Open Letter

Dear Customer Who Stuck Up For His Little Brother

Kristen Wolfe | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Gender Stereotypes, LGBT Youth, Open Letter, Dead Island, Mirror's Edge, Gaming, Video Games, Gaming Industry, High School News

The dad sees the boy's purple game controller and starts in on the him about how he needs to pick something different. Something more manly. Something with guns and fighting.

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An Open Letter to Gabrielle Bernstein

Deborah Stambler | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Twitter, Gabrielle Bernstein, Wie Symposium, Spirit Junkie, Affirmations, Open Letter, Twittering, WIE Network, Women News

Much of what I teach is that every word and every thought that we put out into the world is an affirmation. So we're affirming love or we're affirming more fear and more chaos.

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An Open Letter to Whoever Is Responsible for Dressing the Mannequins at Free People Stores

Annie Stamell | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Sophia Rossi, Girls, Zooey Deschanel, Giggles, Free People, Open Letter, Mannequins, Hellogiggles, Molly Mcaleer, Pretty Little Liars, Hello-Giggles, Stamos, Comedy News

Some mannequin dresser has got a good eye because those mannequins somehow manage to convince people that they totally should buy a sequined paisley print mullet dress that will look best when accompanied by a grandmother's crochet sweater.

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The Strip Diary, Day Sixteen: An Open Letter to Parents Who Bring Their Children to Las Vegas

Paul Carr | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Terrible Parents, Open Letter, Child Abuse, Disneyland, Children, Las Vegas, Parenting Tips, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Travel News

I'm sick and tired of moments here on the Strip when I have to censor an otherwise wonderfully profane anecdote simply because some little darlings are within earshot. In a bar. In Las Vegas. Is nowhere unsacred?

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An Open Letter to TSA-Averse Air Travelers

Emily Bracken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tsa, Open Letter, Tsa Pat Down Searches, Thanksgiving, Travel, TSA Security, TSA Pat Down, Tsa Patdowns, Thanksgiving Commentary, Holiday Travel, Politics, Travel Tips, Thanksgiving 2010, Air Travel, Comedy, Man Up, Overweight, Sarah Palin, Comedy News

While we admit being patted down by a uniformed officer in front of long lines of strangers is an uncomfortable experience, it is far worse for us, the TSA officials doing the full-body grope.

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An Open Letter to Lindsay Lohan: You need the right kind of friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Dear Lindsay, Anyone who isn't living under a rock has already heard you were sentenced to 90 days in the LA County Jail for violating your DUI proba...

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Immigration, the Bible, and the Lawsuit

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, 4th of July, Immigration Reform, Open Letter, American Values, President Obama, Interfaith, sb1070, Thomas Jefferson, American Interests, Arizona Immigration Law, Religion News

Again and again we found ourselves standing at a fork in the road, faced with a choice: Would we believe the lie that some people are simply worth more than others?

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Cornell's President Calls for a National Suicide Dialogue

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Connectivity, National Public Health Crisis, Suicide National Dialogue, Multiple Suicides, Cornell University, foreverinvictus.com, Smartphones, Suicide, Twitter, Cornell's President, David Skorton, Facebook, Cornell, David J. Skorton, Skorton, Open Letter, New York Times, Impact News

Those who have the power to open up and expand the dialogue about suicide need to step in and step up. David Skorton, Cornell's University President, is calling for a national dialogue about the subject.

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An Open Letter to Tiger Woods: Please, Share Your Dating Secrets

Elizabeth Tannen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Infidelity, Open Letter, Chris Brown, The L Word, 30 Rock, Dating, Tiger Woods, Comedy News

Don't you have like eight different ethnicities in your background? You'd think at least one of them would have a guilt tradition.

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Open Letter To James Cameron: Fairness For Visual Effects Artists

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Visual Effects Society, Oscar, The Academy Awards, Terminator 2, Open Letter, Star Trek Movie, Academy Awards, Avatar, Cgi, Animated Films, Visual Effects, James Cameron Avatar, The Oscars, China, James Cameron Movie, Animation, Star Trek, Oscar Nominees, District 9, Working Conditions, Workplace, Transformation, James Cameron, Oscars, G.I. Joe, Unions, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Hollywood, Nerds, Entertainment News

Visual effects artists typically work with no contract, no paid vacation, no benefits, and often no paid overtime. And because of the nature of the work health problems are common.

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Mr President, You Asked For Suggestions to Save Our Health and Our Economy. Here They Are.

Dr. Behzad Mohit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Open Letter, Economy, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, State of the Union Address, Health Care, Open Letter to Barack Obama, Barack Obama, State of the Union, Politics News

If all the health care paid for by state and federal governments (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid) were contracted to a coop by the government it would have the immediate power to lower health care spending.

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Stiletto Road

Robert Ellis Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hospice, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Reconciliation, Open Letter, Lupus, Fanatic Within, Test of Character, Death, Fear and Hate, Fast Food Jesus, Healthy Living News

When I took ill in 1989, I discovered what so many others had discovered: that private insurance companies didn't like me any more. Here's what else I've learned since then, and my message to the President.

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Life Lessons From a Dying Friend

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert-Gordon, Open Letter, Dying, Health, Health Care Reform, Lupus, Living, Personal, Moving, Barack Obama, Life, Politics News

Given the size of my existing medical debt, a second miracle remission is simply out of the question. The resulting stress would prove to be fatal.

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The Promise of Universal Health Care: An Open Letter to President Obama

Dr. Behzad Mohit | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having much a better, more efficient universal health care system can be accomplished through a nonprofit, single payer, people-funded, people-managed, private insurance agency.

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An Open Letter To My Friend Michael Steele

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Grind, Michael Steele, Russell Simmons, Open Letter, Politics News

Don't let those who are angry in your base guide your choices or let the people to the left of President Obama push your buttons. This is your chance to make history and real change.

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An Open Letter to Charlie Gibson

Jason Pollock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jason Pollock, Abc, Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin, Open Letter, Journalism, Interview, Politics News

I have to be honest with you Charlie, I was a little bit more than disappointed. I would say that I was downright disgusted with what you did. You held Mrs. Palin's hand and let her walk all over you.

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Clinton's Open Letter To Obama On MI and FL

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Off the Bus, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Open Letter, Breaking Off the Bus News, Michigan, Barack Obama, Open Letter Michigan, Open letterMI FL, Home News

Now that the Michigan primary controversy may be resolved, Hillary Clinton has upped the ante, issuing what seems a hastily penned open letter to Obama, accusing him of impeding the process.

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