Sunday 9/18/16 Desert Sun

Greater actions needed 

When Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem, I thought it was disrespectful. I still do. I also realize he, and other NFL players, have this right.

I know Kaepernick is giving $1 million dollars to help combat social inequality, but I think solving social inequality would be better served by him taking some action to encourage change. Money will not create change.

I think we need a person to step forward as Martin Luther King did and start marching and lobbying for equality. Kneeling and raising your fist does nothing to solve the problem.

Pamela McKay, Thousand Palms

Sunday 9/4/16 in the Desert Sun

A ‘Trumpian’ mystery 

Earlier this week both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump spoke to a VFW group in Ohio. The veterans thought Trump was the better person for them.

This is the same Donald Trump who called John McCain a coward and a loser for getting caught. Early in the campaign, Trump boldly said “I hate losers, I love winners.”

If I were a veteran, especially a veteran who was deployed to a war zone, I would beware of a man who thinks POWs are cowards and losers. It amazes me that any veteran could think Trump would be better as commander in chief.

Maybe those veterans should rethink their opinions, in case someone they know becomes a POW.

Pamela McKay, Thousand Palms