Letters to the Editor category, Page 376
Letter to the editor: Tariff walls to trade
In his column “Danger of dabbling in protectionism” (May 11, TribLIVE), George Will writes that “U.S. industrial capacity has never been larger … .” Capacity is one thing; the utilization rate of that capacity is another thing. Take Allegheny Ludlum’s new plant. I don’t believe it has ever run at...
Letter to the editor: Trump should thank Michael Avenatti
In a presidential race that began partially as a publicity stunt, Trump quickly learned that bare-knuckles political hucksterism would work. He understood that the people running much of the national press, and their dimwitted clients, the modern leftist Democratic Party, were more dysfunctional than he could ever be, and would...
Letter to the editor: Men 18-26 must register for Selective Service
Registration in the United States Selective Service System is a critical element of our national security and defense, it’s important to communities and it is critical to all young men living in the country. Simply put, registration is a law, a civic duty, and assures that men can apply for...
Letter to the editor: Killers & the unborn
A recent Sunday edition of the Trib had a headline stating, “Push to repeal death penalty emerges in Pa.” For a split second I thought there might be an effort to outlaw abortion and save the unborn children from the death penalty. However, when I returned to reality, I saw...
Letter to the editor: Woman’s right to choose ends when life begins
Regarding Jim Harger’s (“Women’s health choices should be their own,” June 5, TribLIVE) and Robin Hammonds’ (“With abortion outlawed, who will take care of the babies?” May 18, TribLIVE) letters on abortion: Religion aside, I would say that if you agree that my right to swing my arm ends where...
Letter to the editor: PAT buses not safe for school children
The decision of Pittsburgh Public Schools to eliminate school buses for many Environmental Charter Middle School students is unacceptable. Allowing children as young as 12 to ride a PAT bus with the general public is extremely unsafe. During the year, children will be getting on and off the bus in...
Sounding off: Count all people in census
Was not the Founding Fathers’ intent evidenced, concerning census counts to determine state populations and therefore legislative representation, by, of all things, the three-fifths rule? That rule stated that “all other persons”/slaves, other than free inhabitants, were to be counted in population counts as three-fifths of a person to determine...
Letter to the editor: Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Everyone who has a brain is at risk to develop Alzheimer’s, a disease that is often misunderstood. Many people do not know that Alzheimer’s is fatal, killing more people than breast and prostate cancer combined, or that Alzheimer’s is not normal aging but a progressive brain disease that affects more...
Letter to the editor: Take your own bags to store
Thank you for the article highlighting issues, including costs, around single-use plastic bags versus paper bags (“Paper bag sales on the rise as plastic bans go into effect,”). A win-win solution is to bring your own bags. It is a small step everyone can choose to take to make a...
Letter to the editor: ‘Dangerous & Crazy’ party could bring all together
Let me get this straight. The left thinks President Trump is dangerous and crazy, the right thinks Pelosi and Schumer are dangerous and crazy, both groups think Bernie is dangerous and crazy, and everybody thinks Ocasio-Cortez is dangerous and crazy. Put this all together and it proves that Americans are...
Letter to the editor: Logical, truthful sex-ed lesson
With an engineering background, I try to live my life logically and with truth. What follows is the only sex-ed course you need. The purpose of sex is to perpetuate the species. Although there is pleasure as an incentive to procreate, pleasure is not its purpose. It is logical and...
Letter to the editor: Pirates need to spend money to be contenders
With Bob Nutting as owner, Pittsburgh will never have a good baseball team; the Pirates will be average at best. Coming up on July 31, the trade deadline, don’t expect any buying from Nutting, just selling whatever good players we have left. Pittsburgh is still a great sports city, with...
Letter to the editor: Scripture & politics
Letter-writer Dwayne Kiger (“Christian leaders & Trump,” May 26, TribLIVE) is preaching in a closed church. Since Kiger references Scripture, why not then, “let he that is without sin cast the first stone” or “judge not lest thou be judged.” The electorate went to the polls in November 2016 knowing...
Letter to the editor: Socialism vs. capitalism
The reasons why socialism is superior to capitalism are obvious: • Because the government’s control of production and wages to eliminate income inequality results in a higher standard of living for everyone. • Because a system where people are rewarded by convincing bureaucrats of their need is better than one...
Letter to the editor: Liberals & abortion
As the one-year anniversary approaches of Ireland overturning its restrictive 1983 ban on abortion with a 66% vote, Catholic Irish women jumped for joy at the right to terminate their unwanted children. The Catholic women of Ireland have spoken, but they know not what they have done. That is what...
Letter to the editor: Keep prison corrections officers safe
Numbers can be made to look any way you want. That’s what the Department of Corrections did recently in testimony before the state House Judiciary Committee. DOC testified to lawmakers that the prison officer-to-inmate ratio is 5-to-1. This simply isn’t true, because it assumes that all officers work every day,...
Letter to the editor: Trump trumps Obama
I know where to begin, letter-writer Al Duerig, (“Misinformed on Obama vs. Trump,”) on Ron Raymond’s letter (“Obama vs. Trump.”) Raymond’s letter speaks the truth. I support every word he wrote. Raymond compared Presidents Obama and Trump — one was likable, loved by the media, and the other was despised....
Letter to the editor: Addressing Highlands administration issues
The Highlands School District administration continues stonewalling residents with recent comment policy change, and only relented to newspaper inquiries when faced with legal sanctions for violation of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act (“Highlands comment policy causes confusion, raises concerns,” May 23, TribLIVE). Homeowners may exercise civil disobedience by withholding school tax...
Letter to the editor: Our sad but true political comedy
Moe, Larry and Curly (Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama), Hillary Clinton as the femme fatale. What’s next, Shemp (Joe Biden)? It would be a great comedy if it wasn’t true. Howard L. McHenry East Vandergrift...
Letter to the editor: PIAA wrestling changes
I see that the PIAA is going to allow two wrestlers per weight class to weigh in for certain tournaments. Great! Now all they have to do is recind their petition to the National Federation of State High School Associations to reduce from 14 to 12 weight classes (“PIAA approves...
Letter to the editor: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer may be job hunting soon
The Democratic Party still cannot accept the fact that they lost the 2016 election, and they continue to harass and attack President Trump. They had pinned their hopes on the Mueller report exposing “collusion,” but after 2½ years and more than $30 million, they have nothing. They also attack Attorney...
Letter to the editor: Abortion & death penalty
I am concerned that our legislators and most notably our Gov. Tom Wolf have lost sight of the need for proper insight into the sanctity of life. How in God’s name can they say that the death penalty is inhumane but the butchering of the unborn is OK (“Death penalty...
Letter to the editor: More on fairness in taxation
I want to thank James Kvitkovich for his response (“Capitalism & taxes,” May 23, TribLIVE) to my letter on fairness in taxation (“Fairness in taxation,” May 2, TribLIVE). He calculated an average tax payment of $10,299 per taxpayer for 2015, claiming how draconian a capitalistic approach is to taxation, in...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh ready for 100% renewable energy
Two years ago, I was standing at the Highland Park Reservoir at a press conference next to Mayor Bill Peduto, City Councilwoman Deb Gross and community leaders announcing that privatization was off the table for our dysfunctional water system. This was big news. Little did I know that just minutes...
Letter to the editor: Justice for Democrats
Now that the Mueller investigation is over, the Democrats are acting like cornered snakes. They are striking out, but their desperate screams are nothing more than proof that they are scared to death that the truth about this scandal is about to explode in their faces. It has been proven...
