Letters to the Editor category, Page 355
Sounding off: Yovanovitch’s intimidation claim is laughable
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said during the impeachment hearings that she felt intimidated by President Trump’s tweet critiquing her performance as ambassador. As a retired Foreign Service employee, I find that unbelievable and laughable. Our ambassadors around the world are made of sterner stuff. Yovanovitch apparently is not. Irrelevant to impeachment,...
Letter to the editor: On impeachment, let system work
On impeachment, let our system do its job On the impeachment hearings: We need to let the system work. If President Trump, his staff or personal attorneys have done things they’re accused of, and if he violated his oath of office, they should be punished. We need to go by...
Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t media report on Biden blackmail?
Mainstream media claims no bias favoring Democrats. So where are the stories on Joe Biden’s public confession of the Obama administration’s blackmail of Ukraine? Isn’t it relevant given the current impeachment inquiry? Many believe corruption that bold by a wannabe American leader made it President Trump’s civic duty to ask...
Letter to the editor: Deal with it, Greensburg Salem teachers
Regarding the article “Greensburg Salem approves 5-year teachers contract” (Nov. 14, TribLIVE): First, we are lucky to have Robin Savage and Jeff Metrosky on the school board. I feel that they are the only two who stand up for us taxpayers. Election Day was a joke. Those of you who...
Letter to the editor: Please help others this season
I experienced a disheartening sight around 5 p.m. Nov. 8 in Youngwood. A woman of advanced years was pushing a shopping cart full of groceries on busy North Third Street near Sheetz while the traffic was whipping by her. She was walking on the street, and she was trying to...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for freedoms
Thanksgiving is a commemoration of the harvest festival, which has certainly influenced millions of Americans who take pride in their history. Nonetheless, as an Ahmadi Muslim and an immigrant, I was raised to be thankful for everything good, no matter how trivial — all the goodies we have, the comfort...
Letter to the editor: Grateful on Thanksgiving
I am grateful for all that I have, what I don’t have and my struggles. Possessions are not important to me, people are. Thanksgiving is about being grateful and being selfless. It’s about lending a hand and giving to your fellow man who needs it. Recognizing that others need your...
Letter to the editor: Health insurance costs down
I’ve written letters in the past complaining that the cost of my health insurance keeps going up, and instead of fixing health care, all the politicians do is fight with each other. Well, good news! Even though the politicians are still fighting, the cost of my insurance has gone down...
Letter to the editor: Down syndrome abortion veto is discriminatory
Down syndrome abortion veto discriminatory How many Pennsylvania citizens understand what occurred last week in Harrisburg? Gov. Tom Wolf (a Democrat) vetoed a bill that attempted to protect our anticipated citizens (waiting to be born) with Down syndrome. This action by the governor and legislators who voted against this bill,...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment & the Constitution
Many constitutional scholars believe that the Democrats, with their never-ending efforts to impeach President Trump, are unwittingly creating a constitutional crisis of potentially monumental proportions, one that could ruin our cherished way of life. The heart of our Constitution relies on the separation and balance of powers among Congress, the...
Letter to the editor: Final chapter has Trump voted out
An allegory is a great literary device to simplify an otherwise complex situation to teach a moral or get a point across. The recent example of the letter “Read between lines for our final chapter” (Oct. 21, TribLIVE) was none of these. It was a clever attempt to depict Donald...
Letter to the editor: Democrats jeopardizing office of president
Way back in September 2017, President Trump made an offer to the Democrats in Congress regarding DACA. The Democratic leadership supported the deal, with the exception of agreeing to build a border wall. Obviously, the president’s argument being 800,000 “Dreamers” would be protected, and a border wall to stop the...
Letter to the editor: Too much stress on Americans
Our government is causing a lot of stress which can lead to drinking, drugs, violence and robberies. Families are forced to work two or three jobs and even overtime to make ends meet. Things are overpriced and it’s all for greed — make the rich man richer. The only difference...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh needs to go green
I support Mayor Bill Peduto’s opposition to the proposed petrochemical expansion in this region. Given we are at 412 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere and still increasing, the time for us to dither over shifting away from fossil fuel is over. This whole thing smacks of greed and a...
Letter to the editor: Tired of impeachment coverage
We are all creatures of habit in one way or another. One of my habits, like many others, is to turn on the noon TV news and have my lunch or coffee and cookie. It seems that our TVs have be confiscated by the government lately. I had to stop...
Letter to the editor: Overuse of ‘democracy’ is concerning
Can you recall when such unusually frequent use of the word “democracy” was used and abused? Doesn’t the overuse of the word evoke concern — akin to the concern when repeatedly hearing “trust me”? Isn’t it amazing that elementary and high school children learned that the brilliant results of our...
Letter to the editor: Brian Shaw’s killer deserves fear, death
Regarding the article “Jury finds Rahmael Holt guilty of killing New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw”: There is no other instinct stronger than the will to live. A murderer is fully aware of this fact as he commits the act. If the murderer were to be confronted with immediate death,...
Sounding off: Safeguarding our prosperity
What causes poverty? Wrong question, since poverty is the natural state of humans. It’s been that way for 100,000 years. The correct question is “What causes wealth?” Quick answer — free-market capitalism. Since the late 18th century, a middle class has been forming, thanks to small-business owners depending on their...
Letter to the editor: Yovanovitch’s intimidation claim is laughable
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said during the impeachment hearings that she felt intimidated by President Trump’s tweet critiquing her performance as ambassador. As a retired Foreign Service employee, I find that unbelievable and laughable. Our ambassadors around the world are made of sterner stuff. Yovanovitch apparently is not. Irrelevant to impeachment,...
Letter to the editor: Let medical practitioners, not government, take care of us
Dr. Lawrence John (“Patients want physicians involved in their health care,” Nov. 13, TribLIVE) is probably correct that most patients would prefer to see a physician than a physician’s assistant. That does not mean that in many cases they would be as well cared for by a physician’s assistant. But...
Letter to the editor: Government failing our children
Our poor children. Parents always want the best for their children. For most parents it is their main purpose in life, to raise healthy, happy, honorable children. They want them to be able to live in a safe, prospering and honorable country. They know it is important their children get...
Letter to the editor: Free is never really free
Democratic candidates love to use the word “free.” It appeals to uninformed voters. Free college, health care, cellphones. However, free is usually not free. It just means someone else pays for it. Maybe that someone is you. John, a 20-year-old man, is thrilled that his college education will be free....
Letter to the editor: Violating traffic laws as Olympic sport
When we moved here in 2007, we were warned by our real estate agent about people running the red lights on Route 30 near our home. I have been seeking an answer as to why this happens so often. We heeded her advice to never go as soon as the...
Letter to the editor: A dream for America
I have a dream … that America will become a strong nation and that Mr. Trump will become leader for life; that the disagreeable, weak and unemployable shall be sent to work camps until they are set free; that genocide is approved to cleanse the nation. A dream of one...
Letter to the editor: Trump & the Pharisees
Perhaps letter-writer R. Ritchey (“Jesus, too, criticizes the elite,” Oct. 23, TribLIVE) should read the Scriptures. The Pharisees had the mandate of teaching and safeguarding God’s laws as given to Moses. Our Congress is mandated to represent our people and to protect and represent our Constitution. Both groups have failed....
