Letters

Entertainment important

I beg to differ with the letter to the editor published April 15 calling for the elimination of Paul Turner’s “Slice” column. My main reason for subscribing to The Spokesman-Review is to be informed about what is going on in our world. But another reason – significant to me, even if secondary – is to be entertained.

I find this column one of the most entertaining regular features of the daily newspaper, often clever, thought-provoking and poignant. Folks who find it “vacant and witless,” but who otherwise have reason to want to get the newspaper, can simply ignore the column.

But, for heaven’s sake, if you want “substance,” read Plato. If you want profound reading material, read Shakespeare!

Wayne Pomerleau

Spokane

Utopia not so smart

I was right with Theodore Shepard through the end of his first paragraph (“Voters are complicit, too,” April 8). Hard to argue with any of his well-stated issues.

However, it appears that something happened to his eyesight before he began the second paragraph. He apparently became blind in his left eye, because only his right eye was functioning thereafter.

Apparently, in his vision of America, all would be rosy today if, beginning with Woodrow Wilson, we just eliminated the voices of anyone who believes in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, personal freedom and liberty.

Then, with all authority and power securely in the hands of the wise utopian bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., all needs would be met (at no cost, of course), and nobody would have to think for themselves any longer because all decisions would be made by someone who is much smarter than you.

If you’re interested in an alternate view of an America under this type of administration, read “Ameritopia,” by Mark Levin. It may give you cause to think about the future of our constitutional republic before you vote in November.

Keith LaMotte

Spokane