Opinion category, Page 364
Letter to the editor: Mazeroski should be honored
The letter “Pirates insult great players with Hall of Fame lineup” (Aug. 18, TribLIVE) noted that the MVP of the 1960s World Series team was left off the list of inaugural inductees. In my opinion, the MVP should have been Bill Mazeroski, who ended the series with a ninth-inning walk-off...
Letter to the editor: Equal justice for evidence destroyers
There is a feeling among some folk, that is, those with functioning IQs, that during this reign of the WOAT (Worst Of All Time), the justice departments are biased. But I say, nuh-uh. I had to junk a PC, and so I removed the hard drive and beat the heck...
Lori Falce: Quiet quitting needs a different name
I am annoyed by all the attention being given to the trendy workplace phenomenon of quiet quitting. It’s the latest in the post-pandemic upside-down world where workers are recognizing their power in a workplace where many industries are struggling to fill jobs. What annoys me is the wording itself. Quiet...
Letter to the editor: Right, wrong and loan forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris, when asked about the policy on student loan forgiveness, answered, “First of all, a lot of the same people who are criticizing what we rightly did in following through on a commitment that we made to forgive student loan debt are the same people who voted...
Letter to the editor: Donor milk legislation can help protect sick babies
When my baby Owen was born prematurely, I didn’t know about human donor milk or that it could have helped him before I was able to provide my own milk. When Owen passed away from necrotizing enterocolitis, a complication that research shows donor milk could protect against, I was devastated....
Paul Kengor: Student loan stories enlightening
The Biden plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan payments has upset people on both sides of the political aisle, for reasons both political and personal. Politically, the plan is an outrageous irony coming from President Joe Biden and “progressive” supporters like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and...
Laurels & lances: Teaching and searching
Laurel: To making an effort. Lots of people are talking about the problems in education — especially with the falling numbers of teachers. It’s an issue that wasn’t necessarily caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but it has definitely been exacerbated by it. Colleges are seeing fewer people pursue degrees in...
Joshua Andy: Gorbachev was Khrushchev’s successor as a reformer; Russia is still waiting
Together, the Russian invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24 and Mikhail Gorbachev’s death Aug. 30 serve as a bookend on Russia’s post-Cold War epoch and the end of the possibility of an era of reform. Born in 1931, Gorbachev was a young child when both his grandfathers were arrested and sent...
Letter to the editor: Why no anger over Trump’s tax cuts?
Why is everyone upset about spending that $300 billion for college loan forgiveness? Why weren’t people angry about the Trump tax overhaul in 2017, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will raise the federal deficit by $1.9 trillion over the coming decade? Why aren’t people angry that those 2017 Trump...
Letter to the editor: Jan. 6 hypocrisy
Psalm 94 reminds me of the hypocrisy of the Democrat-run Jan. 6 committee and the propaganda spewed by the media. To paraphrase: “They speak freely, they utter malicious falsehoods, they glorify themselves all doers of iniquities. Your nation they crush and affect your heritage.” A few examples: 1. In his...
Editorial: Pennsylvanians deserve Fetterman-Oz debate
How we conduct elections has changed over the years. It is no longer a show of hands. It isn’t by the roar of the crowd. We don’t drop a pebble in a vessel like they did in ancient Greece — although the evolution of that process is where we get...
Letter to the editor: Why are we OK with invasion of privacy?
I read with some astonishment the article “Driver’s license scanners could help reduce problems on Pittsburgh’s South Side, DA says” (Aug. 19, TribLIVE) about the meeting where South Side bar owners met with District Attorney Stephen Zappala to discuss surveilling all of their customers, on the off chance that a...
Jonah Goldberg: Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt is anything but progressive
President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in federal student loan debt is like a pinata: You can attack it from any angle and find some reward. In short, people making less than $125,000 will get $10,000 of their debt forgiven, no strings attached. Recipients of needs-based Pell Grants will...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez: Young voters can save the planet
For America’s young voters, famished for positive action on climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is cause for celebration. The passage of this landmark legislation is a signal to young climate activists across the country that unprecedented progressive change is possible. For the millions of young Americans who...
Letter to the editor: Jesus was not an American
Oh, Mary Ann Klingensmith (“We must return to ‘one nation under God’,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE). You seem to still cling to the notion that God, or Jesus, or someone, has chosen the United States to represent your view of a God and country forever united together against … the Democrats?...
Letter to the editor: Abortion is a private matter
I’ll gag if I read one more anti-abortion letter, naturally written by a male. Saying it’s up to the female to prevent her unwanted pregnancy is a true chauvinistic statement. Men have help for erectile dysfunction and Viagra to enhance their sexual desire. Yet many want women to defend themselves...
Letter to the editor: Carbon neutrality unattainable
Once again, President Biden has committed the United States to be carbon neutral by 2050. Consider the following before agreeing. The people of the United States travel approximately 1.9 trillion miles per year via gasoline-powered automobiles, consuming about 83 billion gallons of gasoline. To be carbon neutral, the climate alarmists...
Letter to the editor: Words of wisdom to guide our votes
It is my belief that in the Nov. 8 election if we as Americans use the words of these famous people to aid us in our choice of who to vote for, we will be on the road to healing. Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Ezra Stiles, president of...
Letter to the editor: Eyes are finally opening on abortion
Mary Sanchez’s editorial “Every vote in America now about abortion” (Aug. 23, TribLIVE) gave me cause to celebrate. It’s about time! Before Roe v. Wade was recently overturned, and the question of the legality of abortion was returned to the states, the silence in the media about this subject was...
Clarence Page: ‘Quiet quitting,’ work and worth
Just as I was wondering whether various crises were coming too fast to allow our usual “silly season” of oddball late summer news, an appropriately weird-sounding social trend popped up on social networks and intriguingly struck a nerve. It’s called “quiet quitting.” Put simply, it refers to the act of...
Editorial: There’s still real work to do, Gov. Wolf
OK, Governor, it’s your turn. We recently took the Republican-controlled state Legislature to task for continuing to chew on Act 77 and its aftermath in recent elections like a pack of dogs with a particularly juicy bone. Several lawmakers have been in and out of court with challenges to the...
Cal Thomas: Will Youngkin be No. 9 in Va. presidents list?
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been in office only seven months and already he is listed at No. 5 in a Washington Post story about possible 2024 GOP presidential candidates. In an interview, I asked him to respond to suggestions in some quarters that he might be well positioned to...
Stacy Garrity: When the ‘cure’ becomes torture
The men and women who put their lives on the line shouldn’t have them placed on hold by a Veterans Administration that kept hundreds in isolation long after the rest of our state emerged from covid lockdown. Yet that’s exactly what happened at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre,...
Letter to the editor: Voting in person can be a challenge for many
Regarding Cliff Long’s letter “We should eliminate mail-in voting” (Aug. 16, TribLIVE): Do you use a wheelchair, rollator or even a cane to get around? If not, count your blessings. Are you able to stand in line for long periods of time? Are you able to go up and down...
Letter to the editor: We must interest our students in trades
Now that President Biden has pushed college loan forgiveness, let’s think for a minute about jobs that do not require college. Not everyone wants or needs college. Right now we need plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics, construction workers, heavy equipment operators, etc. — workers educated in trade schools. We hear Biden...
