Opinion category, Page 346
Lori Falce: Facts, opinions and political ads
The one thing I struggle with most in my job is not the task of making deadlines — although the editor who waits with well-concealed resignation for my weekend editorials every Friday might disagree. It is helping people — whether readers or writers — navigate the tightrope between what is...
Letter to the editor: Most important election in history
In my opinion, this election will be the most important in American history for the following reasons: • The president chose his cabinet for diversity, not merit, i.e., Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wouldn’t define “woman.” • There is rampant crime (Democratic mayors) in many cities with no bail...
Paul Kengor: Threat of nuclear war, October 1962 and 2022
“It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States,” said President John F. Kennedy in a dramatic nationally televised speech on Oct. 22, 1962, “requiring...
John C. Besley: Most Americans do trust scientists
Most Americans — 81% — think government investments in scientific research are “worthwhile investments for society over time,” according to the Pew Research Center’s latest survey on public perceptions of science. A similar proportion said they have at least “a fair amount” of confidence that scientists act in the public’s...
Laurels & lances: Cost, defense and involvement
Laurel: To dropping prices. They might not be down much, but let’s celebrate where we can. The price of a gallon of gas is down again in Southwestern Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh, the price is $3.95, down 3½ cents from last week, according to the GasBuddy price tracker. Sure, the national...
Athan Koutsiouroumbas: Pa.’s suburbs are not OK
For families living in Pennsylvania’s suburbs, things are not OK. The prosperity enjoyed by suburbanites is in peril, and they know it. Soccer field small talk has moved beyond gas prices. Polite conversation has moved into something more urgent: survival. Two recent studies help explain why suburbanites feel they are...
Letter to the editor: Dems focused on abortion instead of inflation, crime
With rampant inflation, skyrocketing gas prices and crime gone through the roof, it’s so comforting to know that Democratic candidates are laser-focused on the killing of unborn babies. Wow, what a relief! Bill Radvansky New Kensington...
Letter to the editor: Let’s hear about some of Fetterman’s flaws
In 2013, while he was mayor of Braddock, John Fetterman chased a Black jogger and pointed a shotgun at him. He should have been arrested and put in jail. I haven’t heard about this on the news, or anyone talking about it. I read letters to the editor raving about...
Letter to the editor: Vote GOP if you love USA
The following has occurred since January 2021 when the Biden administration and the Democratic majority took over our entire federal government: Crime is on the rise. In many Democrat-run major cities, murder is at its highest rate ever. Police are being targeted largely due to leftist slandering. Incompetent Democratic district...
Letter to the editor: Oz is no Pennsylvanian
Are you wondering why a citizen of Turkey with a mansion in New Jersey who is a medical doctor, TV celebrity, has hundreds of thousands of dollars and a family with extreme wealth would be pretending to be a resident of Pennsylvania to run for the U.S. Senate? This is...
Editorial: Did Fetterman-Oz debate change any minds?
For weeks and months, the question was out there. When would the candidates for Pennsylvania’s first up-for-grabs U.S. Senate seat in years face off in a debate? It finally happened Tuesday. So did it change anyone’s mind? Maybe for some people. In reality, probably not for many. It is increasingly...
Letter to the editor: Do we really want Mastriano as governor?
Today marks four years since a white nationalist, armed with assault weapons and antisemitic hatred, attacked my synagogue, murdering 11 people and injuring six more, including law enforcement officers. What has changed since that day? Four years ago, shooter Robert Bowers and his beliefs were considered fringe. Today the Republican...
Letter to the editor: What will GOP do about inflation?
At the beginning of October I returned from a long trip to Europe. Inflation there is much worse than our current 8.2%. Our gasoline prices are similarly modest in comparison, even moreso now. Inflation is currently 14.5% in the Netherlands, 13.7% in Russia, 10.1% in the UK, 10% in Germany,...
Colin McNickle: Right-size yourself, PRT, or see funding cut
Well past the deepest throes of the coronavirus pandemic, ridership on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) buses and trolleys remains a shadow of its former self. And a new analysis of that paucity by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy says Allegheny County’s mass-transit agency must right-size its many weak performing...
Rachel Marsden: Is it time for anti-woke populist non-interventionists to start their own U.S. party?
VANCOUVER — One of the most puzzling aspects of American politics to foreigners living in western democracies is the two-party straitjacket that hinders renewal. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., spoke of her interest in preventing former President Donald Trump from ever again running...
Letter to the editor: Work ethic is difference between parties
Letter-writer Helen Hopkinson asked, “What’s the difference between Republicans, Democrats?” (Oct. 19, TribLIVE). There is a race. The Democrats want everyone to start the race at the same time and finish the race at the same time. The Republicans want everyone to start the race at the same time but...
Letter to the editor: Chris Deluzio has walked the walk
One candidate for Congress in the 17th District has an agenda undergirded by a commitment to serve the common good: Chris Deluzio. Iraq War veteran, voting rights attorney, voting security expert and union organizer, Chris hasn’t just “talked the talk”; he has “walked the walk.” Having served as a North...
Letter to the editor: Look at Mastriano through lens of history
Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” was a massacre that occurred Nov. 9-10, 1938. It was the first organized, government-sanctioned act of violence against German Jews. It marked the start of the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. Its commemoration falls two weeks and four years after...
Editorial: Capitalize on innovation on Main Street
Even though Pennsylvania is among the nation’s foremost centers of high-tech research and development, it still is better known for the legacy industries that made it an industrial powerhouse. A revealing new study by Brookings Institution researchers puts it succinctly: “Few states possess as many of the assets needed for...
Letter to the editor: Mastriano vs. Shapiro
There is certainly a lot of noise about the Oz/Fetterman race for U.S. Senate, and a good deal of radio silence about the gubernatorial race. You might not know that Sen. Doug Mastriano is running. For my money, the governor’s race is much more important to us Pennsylvanians, when you...
Letter to the editor: Our democracy is on the line
The other day, I was watching footage of Jan. 6. The crowd was chanting U.S.A., U.S.A., leading one to believe they thought of themselves as patriots. However, what the supposed patriots were doing was violently and destructively trying to bring down our democracy, or government. Because they could not admit...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: If Republicans couldn’t cheat, they couldn’t win
Honestly, Tony, my first instinct was to ignore you. That’s become my go-to when readers ask me, as you did in a recent email, to prove to their satisfaction that, “Republicans are keeping Black people from voting.” When I didn’t respond promptly enough, you said this strengthened your feeling “that...
Cal Thomas: Trump, you’re not a dictator
Former President Donald Trump says any member of his administration who runs for president against him — should he decide to run again in 2024 — would be engaging in an act of disloyalty. Appearing on Fox Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Trump was asked about possible other GOP candidates, specifically...
Letter to the editor: Enough with the political ads
It is time we address the issue of the constant ridiculous political ads that invade the airways every other minute, insulting our intelligence and integrity. Do they really think Pennsylvania voters are that stupid? Wouldn’t it be original to just tell the truth? Try donating some of that wasted money...
Letter to the editor: Do you feel safer, more secure two years later?
Before you get out to vote in a couple of weeks, here are some questions you need to ask yourself. First of all, disregard all of the candidate ads on TV. They will say and do anything to get your vote. Do you feel safer now than you did two...
