Opinion

"We're all in this together!" How many times have you heard our elected officials use this phrase, extolling us to wear masks, maintain distance, and keep our businesses closed while we slowly die both emotionally and financially?

By Haley Minnehan, MD

Bongo Thompson's "Winter's Tale in Browne's Addition" painted a tragic picture of suffering in the painful story of Gail. Not knowing the core reasons behind her homeless state, she was simply a person in need of shelter that frigid night, and the author might have saved her life by getting her a ride to a hospital. That's an example of compassion we can all applaud.

The article on Dec. 14 by Treva Lind about a woman, Andrea Berndt, who 31 years ago lost her baby to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) reminded me of my own loss of a son from SIDS 56 years ago in 1964. I remember the devastating loss and the pain it caused my wife and me.

The term “Porch Pirates” is truly quaint. I say one free extra dessert to whoever coined it!!! But seriously, isn’t that title as frivolous as calling Spokane’s package thieves: Holiday Hooligans, Seasonal Slimeballs, Gift Grabbers, Footloose Fearmongers, Porch Poachers or simply Delivery Deleters?

What in the world is going on up there at the Airway Heights Correction Center? ("Inmate at Airway Heights dies of COVID-19," Dec. 19)

It will be interesting to view historians perspective when they look back on how we handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

I've read a lot (and heard more) about how much better things are in Idaho during the current pandemic. People there don't have to wear masks. Restaurants, bars, gyms and other gathering places aren't closed and have far fewer restrictions. People in Idaho are free to follow public health guidelines or not.

You’d be forgiven if you thought these days that the public discourse has become something of a shouting match – that volume is prized more than good sense and hollering over each other is more important than talking with each other.

It is time to say Enough is ENOUGH!

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