Esau McCaulley
A few weeks ago, I sent an email asking if you might consider reading and endorsing my next book, God is a Grunt and More Good News for GIs. As I mentioned, I think military suicide has as much to do with human dignity as it does with mental health,
VEVRAA
DOL VETS CONGRESSIONAL REPORT FINALLY RESEMBLES ITS STATUTORY OBLIGATION I have been hounding a few bureaucrats at the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) in the Labor Department about not reporting VEVRAA complaint investigation data to Congress. I’ve written about that effort here and here, but the TLDR version
HCPA
Meet Senator Jeff Sessions: Social Justice Warrior On July 20, 2009, the Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA) was being debated on the Senate floor. After making standard Congressional small talk, Jeffrey Sessions of Alabama introduced Amendment 1616 to the proposed HCPA, what he called “The
Esau McCaulley
Hi Esau, My third book, God is a Grunt and More Good News for GIs, has just been sent in for copyediting at Hachette and I can't be more excited and, honestly, also scared. I am writing to you to ask if you would consider reading a few
“TYFYS” MAY BE PERFORMATIVE ALLYSHIP AT ITS WORST [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2500"] All the flags in the world can’t redeem TYFYS. The sentiment needs to be fundamentally re-thought.  [/caption] Despite the increasing number of articles and blogs decrying the practice,
NYTimes
CONGRESS COULD DO MUCH MORE TO PROTECT AMERICANS WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND NOT JUST FROM FRAUD. *The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor for the New York Times It was not accepted. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1508"] Illustration
HCPA
Ian Alan Olson attacked members of the military on March 15, 2021, after Section 4712 of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act made it a hate crime to target victims “on account of their military service.” Olson was the first GI Hater charged with a hate crime under 18 U.S.
HCPA
Cole “Gonzales” Bridges provided guidance to murder U.S. Service Members of the military in January 2021, after Section 4712 of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act made it a hate crime to target victims “on account of their military service.” Bridges was never charged with a hate crime under 18
USCCR
USCCR has one standard for most protected groups, but another for military families [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Members of the USCCR pictured with Gov. Tome Ridge (SSG, USA) taken November 2019, the same month USCCR released their hate crimes report. Â [/caption] As
VEVRAA
It’s almost justice, but not quite… The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment and Assistance Act (VEVRAA) is a law that establishes affirmative action for some veterans. Although many agencies cite it as originating in 1974, its core language became law in 1972 as Section 503 of the Veterans’ Employment and
For The Record
Full Subject: “DOL Withholding Data on Veteran Employment Discrimination Complaints” Hi Lauren (Katzenberg) and David (Philipps), I wanted to put something on your radar, in the hopes that NY Times might be able to report it out. In a nutshell, the DoL is underreporting the scope of employment discrimination complaints
The Simple Way
Thank you for your email, and your stated interested in resolving the matter amicably. I wish that desire were shared by your client/s, especially Mr Claiborne. However, he continues to speak and act in ways that negatively affect my reputation. In his August 3rd email, he characterized my good