Letters to the Editor category, Page 311
Letter to the editor: Predictions and opinions
I feel obliged to share information received this morning from the magic blue freckle on my left middle toe. It has been issuing political forecasts, like Joe Biden will win the 2020 election for two reasons: Many GOP voters will choose Biden in hope the intensive protesting (also the pandemic),...
Letter to the editor: Questions on hydroxychloroquine
As a senior with multiple preconditions that make me very susceptible to the deadly covid-19 virus, I am eager to find out all I can about drugs or other medicines that may protect me from it, or be used to treat me should I become infected by it. The use...
Letter to the editor: Is covid-19 making us forget how to live?
On a 90-degree day, bored and thirsty, I decided to try my luck by playing the “daily number” and having a beer at my VFW club. Being a good citizen, before exiting my vehicle in the parking lot, I put on a mask, which is required to enter the club....
Letter to the editor: Kennywood offers us some normalcy
Letter-writer John Bentz’s “Wolf’s decisions hurt Pa.” (July 29, TribLIVE) states that “Wolf sees no reason to further limit Kennywood Park.” Kennywood is an outdoor space. Among its covid-19 precautions were limiting the number of guests per day, requiring reservations, taking temperatures of guests before allowing them to enter and...
Letter to the editor: Sacrificing our children for safety of adults
According to the Centers for Disease Control, between Feb. 1 and July 25, 52 children under age 15 have died as a result of covid-19 nationally. For perspective, 105 children died of influenza over the same period. In Allegheny County, there have been 769 confirmed cases of covid-19 in people...
Letter to the editor: Mask is a small price to pay to save lives
I immediately started wearing a mask when the virus hit Pennsylvania. Many times, I pulled it down and asked people what color my beard was. The answer would be gray, white or a blank look. My reply would be: “74 years of wisdom.” I would then share with them that...
Letter to the editor: John Lewis’ example should guide us all
All Americans of good will are saddened by the death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis. He was a voice for justice and compassion in a world that has too little of it. By some, he was dismissed as just a politician, concerned only with his “own people.” Lewis saw all...
Sounding off: Citizens should be able to vote out bad cops
We the people should have the right to vote out a police officer based on proof that he’s a bad cop. Citizens pay tax dollars to pay officers to protect and serve, and that’s not what’s transpiring in many situations. We the people can vote out mayors, governors, Congress members...
Letter to the editor: Democratic Party hijacked
Wake up, Americans. I believe the Democratic Party has been hijacked by left radical anarchists who hate the middle class and minorities and want to destroy the America you know. In my opinion, Americans’ ignorance is because of hijacked media funded by global elites and George Soros. A country can...
Letter to the editor: John Lewis’ funeral fiasco
Jesus Christ himself would not have received the send-off that the remains of Rep. John Lewis endured recently. What should have been a reverent and solemn rite of Christian burial turned into a weeklong extravaganza of overblown media coverage, social justice gamesmanship and celebrity-speak. President Obama showed his true colors...
Letter to the editor: Dr. Birx takes a stand for truth
Now you’ve gone and done it, Dr. Deborah Birx! You had to blow the whistle and tell the American people the truth, on national television (“CNN Sunday,” Aug. 2), no less: that we are in a new phase of coronavirus plague with no segment of the country immune, including rural...
Letter to the editor: Dr. Levine is strangling Pa. business community
A letter to Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine: Call me whatever you desire, but I care not one bit what type of sexuality that you embrace (“Dr. Rachel Levine responds to transphobic comments: ‘I do not have time for intolerance’” ). My concern is that you are ruining...
Letter to the editor: Veterans serve during war and peace
Letter-writer Robert Ebitz’s definition of a veteran is that “there are veterans and there are others who are not really veterans” (“Veterans should always count,” July 20, TribLIVE). A veteran is a person who has served in the U.S. armed forces in times of war and peace. There should not...
Letter to the editor: Parents should give up rights if they won’t take responsibility
Regarding the article “Details from Oakmont girl’s death resemble physical, psychological torture” (June 25, TribLIVE): Children are not asked to be born into this world, and if you are a parent, be the right kind of parent or give up your rights if you don’t want to take the responsibility....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s attacks on voting rights
This week marked the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, landmark legislation that helped to expand civil rights and combat systemic racism at the ballot box. As President Lyndon B. Johnson and activists affirmed, voting access is a central pillar of our democracy. Unfortunately, the VRA was needed because...
Letter to the editor: Veterans should count
I agree with letter-writer Robert Ebitz (“Veterans should always count,” July 20, TribLIVE). I know there are many who want to be true veterans, but veterans are only those of us who served. I proudly served in the 9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam in 1966-67. Thank...
Letter to the editor: Where is the outrage on other killings?
When Blacks kill Blacks in Chicago, Baltimore and Detroit, don’t they matter? Where are the marches, the daylong memorials? When a white cop is killed by a Black man, when a young girl is raped and killed by an illegal, where is the wall-to-wall TV outrage, day after day after...
Letter to the editor: Mail-in voting is an insult to our heroes’ sacrifices
Valley Forge, Fort McHenry, Gettysburg, San Juan Hill, Belleau Wood, Normandy/Iwo Jima, Pusan, Khe Sanh, Baghdad, Gamsir. It is safe to say the nation’s youth that found themselves in those places would have preferred to have been somewhere else that was safe or “in the rear with the gear.” Yet...
Letter to the editor: Trump unfit to be president
To further give credence to William Hite’s letter “Books about Trump are must-reads” (July 25, TribLIVE), why is it that the more President Trump spews lies, the more his supporters approve of his behavior, which I find boorish and disgusting? Plain and simple, this man has proved time and again...
Letter to the editor: Denouncing the Democratic Party
You’ve got to be kidding! I will never vote for Sen. Pat Toomey again. Where is his loyalty? Where is his determination to denounce the whole Democratic Party for the last several years — Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, et al.? I believe they are all thieves, liars and heathens;...
Letter to the editor: We need cheap, rapid, over-the-counter covid-19 test
As a Pittsburgh infectious disease physician, I applaud Harvard epidemiologist Dr. Michael Mina’s covid-19 surveillance approach, which he outlined in a July 3 New York Times opinion piece and at microbe.tv/#640. He endorses a cheap, rapid, over-the-counter covid-19 test. While it will miss some infections, it will be fewer than...
Letter to the editor: Plan for safe return to schools
After reading an article about schools resuming in-person classes, I came up with a plan to ensure that students can safely return. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, half of the students and half of the teachers would be in school, and the other half would be in school Thursdays, Fridays...
Letter to the editor: Tax breaks for frackers unacceptable
The fracking and petrochemical industries have been profiting off of making people sick for years, and this is not an outdated trend. In October 2019, it was widely reported that ExxonMobil is scouting to build another cracker plant in Beaver County. Actions like this are unacceptable. The General Assembly just...
Letter to the editor: New St. Vincent archabbot a great choice
It is obvious to me that letter-writer Tom Kerek knows nothing about Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel (“Numbers guys making the decisions,” Aug. 3, TribLIVE). He is an excellent choice to be archabbot of St. Vincent Archabbey. I think having an MBA and a juris doctor might be a good...
Letter to the editor: Peace, respect, work ethic are key
No matter what color the person or uniform, we all matter. It seems the news media does not agree. The death of an innocent person is always a tragedy. If a Black criminal dies by the hand of a white policeman, it is often on the news for months and...
