Thanks for a daily newspaper
In this time of modest pleasures, one especially satisfying one is seeing The Denver Post on my front lawn every morning. My delivery person is a hero of another sort, and I appreciate him. I’d also like to thank the companies that keep advertising in The Denver Post. I know these are challenging times for newspapers, and the advertisers are contributing to the well-being of many people by supporting our local newspaper.
Carol Stoner, Denver
Editor’s note: This letter ran on May 15 but the author’s name was not included.
Open gyms to protect our health and our mental health
Diet, nutrition, state of mind, and especially exercise, are as important to immune function and disease prevention as is any part of a rationale approach to wellness and community resilience.
Gov. Jared Polis should realize that keeping perspective in life through healthy habits is especially important when itap needed most — during times of unusual stress. These are two very powerful reasons why the governor needs to release fitness centers to reopen immediately.
Using our own good judgement to gauge when we are comfortable using such facilities, we will make the decision for ourselves. Adding to this, businesses invest in their patrons by demonstrating their sincerity through policies and practices that reinforce that confidence.
These things combined are what healthy communities look like, and what healthy communities create. Itap time to open our places of wellness . . . now!
John Martin, Denver
Invest in young people with more national service
Re: “We need national service,” May 9 opinion column
I couldn’t agree more with David Brooks’ excellent piece. Providing employment to additional tens of thousands of young people through programs like AmeriCorps would be a great benefit to them, the communities they could serve and, yes, our national security.
If the current pandemic has proven anything it is that our health care system is alarmingly insecure. Itap well past time to repurpose resources towards improvements to our actual national security rather than, for example, purchasing yet more F-35 fighter jets whose costs have averaged about $100 million each or the ongoing budgeting of the Pentagon at way above $700 billion annually.
John Huyler, Boulder
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