Letter to the editor: Look on the bright side of things

As 2020 comes to an end, I look back at this year and see what the citizens of our country have endured. The Covid-19 pandemic, a political division that has taken the trust out of our democracy, and our continuing discrimination of people of color and people not of color.

But I saw a ray of hope this past weekend on a local news channel — a high school student giving back to an organization that gives all year long. He set up a GoFundMe page to help the local Carlton VFW make ends meet. I have often heard people say with a sarcastic tone that our youth are going to run this country someday. B...