Opinion category, Page 357
Sounding off: Fetterman, Trump, abortion, amendments, Pirates and more
Oz’s residency status pales next to Fetterman issues It seems that letter-writer Richard Patton is questioning candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz’s residency status (“Where will Oz live if he loses?” Aug. 24, TribLIVE). I wonder if Patton was as worried regarding Hillary Clinton’s residency status when she ran for senate in...
Letter to the editor: DelRosso for lieutenant governor
When I moved to Western Pennsylvania 30 years ago, one common theme I heard constantly was that our young people received an excellent education but, upon graduation, must leave the state for career opportunities. Nothing has changed. In fact, recently we hear that the state’s population has declined. Why? Why...
Editorial: Without gift ban, Harrisburg is the Wild West
When an elected official receives something, there are different ways to look at it. It might be a completely legal donation. These follow election laws and are documented accordingly. If you want to know if Person X donated to Politician Y, there is a database to search to find an...
Letter to the editor: Charter schools not ‘stealing money’ from public schools
Individuals have been penning letters to newspapers across the state painting a false narrative that charter schools are somehow “stealing money from school districts” and are the root cause of their financial troubles. Quite frankly, this narrative is false. Public charter schools receive the same or less per-pupil funding as...
S.E. Cupp: Right-wing nationalism comes to … Sweden?
As we look ahead to midterm elections, where election deniers are on the ballot in 27 states, it’s still mind-blowing to consider how we got here in just a few years. And the answer, most bluntly, is a rise in right-wing nationalism. After lying dormant for some time, the contours...
Gary Franks: Does the border crisis help Democrats win elections?
Threat to our democracy? The major problem for Democrats is that they have not won the white vote in presidential elections since 1964. Today, most Americans were not alive to see it. Former President Lyndon Johnson’s landslide victory included winning the white vote (see voting percentages at end of the...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: This is not about immigration
Immigration is the last thing this is about. If conservatives really wanted to fix immigration, they could have done so years ago. Certainly, the broad outlines of a workable overhaul have long been obvious: a combination of hardened border security, a guest-worker program, streamlining the process for immigration and creating...
Dr. Norbert Goldfield, Dr. Mitch Kaminski and Jeffrey C. Lerner: Voting for the common health of Pa.
The first patient one of us treated as a young internist 45 years ago had been refused care by another physician because his insurance had expired. The man cried. He hasn’t been forgotten. Scenes like this were more common at one time. Today, millions of patients are spared humiliation and...
Letter to the editor: Absurdity of immigration problems
Let me get this straight. We will not allow Novak Djokovic, a world-class tennis player, into our country because he is not vaccinated against covid. Meanwhile, we allow tens of thousands of immigrants to enter our country every year, untested and unvaccinated. Am I missing something here? The White House...
Letter to the editor: Oz’s residency status pales next to Fetterman issues
It seems that letter-writer Richard Patton is questioning candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz’s residency status (“Where will Oz live if he loses?” Aug. 24, TribLIVE). I wonder if Patton was as worried regarding Hillary Clinton’s residency status when she ran for senate in New York? As for what homes they reside...
Lori Falce: Should parents lead curriculum?
If there is one thing the pandemic taught me, it is that I am not a teacher. Having my son home for the tail end of sixth grade and all of seventh made me appreciate teachers. I thought I appreciated them before. I was wrong. I mean, yes, I was...
Letter to the editor: Dangerous energy technology
Recently, I thanked my state senator for his recognition of emergency medical services and the importance of our water resources. These resources may be severely hurt by development of hydrogen hubs with carbon capture. I also listened to the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee interview three state government...
Laurels and lances: Trials and errors
Laurel: To moving ahead. The Tree of Life shooting happened in October 2018. The world hardly seems like the same place today, separated by so many things that have happened between then and now. Pittsburgh has a different mayor. The country has a different president. We saw huge losses and...
