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LETTER: Plenty of shame to go around

Updated March 7, 2021 - 9:00 pm

I just watched former CIA director John Brennan tell a cable news talk show host that he was ashamed to be white (small “w”) and a male in today’s America. Then I realized that I am also white (small “w”) and ashamed that Mr. Brennan is a white (small “w”) male in America.

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