I’m writing to let you know how much I’m enjoying my subscription to the Everett Daily Herald. Growing up in Seattle, we used to have the choice of the Seattle Star, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. And now, just the Times. With readership down because of all the new technology, the Times, like most newspapers, has had to “water down”! While I am still taking the Times so that I occasionally get to read Paul Krugman and Leonard Pitts, I was looking for a paper to augment my reading of the editorial/comment section. I have found that I’m enjoying reading two outstanding writers in Sid Schwab and Eugene Robinson. They are at the top of the “truth meter” and their writing is concise and clear thinking. I also read Krauthammer and think it’s great that you print both points of view.
In reading letters you have published from members of the “obstructionist party,” I find it an interesting study in human nature. Most people don’t like to change their mind. “Truth be damned.” Also, it’s natural for most folks to only read and listen to people who have the same point so as to reinforce their way of thinking. To not be able to appreciate the writing skills of Schwab and Robinson tells me that there are folks out there who were not paying attention in their high school English classes.
So now, at 91 years old, a retired music teacher, in poor health, and a liberal Democrat because I fit into the lower middle class financially, I have some advice for the folks on the Republican side. Keep reading The Daily Herald and getting different points of view. That way, no matter how you vote, you will be informed.
I’m hoping to make it to Nov. 8. If not, my absentee ballot might be too absentee to be counted, eh? Go, Sid. Go, Eugene. Two very excellent columnists.
Perry L. Barth
Lynnwood
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