Having seen the wish for a white Christmas come true, many south-central Kansans will do their part today to make the holiday merry and bright.
May those aching from the absence of loved ones who are among the courageous men and women in our military know their families are in the community’s prayers and hearts.
May those who have lost relatives and friends this year to illness, accidents, homicide and suicide feel their grief eased by the season’s joy.
May the other challenges of this year — whether as shared as Greensburg’s devastation or as singular as a lost job or broken heart — lead to better days.
With aircraft plants hiring and agriculture and energy surging, the region has every reason to be optimistic about the gifts that 2008 may bring.
In the meantime, merry Christmas to all.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
Crime legislation is easier to pass with a victim’s name attached. Maybe that’s what the health care crisis needs. If so, Nataline Sarkisyan (in photo) may provide the name. She was the 17-year-old who died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center just hours after her insurer, Cigna HealthCare, did an about-face and decided to fund her liver transplant after all. Litigation will follow. So should legislation tackling the entire problem of the uninsured and underinsured.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
Interesting conclusion to a positive column about Barack Obama by the New York Times’ David Brooks: “The presidency is a bacterium. It finds the open wounds in the people who hold it. It infects them, and the resulting scandals infect the presidency and the country. The person with the fewest wounds usually does best in the White House, and is best for the country.â€
Posted by Rhonda Holman
