Opinion category, Page 383
Marc Stier: We need a budget for all Pennsylvanians
It appears that state budget negotiations are continuing and we may have some announcement of a budget deal in the next day or so. The last few weeks of public debate in Harrisburg have been deeply revealing of the different approaches of the two parties. One of those parties has...
Letter to the editor: After immigrant deaths in Texas, should we ban trucks, too?
I saw on the news that 51 illegal aliens were found in a tractor-trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas. If you use the twisted logic the Democrats use regarding gun control, you can only come to the conclusion that the truck killed those people. If a gun, an inanimate object,...
Letter to the editor: Mental health legislation critical for children around the world
Throughout the pandemic, mental health has worsened. According to the World Health Organization, in 2022, nearly 1 billion individuals live with a mental disorder, and in low-income countries, over 75% of people with a disorder do not receive treatment. Given this global issue, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr. sponsored the...
Letter to the editor: Leaders must embrace green future
On June 28, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited the Pittsburgh area to meet regional leaders to discuss Southwestern Pennsylvania’s clean energy future (“Officials say Western Pa. can lead way in clean energy industry,” June 28, TribLIVE). To the disappointment of many of us who believe in true clean...
Editorial: Hotel tax collection benefits tourism — and room renters
Government always has to wait for innovation to happen before it can catch up with progress. There was no need for automobile registration before there were cars to register, for example. As utilities have changed, so have regulations for them. With the spread of computers, government’s use of them for...
Letter to the editor: Jail death investigation needs oversight
The article “Lawsuit alleges Allegheny County Jail failed to help man who died by suicide last year” (June 28, TribLIVE) articulates the gross errors made by the Allegheny County Jail staff in caring for Martin Bucek, who died by suicide. A most important question is, who is providing oversight to...
Letter to the editor: Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms
For the first time in our history, the Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms and rights rather than expanding them. A ban on abortions would be a dystopian nightmare of state-enforced pregnancies. This abortion ruling, while egregious, is just one of the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Republicans, don’t you want to be free?
Dear Republicans: That’s what a free woman looks like. Meaning, of course, Cassidy Hutchinson, a young former aide in Donald Trump’s White House, who appeared before the House committee investigating the attempted coup of Jan. 6. Free of the need to defend the indefensible or rationalize the irrational — free,...
Letter to the editor: GOP doesn’t need Republicans who vote Democrat
Regarding Lynne Hughes’ letter “Republicans just want their guns” (June 7, TribLIVE): Dear Liberal Lynne, Go join the Democrats. We Republicans don’t want you in our party. Go enjoy killing all those babies in your pro-abortion liberal love. Signed, a true Republican. Hannelore Miller Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: We need relief from soaring fuel prices
Pennsylvania rarely ranks in the top 10 of states for much of anything positive. Where Pennsylvania does rank higher than most states is our second highest gas tax in the nation (second only to California), a dubious distinction. In 2021, Pennsylvania was handed close to $30 million in covid money from...
Letter to the editor: Time to eliminate state-store system
Here we go again. Voters in Pennsylvania might get another chance to privatize our outdated state store system. The state store system employs several thousand people, has limited hours, is closed on holidays and has some of the most expensive wine and spirits in the nation. The privately owned Total...
Letter to the editor: How about some ‘Thou Shall Not Murder’ signs?
Media reports of mass shootings always generate a liberal knee-jerk reaction to thoughtlessly ban guns, but hypocritical politicians never include their own bodyguards in the gun bans. Wouldn’t it be far more rational to call for more law-abiding citizens to be trained to carry firearms for self-protection? Why the surge...
Editorial: PennDOT needs to find real alternative to tolling
While the U.S. Supreme Court was making all the big news in recent weeks, the justices weren’t the only ones dropping significant decisions. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided to make some waves of its own. It did so by putting its judicial foot down when it comes to...
Letter to the editor: BOOST grants critical for our youth
Since 1888, Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania has provided our region’s children with safe spaces to learn and grow. Today, youth who walk through our doors have access to innovative programs, including our Artificial Intelligence Pathways Institute that is unlocking opportunities to explore this growing industry, our Career...
Letter to the editor: What about essential workers?
The recent revelation that the Allegheny County executive’s inner circle was giving themselves large wage increases is disturbing to say the least (”Large raises for Allegheny County’s top staffers raise timing questions”). Currently, 80% of all county workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2622, make less than the county median wage....
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 4
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 4....
Tom Purcell: The need to vacate this summer
I sure could use a vacation about now — but I have no plans to take one this summer. That’s the breaks for self-employed people like me who do not enjoy paid-vacation benefits. When I do not work, I do not get paid. However, nearly one in four American workers...
The Declaration of Independence
WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 4
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 4....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 4
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 4....
Letter to the editor: Jan. 6 was bad; Nov. 3 was worse
What happened on Jan. 6, 2021, was indeed a disgrace, and those who participated, whether it be the president or the lowest-level rioter, should suffer the consequences. However, what happened on Nov. 3, 2020, will have a more devastating and lasting impact on this nation than the chaos of Jan....
Letter to the editor: Our need for gas guzzlers is confounding
The current price of gasoline is a matter of concern to all drivers. Those who drive large SUVs or pickup trucks are particularly concerned. The average new pickup truck in 2021 was rated at 26 mpg, while the average sedan was rated at 34 mpg. Older models get much worse...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Brooks’ office for help after storm
I would like to thank Eric Felack from the Lower Burrell office of Rep. Bob Brooks. After a recent storm, a transformer as well as three telephone poles plus trees snapped in half were blocking lower Mintwood Drive. Many elderly neighbors were suffering, including one woman on oxygen who needed...
Letter to the editor: They’re coming for your supplements
Get ready people, the feds are coming for your supplements again. Your health rights to buy supplements are about to be robbed from you, and as usual no mainstream news media reporting. The senator responsible is anti-supplement Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. We beat back this nonsense before, and we can...
Letter to the editor: Stop complaining and vote
I have read numerous letters complaining about gun violence and the lack of support or leadership from either Washington or Harrisburg to create changes. Even the recently signed compromise from Congress seems weak to many. People also have complained about the loss of a woman’s federal right to an abortion...
