Serving our country

Our beloved JFK said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Service. National service. Universal national service. Universal national military service. As another great American president proclaimed from the steps in Philadelphia, everyone must have some skin in the game. All persons (read all persons) reaching age 18 years will serve this great country for three years of universal national service. All persons immigrating to or having already immigrated will also serve the mandatory three years national service. Male, female, trans, bi, hetero, non-hetero—all! Hold no one back from the opportunity of service.

To unite our great nation in a time of monumental division is the goal. Not political, but honest giving forth of your labors, your strength, your brilliant mind, to work together to solve our greatest problems. I know this is possible if we respect each other as special human beings with talents that manifest the unimaginable. Our greatest strength is our multiplier effect through our diversity.

LOUIS BURNETT Little Rock