Opinion category, Page 379
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 18
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 18....
Stephen Asma : Alienation produces weaponized loners
Recent mass shootings in Highland Park, Ill., Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, have produced the same futile debates that always follow such tragedies. Conservatives blame mental illness, and liberals blame gun access. But we cannot make progress if we do not examine the cultural roots that repeatedly produce these vengeful...
Letter to the editor: Heinz Field name change all about corporate greed
Without notice, the Heinz Field name change came in the blink of an eye. Why not call the stadium Art Rooney Field after the Steelers’ founder? We could revert back to the geographical reference of Three Rivers Stadium. How appropriate. The new naming rights revenue should go back to the...
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs educational freedom
On July 7, Arizona passed, and their governor has signed into law, a bill that delivers educational freedom for more than 1.1 million students. This is the first state to break the chokehold that public schools and their teachers’ unions have on the national educational system. Parents will have the...
Editorial: Is state election money a gift or a problem?
There is a lot of concern about the money in elections. How do we know who is contributing to a campaign? Who is funding the political parties? Who is paying for the ads and the buses and the big-budget rallies? There are questions about where the money is coming from...
Letter to the editor: Let the immigrants come in and fill our jobs
As I drive through different sections of Greensburg, and travel through other towns and cities, I see the same thing everywhere: “Hiring” signs. We have noticed that our popular Sunday morning breakfast restaurant has empty tables an a 45-minute wait time to get a table. Why? Because they can’t find...
Letter to the editor: Missing the real Republican Party
As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see as failures, defects, bad policy...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Facts on a lost, not stolen, election
If you are one of those Trump supporters who believes what you believe, no matter what, reading “Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election” is not for you. But if you are on the fence looking for facts from an honest...
Tony Barboza: We’re in a crowded universe, but Earth is still precious
On a recent camping trip to Kings Canyon National Park I had the opportunity to escape the light-polluted vistas of the city and look through a pair of binoculars at the stars under a dark Sierra Nevada sky. Above the forest and mountains I saw constellations and stars that are...
Sounding off: Overturning Roe is a disaster for national unity
One of the stranger assertions in the Dobbs opinion is that Roe v. Wade is “controversial.” In the first place it’s not true — nearly all polls show a staunch majority against overturning it. But Roe was also a compromise, between the two strong positions that abortion should be fully...
Zahilyn D. Roche Allred: Improving science literacy means changing science education
To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours in the classroom throughout their undergraduate career. However, research has shown that despite all that effort, most college science courses give students only a fragmented...
Peter Neumann, Joshua Cohen and Daniel Ollendorf: Mark Cuban won’t fix our drug pricing problem
Mark Cuban, the billionaire “Shark Tank” celebrity and Dallas Mavericks owner, is getting attention again — this time for his Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., which seeks to reduce prescription drug prices for Americans. A new study finds Medicare could have saved $3.6 billion in 2020 if it had...
Letter to the editor: Saddened by Heinz Field name change
Regarding the Heinz Field name change: I grew up in Hazelwood, worked for many years Downtown, am an alumna of Duquesne University and have a “Pittsburgh Steelers” license plate frame (here in Patriot territory!). I married a New Englander and have lived in New England for many years, but Pittsburgh...
Letter to the editor: Why are protesters allowed to break the law?
It is time for transparency as to why we let states not enforce laws on the books. Why create new laws if state authorities are not willing to enforce current laws? The question is, why is the state of Maryland allowing picketing outside the homes of the Supreme Court justices,...
Editorial: New law is past due to protect vulnerable elderly
The highest duty of law is to protect the vulnerable. Perhaps the most important aspect of that is safeguarding those people from the individuals meant to do the protecting. Pennsylvania is living up to that responsibility with a new law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf this week. State Rep. Carrie...
Letter to the editor: Court restoring our freedoms
Letter-writer Katie Forsythe (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE) states that the Supreme Court’s recent decisions “undermine our freedoms” and that “this radical court seems determined to destroy our democracy.” I want to know how the court undermines our freedoms when it is returning a matter,...
Letter to the editor: Seeking answers from Pa. Catholic Conference
In the interest of fiscal transparency, good stewardship and best practices in nonprofit and church governance, I request the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) make public its annual audited financial statements as well as the names of all appointed leaders representing their respective dioceses. The PCC serves as the public affairs...
Gary Franks: Changes Democrats want would require constitutional amendments
Democrats have had a pattern of offering people false hope. Remember, the threat of sanctions would deter Russia from invading Ukraine. We know how that worked out. “Elect me president and I will get rid of covid” — a phrase President Joe Biden campaigned on. How did that turn out?...
Colin McNickle: Gaming is robust in Pa. — but issues lie in wait
Gaming in Pennsylvania continues to be strong. But there remain cautionary examples of how existing robust state income from gambling might not end up as the be-all and end-all that some portray it down the road, warns a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “(K)eep in mind...
Julie Brogan: Why can’t we limit money in politics like the French?
My family and I are nearing the end of a gap year in France. One highlight of this adventure was watching the French presidential election in April in which Emanual Macron beat Marine Le Pen by a 17-point margin. As an American, it was refreshing to see how a democracy...
Letter to the editor: Who are we to play God with new life?
Men of God: Once life is conceived, a heart is pulsed, there is life. There is no turning back. Who are any of you to play God? Dion Urban East Vandergrift...
Letter to the editor: Reopen pipelines to lower gas prices
Our great president is in Saudi Arabia to maybe talk to them about increasing their oil shipments to our country. Hey, Joe, I have a better idea: Why don’t you reopen the pipelines that you closed on your first day in office, and our gas prices might return to what...
Letter to the editor: Route 356 speeders a danger to residents
To residents of White Cloud Road, from a State Route 356 resident: Now you know what we go through on a daily basis. The speed limit on 356 is 45 mph, and I doubt any car goes the speed limit. Since construction started and parts of the road are finished,...
Letter to the editor: Republicans need to pull together and fight
I’ve noticed that a few “Republicans” are not supporting some of our candidates who won their primary races. Sounds a little arrogant and childish to me. Let’s get honest here: Never has our party elected a perfect candidate in a primary to run against a Democrat in the general. Perfect...
Lori Falce: Corporate sponsorship is more honest than politics
If you live in Pennsylvania or follow football or eat ketchup, you are no doubt aware the Pittsburgh Steelers venue went to bed Sunday as Heinz Field and woke up Monday as Acrisure Stadium. For many of the faithful, this has been a shock to the system. For the more...
