Opinion category, Page 378
Letter to the editor: Protesters are protected
So many of your letter-writers (Douglas Johnston, “Why are protesters allowed to break the law?” July 6, TribLIVE) seem to forget that protesting for the redress of grievances is enshrined in the Constitution. It is as sacred as the Second Amendment. In fact it is a First Amendment right, which...
Jonah Goldberg: Progressive Democrats can’t stop criticizing the Joes (Manchin and Biden)
The wall-to-wall coverage of progressive carping about Joe Biden has been interrupted by reruns of progressive carping about West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin. Last week, in the wake of horrible inflation numbers, Manchin said, in effect, “I’m out” on President Biden’s climate, energy and tax package. Because the Senate is...
How I moved, lost my dog and regained faith in humanity over 5 days in July
Sometime late last fall, my husband, two sons and I decided to move. We’d lived for 17 years in Brentwood — front-row seats to the best Fourth of July parade around — but wanted a house with two bathrooms, maybe a game room and a bigger yard for the boys...
Letter to the editor: Why no sanctity of life on death penalty?
As the Rowe v. Wade decision divides the country over the sanctity of life, it makes me wonder what the Supreme Court would do to overturn the death penalty in the United States. It appears that a number of the same folks who are anti-abortion are pro-death penalty. Maybe the...
Letter to the editor: Women, make your choice before conception
Women’s rights are not taken away by banning abortion. You still have the right to choose. You just need to choose before conception. There are many options to prevent pregnancy, and they do not interfere with “pleasure,” although pleasure is not what sex was designed for. Casual sex results in...
Letter to the editor: We can’t govern by poll
It’s apparent that letter-writer Katie Forsythe thinks our country should be run based on public opinion polls and that courts, including the Supreme Court, should follow the polls when making their rulings (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE). If our government were to operate according to...
Editorial: Accreditation could be key to fixing police database
There is no situation that cannot be improved with accountability. In recent years, how many trusted or beloved institutions have been rocked by the knowledge that such trust and love was betrayed? Children have been abused by coaches, teachers, even their own parents. Grand juries have uncovered not only sexual...
Letter to the editor: Mt. Lebanon School Board members chose silence
A 17-year-old was assaulted earlier this month, and her life will never be the same. A Mt. Lebanon school director was charged in the assault, which for me questions the credibility of our school district leaders (“Police: Mt. Lebanon school board member charged in Florida assault of teen,” July 7,...
Letter to the editor: No need to wait for drug prevention; Reality Tours available
Regarding the article “Overdose deaths in Allegheny, Westmoreland counties hit highest level since 2017 peak” (July 8, TribLIVE), on Pennsylvania’s search for drug prevention programs, readers need to know a program is reaching thousands of families in Pennsylvania, without cost to state or local budgets. It can be started by...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Trump ‘fell under malignant influence’?
“Donald was enabled from the beginning …” — Mary L. Trump, “Too Much and Never Enough” Liz Cheney sure called that one. In her opening statement at the July 12 hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Wyoming congresswoman advised America of a change in strategy...
Sen. Ryan Aument: We have the number for real growth, so let’s put it on speed-dial
A vibrant economy is sometimes just a matter of the right number, and for Pennsylvania the right number has never been 9.99%. That’s the mind numbingly high rate our commonwealth levied on corporate net income (CNI), a rate that arguably has scared off out-of-state investors and prevented us from replacing...
Letter to the editor: What about male responsibility?
When a female becomes pregnant, it was a male who caused the condition. Is there no shared responsibility? Lynne Henry Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Parents have right to decide what children see
Parents have the right to direct their child’s education. With that right comes the responsibility to oversee what their children are exposed to, especially when it comes to deeply personal topics like sex and sexuality. Unfortunately, it seems Sen. Lindsey Williams thinks she knows better than parents. Recently, she voted...
Letter to the editor: Why Mastriano is feared
As an older citizen, I have long been following Pennsylvania political news. Yet I recognized only two names of the nine Republicans, the majority from southeast Pennsylvania, listed as endorsing Josh Shapiro in the article “Democrat Josh Shapiro picks up Republican endorsements in race for governor” (July 6, TribLIVE). Shapiro...
Editorial: Westmoreland County handles elections office like an afterthought
Westmoreland County commissioners have come to a decision about who will run the elections bureau, and it seems to be a decision they could have made official a long time ago. Greg McCloskey will continue to serve double duty as he has done since taking on the responsibility of the...
Letter to the editor: Worst president ever?
Has the country ever had a worse president and administration? After only 18 months, President Biden and his socialist cabinet have clearly shown themselves to be at war against America. Forcing outrageous inflation on the country through restrictions on American fossil-fuel supplies and investments with no alternative workable energy system...
Letter to the editor: Fracking should be kept away from county parks
The Allegheny County executive’s veto of Bill 12162-22 must be overturned. Contact your Allegheny County Council representative today. The eighth edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking was released in May by Concerned Health Professionals of New York (a project of...
Tom Purcell: Dogged by dog days of summer
It’s been hot outside the past few weeks. The grass is turning brown. The hornets are angry. The dog days of summer have arrived. The origin of “dog days” actually has nothing to do with canines lazing on the porch because it’s too dang hot to do anything else. According...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland sheriff, deputies prepared to keep us safe
When I was a young mayor in Southwest Greensburg in charge of a police department from 1981 to 1992, a school or mass shooting was not even thought about by law enforcement. Nowadays, we find ourselves as a nation in the middle of this senseless violence. I give Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Alternatives to salt for deicing
Regarding the letter “Road salt destroying bridges, water, roads, cars” (July 13, TribLIVE) that identifies the use of salt on Pittsburgh’s roads as a major reason for bridge corrosion and collapse: I’m not an engineer or a chemist, but I believe the writer has made an important point. However, his...
Letter to the editor: Legislators, do your job
Thank you, Jeanne Passarelli, for your letter “We need new rules for our legislators” (July 10, TribLIVE). A specific case on point: The civil penalties section of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law has never been updated since it was passed and made effective in 1968. It allows...
Editorial: Do the Pittsburgh Pirates really need a new scoreboard?
Apparently the Pittsburgh Pirates decided to save the Steelers from all the sports fan outrage last week. Sure, the football team started it with the announcement July 11 that Heinz Field was changing its name to Acrisure Stadium, selling the naming rights to a Michigan-based financial and tech insurance company...
Letter to the editor: Circus of madness
The late, great Nat King Cole long ago sang, “It’s a Barnum and Bailey world. Just as phony as it can be.” But now we’re living in the middle of the greatest circus ever seen … and phony is an understatement. Take a seat and watch people virtue signal by...
Letter to the editor: Fitzgerald’s action on park drilling applauded
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of council’s ban on natural gas drilling beneath county parks — along with his proposed compromise bill — should be applauded, based on the direct experience of the Deer Lakes Park lease in 2014 (“Fitzgerald defends decision to veto Allegheny County parks fracking ban...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 18
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 18....
