Opinion category, Page 325
Editorial: PennDOT sign cleanup shows slow response time
As the song goes: signs, signs, everywhere signs. Except in Gilpin. In Gilpin, signs were disappearing. Signs advertising restaurants. Signs advertising businesses. Signs on little metal legs, stuck into the ground near major roads. It was suspicious. These kinds of signs being removed isn’t unusual. It is just more typical...
Letter to the editor: Recalling Pelosi’s SOTU rudeness
In response to the letter “State of the Union rudeness uncalled for” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE), regarding rude behavior from some members of Congress during President Biden’s address: What would you call it when the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, looks into a camera and tears up a copy of...
Letter to the editor: Hospital war has repercussions for patients
The war between Allegheny Health Network and UPMC was unfortunate, but it now seems that some of the smaller area hospitals are having a fight of their own. My doctor works for Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. ACMH’s medical director sent me a letter telling me that, as of mid-April, my...
Tom Purcell: Hey, ChatGPT, don’t quit your day job
It’s at once amazing and troublesome. I speak of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence application that was launched last November by OpenAI. In a matter of seconds, it can write apparently accurate articles or answer questions on a multitude of subjects. When I asked ChatGPT what it is, it responded this...
Dr. Val Arkoosh: DHS needs help to prepare Pennsylvanians for Medicaid changes
As a doctor, I know firsthand the importance of having quality, affordable, consistent health care coverage in order to be healthy and thrive. Everyone deserves the dignity and peace of mind of knowing they can see a doctor they trust, or get essential preventive care like cancer screenings for themselves...
David P. Hardy: Where is all the education money going?
State and national media are spotlighting Pennsylvania’s education funding system in the wake of a long-awaited Commonwealth Court decision. While the court did not issue a specific remedy, it acknowledged failures within the state’s education funding system. The court called for reforms that give all our students a meaningful opportunity...
Alison Dagnes: Misperceptions of Pa.’s college students
Misunderstandings about college students run deep and tend to be alleged with sweeping generalizations. Those on the right boost the perception that college students are lazy elites who occasionally get out of bed to do drugs and yell about insufficiently woke Republicans. Those on the left reinforce the belief that...
Letter to the editor: How is Biden responsible for people who don’t want to work?
Regarding the letter griping about President Joe Biden (“Pity the fools who support Biden,” Feb. 20, TribLIVE), I’m only questioning one of the writer’s many implications. That one would be “He touted the grandeur of all these infrastructure jobs that are in our future, but we can’t even get folks...
Letter to the editor: Has America turned its back on God?
“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government (but) on the capacity of mankind for self government to control ourselves according to the Commandments of God.” — James Madison. Founding Father also hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” Why cannot America control...
Editorial: Youth voices bring new perspective to local government
There is a lot of conversation about getting young people involved. It usually refers to voting. Sometimes it hits on things like volunteering or reading the news — anything that gets youth interested and engaged in what is going on around them. What is less mentioned is participation in government...
Letter to the editor: Ziccarelli should pay for repairs
In the article “Westmoreland DA crash racks up nearly $33,000 in SUV repairs” (Feb. 16, TribLIVE), it was reported that Nicole Ziccarelli “has voluntarily paid for the $2,500 deductible out her own pocket so the cost does not fall onto the taxpayer.” Well, how generous you are. What about the...
Letter to the editor: Destroying Social Security, Medicare no way to help budget deficit
Some Republicans have lied repeatedly about the state of Social Security and Medicare. I would really like to know how doing away with these programs will help reduce the budget deficit. These programs are paid for by American employees and employers. If they go away, does Congress expect workers to...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 27
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 27....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 27
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Letter to the editor: Don’t let Ziccarelli’s crash be forgotten
We must not let the car crash by District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli get swept under the rug. In these times when citizens are hard pressed to buy groceries and medication, let alone keep up their homes with rising utility bills, the way she has responded to this incident is appalling....
Letter to the editor: Access to promising Alzheimer’s drug hampered
On Jan. 6, the Food and Drug Administration approved a second drug (Leqembi) to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Based on results from very strong clinical trials, leading Alzheimer’s researchers agree this treatment slows progression of the disease and contributes to a better quality of life. Currently in Pennsylvania,...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman should bow out
My heart goes out to Sen. John Fetterman and his family. I applaud the support pouring in from both sides of the aisle. Like Fetterman, I suffer from chronic cardiomyopathy, necessitating an ICD-pacemaker when I was 33. A heart attack in my 50s left me depressed and needing medication and...
Editorial: The burden of Pennsylvania taxes
It’s great to make the top half of a list. If you’re talking about public school test scores or high net income, that’s the place to be. Even on a more frivolous topic, you get a little thrill seeing your name at the head of the class. Pennsylvania, for instance,...
Letter to the editor: Looking out for Pa.’s seniors
To be a senior citizen in Pennsylvania is an honor and a privilege. There are all sorts of programs whose financial rewards go directly to benefit our seniors. Unfortunately, there have arisen some programs that are eating away at those benefits in a big-time fashion. In his op-ed “So-called ‘skill...
Letter to the editor: Let’s fix, not privatize, education system
The Trib’s recent articles criticizing public education speak to the ill-conceived effort in Pennsylvania to privatize education. Under the guise of vouchers or parental choice, the extreme right’s elite class of billionaires wants to corporatize one of the foundations of our middle class. They want more of our taxpayer dollars...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: In East Palestine and beyond, a familiar story
To many residents, it looked like the end of the world when 50 cars from a 150-car Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, just over three weeks ago. Eleven of the derailed cars carried toxic chemicals and were scattered along the tracks smoking and burning. Thousands of fish...
Mikhail Alexseev: Biden’s visit to Ukraine should put Putin on notice
For almost a year now, my former homeland has been under a brutal attack. But even as Russia keeps hammering at Ukraine, hope has sprung up, too. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, and tens of thousands of foreigners, have come forward to defend the nation. More than 50 countries are...
Jim Warren: Putin disinformation machine is unrelenting toward Ukraine a year after invasion
No sooner had President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine on Monday than the Russian state news agency Tass berated the surprise visit to “his ward Zelenskyy” and warned that Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet the same fate as others “who have sold their souls to the Americans.” “Damned by...
Letter to the editor: Advice for our justice system
I just came upon some “advice,” in Exodus 23, that would be helpful for our justice system to follow: Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit,...
Sounding off: Division, Ziccarelli, guns, Bushy Run, medical marijuana among week’s topics
‘Tale of Two Americas’ “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … .” So begins Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” As I write, I’m saddened knowing a former president is near death. Acknowledged by friend and foe as being kind and decent,...
