Seen & Heard groups Williams' commentaries into broad categories -- e.g., education, culture wars -- no social/moral issue is too big for the teen to tackle. His thoughts offer some pretty compelling reading. Precocious? Yes. Simple? Rarely. Insightful? Quite. Humorous? Often. Writing style? Fair-to-Good. Content? A+. Encouraging? Absolutely.

"You see," he writes in his introduction, "life experience is not the same as intelligence, and lack of life experience doesn't equal ignorance. For every ignorant teenager, I can give you an ignorant American of considerable age. My old next-door neighbor voted for Bill Clinton because he looked like a nice guy -- [the neighbor] was old enough to be considered intelligent, according to some."

Williams says our nation's need is for a "great" generation. Furthermore, he contends that the moral issues which confuse our culture -- abortion, homosexuality, church-state issues and more -- can find resolution in the writings and ideas of the age of the American Revolution.

He has little good to say about the entertainment industry. "Hollywood," he writes, "is relentless with its anti-marriage, anti-family message. Hollywood's view of marriage: an old-fashioned, oppressive and frequently dangerous environment."

Discussing the contemporary phenomenon that encourages every person with a gripe to claim victimhood, Williams is very insightful. He says the story of the Good Samaritan from the Bible illustrates how society should help the needy -- one man stops to help another who is lying beside the road and obviously needs help.

"Since people generally agree on that point," writes Williams, "it is a simple step to twist the desire to help victims to political advantage by creating the image of victimhood whether it exists or not." He lists various groups and individuals -- the National Education Association, the NAACP, feminists, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton -- among the guilty when it comes to manipulating society in the victimhood game.

Williams wraps up Seen & Heard with appendices that urge young people to get involved in the issues in their communities. He recommends joining a community political group, serving as a page in state legislatures or Congress, writing letters to the editor, starting newsletters and more. He also cites a number of books and websites as resources for activist youth, including Dinesh D'Souza's Letters to a Young Conservative, Chuck Crismier's Renewing the Soul of America, TeenPact, Young America's Foundation, and Young Conservatives.

It is encouraging to read the work of this remarkable young man who has such a mature grasp on the moral issues that trouble our nation. True, sometimes he sounds like a teenager -- but that, too, is refreshing and encouraging. He is not a freak of nature, just a young man who's perceptive and committed to his beliefs. Would that America had more teens who would love our nation as Kyle Williams does -- and who would join him on the battlefield.