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Cal Thomas: Toxic Trump must leave the stage
“I don’t believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.” — Football legend Mike Ditka “The future is now.” — Football legend George Allen Former president Donald Trump appears ready and eager to announce...
Letter to the editor: Electing the dead is not so unusual
According to Newsweek magazine, there have been a number of people elected to office despite the fact that they were dead. Newsweek identified Simon Silva as the winner of last Tuesday’s election for city attorney in Chula Vista, Calif., despite dying a month before the election. In Tennessee, a Memphis...
Letter to the editor: Let’s not get too optimistic, Democrats
Well, it’s a week after the midterms, and it appears the GOP might just have recovered from their Trump-induced psychosis. It should be a hoot to watch President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis go at it. The Democrats seem to be crowing a bit too much, though. Last Tuesday’s...
Letter to the editor: Disappointed in Spirit’s Ft. Lauderdale move
Regarding the article “Spirit Airlines to cut flights from Arnold Palmer Regional to Ft. Lauderdale” (Nov. 8, TribLIVE): Does Spirit Airlines fail to understand that there are thousands of direct roundtrip Ft. Lauderdale to Latrobe passengers who use this airport from other places than Western Pennsylvania? I have been on...
Editorial: Will Pa. pay the price for colleges’ tuition border wars?
The State University of New York is making it plain that it sees Pennsylvania’s high school students as an interstate commodity. “If your high schooler wants to go to college in New York, the State University of New York offers same in-state tuition as Penn State,” SUNY said in a...
Letter to the editor: We owe it to our planet to change our diets
While the world watches COP27 unfold in Egypt, I’m reminded of when “Climate Change Threatens World Food Supply” was making headlines, prompted by the release of a summary report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report points out what COP27 overlooks. The IPCC report detailed...
Letter to the editor: Democrats, Republicans have same enemy
I have protested at Donald Trump’s and Sen. Doug Mastriano’s rallies. It is always baffling when one of the participants looks at me and, in their best authoritative angry voice, shouts at me to “get a job.” Now, with my gray hair, hunched shoulders and wrinkled skin, I am obviously...
Tom Purcell: Giving thanks
Is the glass half empty or half full? In my experience it’s always been half full — and that’s one of many things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. We lost my father this year, and that leaves a huge hole in our hearts — until we focus on the...
Evan W. Wolfson: Social Security benefits and long covid
The article “People with long covid face barriers to government disability benefits” (Nov. 10, TribLIVE) suggests it is difficult to obtain Social Security benefits on the basis of disability. This is certainly true, as a majority of applicants are denied at the initial determination level. What is misleading is that...
Letter to the editor: Post-election hope
As we conclude another election season basking in the glory of our completed patriotic duty, we find hope in a new group of representatives. We should all take a moment to remember that we don’t have Jeffrey Epstein’s client list yet. At least democracy is safe, and the political ads...
Letter to the editor: Voters voted for democracy
I am so optimistic and encouraged by Tuesday’s election, not because of Republican or Democratic wins, but because of the voters themselves. Voters across the country stepped up in unprecedented numbers to vote for democracy, the Constitution, civility and the rule of law. They chose both Republican and Democratic candidates...
Letter to the editor: Destroying Youngwood
Well, Youngwood, I thought the only geniuses were in the Biden administration, but after over a year of having almost every street in town torn up, I stand corrected. If covid didn’t close our businesses, this mess is sure to do it. I find it hard to believe someone actually...
Letter to the editor: Pa. voters’ Forrest Gump choices
As the legendary Tom Hanks character Forrest Gump said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” This is certainly the case when the majority of Pennsylvanians choose to keep the same party in power that has over the course of only two years caused record high inflation and thrown the U.S. economy...
Letter to the editor: We must address global hunger
The global hunger crisis cannot wait. Congress must reauthorize the Global Food Security Act. Since 2019, the number of people who face acute food insecurity has almost tripled from 135 million to 345 million. Food prices have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, and the war...
Editorial: Time is running out for Congress to save local news
Local journalism is a cornerstone of democracy. It is a vital source of information for communities across the country. Newsrooms cover local politics, high school sports, local business openings, cultural events and other matters that help a community remain vibrant and connected. But the industry is facing an existential crisis...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 14....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 14
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 14....
Alec Stubbs: American workers feel alienated, helpless and overwhelmed — here’s one way to alleviate their malaise
First it was the “Great Resignation.” Then it was “nobody wants to work anymore.” Now it’s “quiet quitting.” Yet it seems like no one wants to talk about what I see as the root cause of America’s economic malaise — work under contemporary capitalism is fundamentally flawed. As a political...
Letter to the editor: Viable options for those in need of organ transplants
I can really relate to your article “ ‘The most moving thing’: Living donors provide organs to keep others alive” (Nov. 3, TribLIVE). It described the stresses experienced by individuals awaiting kidney or liver transplants from living donors. I had end-stage kidney failure which required five years of dialysis. For...
Letter to the editor: Parents must step up to stop gun violence
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh mayor asks for public’s help to get guns off streets amid Brighton Heights shooting” (Oct. 30, TribLIVE): More and more crimes are being committed by young people with guns. Why? How do they get these firearms, many of which are stolen? These guns have to cost...
Editorial: The peer pressure of legalizing marijuana
When it comes to vices, Pennsylvania is not the kind of state that tends to be on the cutting edge. Sure, the Keystone State doesn’t shy away from a little wicked fun. It’s a place where people enjoy their alcohol. There are more than 350 breweries, 300 wineries and 40...
Letter to the editor: No ‘choice’ condemns unwanted children
I am a member of the tribe of the Unwanted. My earliest existence was shrouded in denial, secrecy, lies, shame, fear and anger that seeped into my amniotic sac and bones in lieu of prenatal care. One parent split, while the other reluctantly carried the weight of my unwantedness into...
Letter to the editor: Both Trump, Biden should retire
If former President Donald Trump truly believes in making America great again, he will become the patriot he has asked others to be and will announce that he will not be a candidate for president in 2024. One of the last things this country needs is a vindictive narcissist in...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: No political eclipse this Election Day
In the dark hours of election morning 2022, before the polls opened, a rare blood moon total lunar eclipse — a sign of revelation and great change, according to astrologers — was visible across America. It was the first time in our history that Election Day coincided with a lunar...
Michael Skiba: Insurance fraud costs $309 billion a year — nearly $1,000 for every American
What would you do with an extra $932.63 in your pocket? That’s how much insurance fraud costs every American a year — $309 billion in total, according to the findings of a recent research study that I led. For a family of four, that adds up to nearly $3,800 —...
