Letters to the Editor category, Page 347
Letter to the editor: Gas industry/cancer study applauded
We should all be pleased that Gov. Tom Wolf has allocated public money, namely $3 million, to study gas industry effects and cancer, especially child cancers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As a chemist, I can only imagine how complex it will be to study multiple possible effects of a controversial heavy...
Letter to the editor: Senate bill would undo environmental progress
Going back to the ’80s for a mile-high perm and a John Hughes film? Sign me up. Going back to undo 36 years of regulations? That’s a scheme that’s risky at best. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 790 would undo years of progress on environmental and health protections on oil and gas...
Letter to the editor: A conversation for the nation
It’s what I said, it’s what I meant, I do not like the president. Listen, listen and you may, Listen and you may, I say. Would you like him here or there? I would not like him anywhere. I don’t care what you insist, I’ll continue to resist. Is there...
Letter to the editor: Witnesses from both sides should be heard
In light of the Republican side of the Senate refusing to hear witnesses, can we expect that the symbol of the Republican Party will now be the ostrich instead of the elephant? Many people of all political persuasions were anticipating hearing depositions under oath. We are now disappointed that we...
Letter to the editor: Politics not for sissies
It has been stated that people hate the POTUS because of questionable ethics, morals and common decency. Now, being a deplorable who voted for President Trump, I don’t always agree with him, and there are times when I think he should keep his mouth shut. But he is trying to...
Letter to the editor: Alan Dershowitz & Ken Starr
Ancient Greece had its Sophists: clever, brilliant orators who could convincingly argue either side of a litigious issue. Fast forward 2,400 years, and we have Alan Dershowitz, who raises sophistry to a new level, e.g. Clinton, no proof of crime required to impeach — Trump, proof of crime required to...
Letter to the editor: E-cigarettes are an epidemic for our kids
Our nation is facing a youth e-cigarette epidemic, setting up our kids to become the next generation hooked on tobacco, and continuing the cycle of tobacco addiction and the diseases that come with it. The federal government isn’t doing enough to protect kids. The American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco...
Letter to the editor: Can’t understand hatred of Trump
As we start this presidential election year, I have a serious question to ask. Why do people hate President Trump? I honestly don’t understand it. I didn’t agree with everything President Obama did or stood for, but I did not hate him. He was our president; he was my president....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s actions don’t support his pro-life ploy
I have journeyed to Washington, D.C., a number of times for the March for Life in support of the pro-life movement. In the 1970s I was a bus captain, and my daughter accompanied me on one of the trips. I was shocked when I read that the pro-life community was...
Letter to the editor: Fur belongs to the animals
In October, California was the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products, which bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur starting in 2023. Many designers have banned using fur because of animal cruelty, including Armani, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Karl...
Letter to the editor: Trump & hatred
I am compelled to respond to A. Atkinson’s letter “Democrats’ hate” (Jan. 11, TribLIVE), which said I am full of hate. That’s the furthest thing from the truth, and anyone who knows me knows that. However, President Trump made me hate him, and at least I admit it. Trump is...
Letter to the editor: Let Trump keep fighting corruption
During his inaugural address President Trump spoke about the relationship between the people of this country and the government class in Washington. He used the line, “Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs.” Although accurate, I would have added, “Their prosperity has not...
Letter to the editor: Minds change on abortion
Thank you for your coverage of the March for Life and the statements by President Trump about his position on abortion (“Trump, a late convert to cause, attends anti-abortion rally”). You repeated Trump’s statement from 1999 that he was “pro-choice in every respect.” We witnessed at the March for Life...
Letter to the editor: CTE is real, and it kills
Regarding John Steigerwald’s insensible and disheartening piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“It might be time to show skepticism about CTE research.”): To date, we have come to realize that 1) the world is not flat, 2) asbestos is bad, 3) cigarettes cause cancer and 4) lead will poison you. Humanity...
Letter to the editor: Abortion beginning of many evils
Science tells us human life begins at conception, so that makes abortion the beginning of many evils. It is the beginning of child abuse and the beginning of attacks on our environment (nature) as far as human beings are concerned. In addition, Judeo-Christian teaching states that God has a relationship...
Sounding off: Stop hating on the wealthy, cheers to Trump and other top letters of the week
Progressives believe it is unjust for some people to amass huge fortunes because concentrated wealth causes more poverty in others. But such an idea is absolutely false, and here’s why. The potential to become wealthy motivates people to work harder, take risks, invent things and innovate — and that benefits...
Letter to the editor: Love without limits can destroy
Regarding the letter “A more compassionate Republican Party” (Jan. 11, TribLIVE): Being humane, compassionate and caring are admirable qualities. They embody the definition of love. As a country that began by asking God’s blessing, we have been the “city on a hill” for the world through which every continent has...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court in peril
Some people who voted for President Trump didn’t admire his character. However, they knew the next president would appoint judges to the Supreme Court, and it was important that they were conservatives and followed the Constitution. In the 1930s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was having trouble getting key parts of his...
Letter to the editor: Helping children around world
I am writing to thank area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoebox gifts in 2019. Combined...
Letter to the editor: Impeach & remove Trump
Thank you for covering this year’s women’s march (“Women’s March rallies for 4th year in Downtown Pittsburgh, with anti-war, anti- Trump focus,” Jan. 18, TribLIVE), albeit on the back page. The guy you photographed had the sign correct: “Impeach & Remove.” I was there along with 1,000 other people, at least...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment rumors can’t be true
Well, impeachment is upon us. I was worried about what Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of the Republicans would come up with. I heard an awful rumor that they were going to have 12-hour days so a lot of the testimony would be heard after most people were asleep. That...
Letter to the editor: Democratic circus
Watching the Democratic Party leadership is a lot like watching a movie titled “The Three Stooges Meet the Keystone Cops.” The Russia hoax blew up in the Dems’ faces. The Steele dossier was paid for by the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the Clinton campaign and was never verified....
Letter to the editor: Media shouldn’t print names of arrested
Regarding the article “Police: Pittsburgh woman accused of arson in Greenfield apartment fire case” (Jan. 16, TribLIVE): The American criminal justice system is founded on the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. Yet news outlets print the names of arrested adults, regardless of acquittal or conviction. A...
Letter to the editor: Pelosi, Democrats fear Trump
I disagree with everyone who says the Democrats hate President Trump. Nancy Pelosi said she hates no one. Hate can be changed with love or doing good to those who hate you. Pelosi does not hate; she and her friends in the House who voted to impeach Trump have a...
Letter to the editor: Trump has brought out worst in us
Don’t you know that the world will stop rotating if Donald Trump isn’t reelected president? Don’t you know money is America’s god? Does it matter how many sins Trump has committed in the past or will commit in the future? We have become a nation of sins. When the church...
