have two kids. Alexandra Maria is 17, a Sophmore at Santa Clara University (she attended an all-girl's private HS which was the best education and worth every dollar. (She skipped 6th grade). She is a pianist just like her old papa (I was good-she is great), and an all around wonderful girl. She loves conservative /libertarian politics like me, and can talk philosophy, history, art history, and tax policy until the cows come home. I took her diving in the Dominican Republic, and we plan many more trips together. We put in a pool a few years ago and makes coming home more enjoyable. Here teen years were calm ones. I recall what we all used to do at 14, 15, 16 . . . Yikes! My son is Demetrious Theodore (or DT). He is 13 and and attends a public middle school. He is a great athlete (unlike me). DT plays a lot of baseball, and I had the pleasure of coaching him for five years (we won AA Championship a few years ago). He is also a 2nd degree black belt in Tai Kwon Do, was on the Olympic Sparring Team and won a silver medal in national competition. He "retired" to focus on music (Sax), baseball, and academi...Expand for more