Carlos A. Suárez Carrasquillo and Fernando Tormos-Aponte : Puerto Rico’s vulnerability to hurricanes magnified by weak government, bureaucratic roadblocks
EDITOR’S NOTE: Five years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona has killed at least four people, caused widespread flooding and left hundreds of thousands of residents without water or power. Maria caused extensive damage to Puerto Rico’s power grid in 2017 that left many residents without...
Sascha Meinrath: National broadband rollout has blind spot: Lack of accurate, transparent data about internet access speeds
Imagine purchasing “up to” a gallon of milk for $4.50, or paying for “up to” a full tank of gas. Most people would view such transactions as absurd. And yet, in the realm of broadband service, the use of “up to” speeds has become standard business practice. Unlike other advertisements...
Nicholas Creel: Why the red wave is becoming a red ripple
Republicans are increasingly finding themselves in danger of seeing what should have been an epic red wave falter into a pathetic red ripple, or worse, a Democratic gain in Congress. While it may be tempting to point to the recent spate of legislative and policy wins by Democrats as the...
Letter to the editor: Outlawing tobacco products would help to end cancer
Regarding the article “Biden hopes ending cancer can be a ‘national purpose’ for U.S.” (Sept. 13, TribLIVE): A good start would be to outlaw all tobacco products, but the government cannot do without the taxes. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman best in Braddock
Look at whom the Democrats want in the U.S. Senate. A guy who only seems to wear a hoodie when in public view. Someone with a 15104 ZIP code tattooed on his forearm. And one who has resorted to bragging that Dr. Oz wouldn’t last in Braddock. According to the...
Letter to the editor: Where’s evidence that we ‘need’ Trump?
In his letter “America and Pa. need Donald Trump” (Sept. 12, TribLIVE), a gentleman from North Huntingdon attempts to persuade “Democrat(s) or Republican(s) who hate Donald Trump” to think otherwise. What this gentleman failed to do was construct any sort of an argument. He says “The Democrats and the media...
Editorial: Archivist’s role shouldn’t be political
Let’s stop making things political that don’t have to be. There is nothing inherently political about being a librarian. It’s a job that involves caring for and fostering the use of books. It requires organization, attention to detail and the ability to help someone locate what they need, whether it...
Letter to the editor: Embarrassment of Pittsburgh Pirates
Mark Madden once again has his finger on the pulse of what’s wrong with the Pirates organization (“Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Ke’Bryan Hayes’ gaffe again makes Pirates a national punchline,” Sept. 17, TribLIVE). The embarrassment of Hayes eating sunflower seeds while at work was just despicable. The thing is, that’s...
Jonah Goldberg: No party is innocent when on lack of US immigration policy
When it comes to immigration, and especially at this moment in our politics, I’m a “bothsides-er.” These days, complaining about both sides — Democrats and Republicans — invites a lot of scorn and ridicule, usually from people on one side. On some issues, that scorn might be deserved. But on...
Peter Morici: U.S. must take lead on globalization to compete with China
Global commerce is being rearranged by Western sanctions on Russia, covid inspired hardening of supply chains and Western apprehensions about China, but none of this spells the end of globalization. It merely heightens the competition between the United States and China about who will lead. The process will disrupt the...
Letter to the editor: Latrobe’s first Italian Festival a welcome addition
Welcome to the neighborhood to Michael Ciotti, owner of 512 Coffee and Ice Cream in Latrobe, for hosting the first Italian Festival and bringing some cheer to Latrobe’s First Ward. Hopefully it won’t be the last. A job well done! Evelynne Majernik Latrobe...
Letter to the editor: Constitution Day come and gone
Tuning in to Washington Journal on Sept. 17, Constitution Day, I was treated to one-hour Q&A segments with two different constitutional scholars. In the past, your newspaper acknowledged Constitution Day. To your credit, you did acknowledge our Declaration of Independence by printing it on the July 4 editorial page, but...
