I was 15 years old when I wrote my first — and only — letter to the editor. The trigger for my burst of righteous teenage indignation: An Oct. 26, 1981 column by the Sentinel Star’s longtime political columnist Charley Reese titled “Leave Nancy alone.” In it, he defended the First Lady’s decision to purchase 200-something place settings of Lenox china for the White House. I don’t remember ...