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Icing on the cake

It is the rare morning that I don’t read the Review pretty much from cover to cover. I’m retired and have the time. While, in my humble opinion, the paper leans a bit to the liberal side, there are enough diverse opinions to pique my thoughts and force me to think a little differently about issues with which I might disagree.

But, while the front section and the Northwest and Opinions are the “cake” the letters to the editor are the “icing.” They are usually well thought through, short and offer diverse views that are different than my own and almost always interesting. We have thoughtful readers and writers in Spokane.

Great paper, much more enlightening than Twitter, Facebook or the plethora of other social media. Too bad that the people who need to read this don’t take the Review. Keep up the good work.

John Miller

Spokane Valley

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The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules:

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  • We reserve the right to reject letters that are not factually correct, racist or are written with malice.
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