Opinion category, Page 388
Letter to the editor: Radicalized Republicans
Our Republican leaders have studied and learned the lessons of radicalization from groups such as al-Qaida to their benefit. They have been able to radicalize up to 32% of Americans into believing the presidential election of 2020 was stolen in spite of the fact that Republicans in charge of election...
Letter to the editor: Guns come with responsibility
I watch the news every day and become more disheartened all the time. We have children being killed and killing each other. Just this morning was a story of a 12-year-old boy committing armed robbery. I am a gun owner and believe that is my right, but it is also...
Editorial: Is Pittsburgh serious about helping the recently jailed get back to work?
Sometimes the best solution is to try to kill two birds with one stone. Pittsburgh City Council is doing that with a proposal to get work done while giving employment opportunities to people who have recently been in jail. The proposal comes from Councilman Ricky Burgess and would partner with...
Letter to the editor: Cognitive dissonance on guns
Cognitive dissonance is the subject of two letters published June 12 (“Are we OK with child sacrifice?” and “Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners”). In 2021, there were 45,222 deaths by firearms in the USA. 24,292 (53.72%) were suicides. 19,384 (42.86%) were murders. 611 (1.35%) were...
Letter to the editor: Don’t ignore progress in pollution control
Earlier this month, I spoke at the Penn Township, Westmoreland County, Zoning Hearing Board about emerging information regarding widely available technology upgrades that could be made at gas drilling well pads and compressor stations to significantly reduce air pollution. Olympus Energy is proposing to use intermittent bleed pneumatic controllers at...
Tom Purcell: Summer bike hikes a relic of the past
Sitting in my home office, I am greeted by a cool breeze coming through my open window and the sweet sounds of summer outside. It’s late June, which used to be peak bike-hiking season for kids — but now it’s mostly adults who go on long rides on their expensive...
Gisele Fetterman: 10 years of DACA success, but work still remains
Ten years ago, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect the Dreamers and give them an opportunity to work and go to school without fear of deportation. This vitally important program has changed the lives of nearly 830,000 Dreamers and their families across the...
Letter to the editor: Biden ‘transitioning’ us into poverty
So the current occupant of the White House recently took to the mic and told us that this country is undergoing “a great transition.” Indeed we are. He has already transitioned us citizens to the standard of living of Muscovites, circa 1957. And the DNC is so tha-RILLED with the...
Letter to the editor: Pride is one of the deadly sins
Let’s thank the brothers and sisters we have and love in this world for establishing the month of June to recognize the character trait of pride. So let us recognize it for what it is … one of the seven deadly vices or sins. It’s not to be celebrated as...
Letter to the editor: It’s Democrats, not Republicans, who are sacrificing children
Give credit to letter-writer Lynne Hughes (“Republicans just want their guns,” June 7, TribLIVE), because it takes courage for a person to say, “I am a registered Republican who votes Democrat,” aka RINO. That said, Hughes made an asinine statement saying that the Republican Party will “sacrifice every single child...
Letter to the editor: Nelson’s college voucher program bad idea
I find Republican Rep. Eric Nelson’s proposed college voucher program ill conceived and rife with omissions (“Hempfield lawmaker’s bill targets Pitt, Penn State funding,” June 2, TribLIVE). It would take money away from Pennsylvania’s public universities and give it to parents for any postsecondary education or any other qualified education...
Editorial: Funding formula is PaSSHE pipe dream
Will a new formula redistribute state university money in a way that works? The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s governing board unanimously approved the funding proposal on Wednesday. It would follow what seems like an obvious plan, directing the money based on enrollment at what will be 10 universities...
Letter to the editor: What about the two-ton weapons — cars?
In response to Diana Steck’s letter “Enough is enough — we need action on guns” (June 8, TribLIVE): Wow, amazing, good go, Congress, for passing new gun control laws and saving the children of the USA. Steck got the “action” she clamored for. I sure won’t miss all of the...
Letter to the editor: Dairy farmers key to feeding future generations
I was disappointed to read the letter “Plant-based dairy products better for all” (June 13, TribLIVE), from the head of an animal rights organization who continues to disseminate misinformation about milk and dairy production. As one of the owners of our region’s most forward-leaning dairy operations, I thought I would...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20....
Mona Charen: It’s not what Trump knew, but what he had a responsibility to know
Watergate, whose 50th anniversary is upon us, is remembered for the question: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” But in our age of post-truth politics, the question loses its punch. The Jan. 6 committee devoted the second of its public hearings to demonstrating beyond doubt...
Letter to the editor: Remember your newspaper carrier in these tough times
The carriers who deliver our newspapers to our homes use their own vehicles. The extreme increase in the price of gasoline has to be crushing their already small profit margins. It becomes a job not worth doing. Please consider sending your carrier an extra $10 or $20 so we can...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t leaders giving the majority what they want?
I was thinking: If our government is supposed to be a democracy and a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and according to polls shown on the news, over 80% of the people support background checks on resale of firearms and raising the age to...
7 letters from this week: Children suffer when we cater to gun owners
Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners The horrifying murder of small children is not the worst of it. The worst of it is catering to a minority of paranoid gun owners, who do not represent a majority of gun owners, to force millions of small children...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing liquor stores
State Rep. Natalie Mihalek says if state liquor stores are privatized, repatriated sales from shoppers who now go out of state to buy their liquor will more than make up for any revenue loss. That claim is hogwash. Delaware taxes a bottle of Jack Daniels at 74 cents, vs. the...
Andrew Reiner: On Father’s Day, some dads just want to parent without the stereotypes
Recently, I was sitting in the cafe of a large chain grocery store when two employees walked by. One of them must have been training the other one because he said to his colleague, “You saw how crazy things were for Mother’s Day? How we sold out of flowers?” The...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Freeport mayor Swartz for love and dedication
My family and I would like to give thanks to Freeport mayor James Swartz Jr. for his decades of dedication and love to Freeport, the most friendly, well maintained, financially responsible and, most important, safest place to live in the entire AK Valley (“Freeport Mayor James Swartz Jr. resigns: ‘It’s...
Editorial: Always check the back seat for children
Today is a day to remember fathers. Instead, it seems important to urge everyone to remember kids instead. The littlest children. The ones without words yet. The ones who fall asleep quietly in the back of cars. Dads can take care of themselves. They really don’t need another tie. What...
Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon
The lawsuit filed by three Mt. Lebanon mothers is absolutely irresponsible, harmful and a waste of our taxpayer dollars (“Mt. Lebanon mothers sue school district, teacher over gender identity lessons,” June 9, TribLIVE). As taxpayers, we are angry our award- winning school district will have to fight this bigotry in...
