Opinion

The women and men who serve in the military make many sacrifices; having enough food for them and their families shouldn’t be something they need to worry about.

As a university math teacher, then K-12 mentor in afterschool programs for 22 years in retirement, I can assure you that most white students in our country experience more psychological stress and anxiety when learning math than learning anything about U.S. racial history.

I know it won’t happen overnight, but if the Legislature steps up and creates safe staffing standards, I truly believe that we’ll keep more health care workers.

We all learned it as children: “No name calling.” Why? Because it is mean, rude, and more importantly, dehumanizing. It reduces the target to a two-dimensional stereotype. It is often the first step in justifying discrimination or violence against others.

As a military retiree, I want the best defense that money can buy but knew, 20 years ago, that our strategic doctrine, in Afghanistan, would be a huge waste of money and lives.

Regarding Phyllis Stratton's letter ("GU women disappoint," Dec. 11), stating "The players were not only showing disrespect to the American flag, but to ... all veterans."

Once again Shawn Vestal ("Author details how gun politics poisoned all politics," Dec. 7) conflates, and tries to blame, the gun crimes committed by criminals, crazies, and the negligent on the millions of law-abiding gun owners and the NRA — who vigorously defends our Second Amendment from the ceaseless attacks that would infringe it into oblivion.

If moderate Democrats remain wedded to the idea that they can reach a compromise on voting rights despite all indications Republicans will not budge, we may once again find our democratic experiment in great peril.

When a person shows you what she is -- believe her. Our congresswoman's vote to oppose the committee's subpoena of Mark Meadows paints this clear picture: a shameless, obsequious, careerist lapdog of the worst kind. Can she not comprehend the legal definition of Seditious Conspiracy? Why is she so eager and willing to turn a blind eye to such treachery? She shames Spokane and all of her constituents. You've lost touch with common sense and common decency, congresswoman.

My feedback regarding obliterating a historic Spokane resource-rebuilding Chancery to apartments was a shock!

As we see temperature changes here in Spokane, our City Council has decided to focus on reducing our options for power. This seems counterintuitive.

The pandemic has challenged all of us.

Frank was everything I was not. White. Middle-aged. A father. Rich. Republican.