Open Letter to the A.C.L.U.
(2016) Keep doing what you’re doing. Keep “stepping up to the plate” when those in positions of power trample over the rights of the American...
Open Letter to White-Supremacy Advocates
(2016) I have an opinionated soul—got me in trouble many times during my years in the Navy—but, truth be told, I cannot even begin to...
Open Letter to Police Chiefs Across America
(2016) For a few years now, I have not been able to help but laugh when I see a police vehicle emblazoned with the phrase...
Open Letter to the Republican Natational Commitee
(2016) I am a registered Democrat; however, as an American and a retired sailor, I expect everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to behave with a...
Open Letter to Teachers Everywhere
(2016) It takes a special kind of human being to be a teacher. If you asked me, I would say that yours is the noblest...
Open Letter to U.S. Senators and Representatives
(2016) To those in the majority—especially those first-elected before 2008: Please remember that, even though Trump was declared winner on November 9th, you are...
Open Letter to Young Americans
(2016) Educate yourself. Learn. Learn what it means to be human. Learn what each of us needs, not just to survive, but to...
Open Letter to U.S. Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members
(2016) Why am I writing to you separately when I know that our military is, for better or worse, a microcosm of the nation? ...
Open Letter to Barrack Obama
(2016) President Obama, sir. I twice voted for you. While I am not one hundred percent satisfied with every aspect of what your administration accomplished...
Open Letter to Rudy Giuliani
(2016) Sir. First, I would like to beg you to please exercise some restrain when, if as it has been reported, you become our nation’s...