Opinion category, Page 439
Letter to the editor: Brighton owner’s actions speak for themselves
The problem is insincerity of the person speaking the words. Take, for example, the owners of Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center, the holding company Allaire Health Services, appointed last year by state health officials to temporarily manage Brighton. CEO Benjamin Kurland would not agrree to be interviewed regarding his company...
Letter to the editor: Election needn’t be immaculate, just accurate
Every NFL playoff season I see replays of the “Immaculate Reception.” I’m looking forward to the 50th anniversary of that defining play Dec. 23. No, I wasn’t one of the 650,000 people who claim to have been in attendance at Three Rivers Stadium that day, but I remember where I...
Editorial: Pa. Senate shouldn’t be childish with open records
Malicious compliance is a passive-aggressive response to authority. Tell your kids to clean their room, and they shove everything under the bed. Tell your kid to get in the shower, and she does — but doesn’t turn on the water. Tell your kid he can have one bowl of ice...
Letter to the editor: Trump has done enough damage
In response to letters by Archie Atkinson (“Trump to blame for Biden? What a joke.,” Dec. 1, TribLIVE) and Jack Juris (“Standing by Biden is a bad choice,” Dec. 3, TribLIVE) regarding my letter “Another Trump presidency not the answer” (Nov. 18, TribLIVE), I’d like to explain my statement that...
Letter to the editor: No more excuses for criminals
Please tell me how far up is too far for people to stick their heads. Not long ago mayors, “the squad,” district attorneys and more were calling to defund the police. Now some of those same people beg for help after crime waves take over their cities. What a shame....
Tom Purcell: It’s time to cancel ‘snow days’
“Snow day.” Those were once the two most glorious words ever uttered on an early-morning radio broadcast. When I was a kid in the ’70s, it was pure heaven to wake to snow-blanketed hills, then tune in to Jack Bogut’s KDKA morning show, praying he’d say our suburban school district...
Letter to the editor: CNN 10 is creating a seed for students
Lori Falce makes some good points in her column “Yes, your kid should watch the news at school”. Who can be against that? However, her support of CNN10 is shortsighted. It reveals a naivete that I would not expect from an experienced news person. CNN10 meets a key test of...
Letter to the editor: Flashing Greengate light a mistake
Regarding the article “Drivers seeing red over flashing yellow signal at Route 30 intersection in Hempfield” (Jan. 9, TribLIVE): I’ve been driving for 54 years. The only wreck I had was at the Greengate/Route 30 intersection; I was T-boned by a Route 30 speeder. The yellow light is a mistake...
Letter to the editor: Aileen Wuornos and the death penalty
Last words can give hope to many. I feel better about everything reading what sage murderer Aileen Wuornos said before lethal injection: “Yes, I would just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother...
Editorial: King’s dream is quest for unity
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Ask most people to name when those words were spoken, and they may say the Declaration of Independence. They are not wrong. Thomas Jefferson did pen them on that historic parchment that was sent to a king...
Letter to the editor: Trump changed the Republican Party for the worse
I had to write after reading two recent letters, one proclaiming that the Republican Party “has stayed the same for 60 years” and one stating that only candidates aligned with former President Trump can win an election. You see, the party has changed — just from the sentiment expressed that...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 17
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 17....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 17
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 17....
Mona Charen: Are Democrats trying to lose elections?
Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly inaugurated mayor of New York? Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African American former cop, political moderate and skilled campaigner who represented a better path for Democrats, would step on...
Reps. Danilo Burgos, Angel Cruz and Manny Guzman: Redistricting plan will improve Latino representation
Since the approval of the preliminary plan for Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives on Dec. 16, there has been a significant amount of discussion about how this map impacts communities of color across the commonwealth. As Latino members of the House, we feel compelled to address these important concerns. We...
Letter to the editor: Government broken beyond repair
Our country is almost $30 trillion in debt. We have no provision for a balanced budget in our Constitution, and Congress does nothing. We need term limits for Congress. The IRS is even worse — 14 million people are still waiting for a return for their 2019 taxes. I am one...
Letter to the editor: Socialism in line with Christian faith
Many Christians think socialism is at odds with their faith. But Jesus taught principles very much in line with social thinking. The socialist principle that positively saturates Jesus’ gospel is the fair distribution of wealth, from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs. This would have...
Editorial: Insurance payment for tests should have better coordination
In a pandemic, things can move quickly. You can see that in the rapidly rising and cresting waves of numbers as new variants of covid-19 cause an ebb and flow of spread. It was obvious in the relative lightning speed of development of testing for the virus and for vaccines....
Letter to the editor: HR 1 won’t restore election integrity
On Jan. 11, President Biden spoke about House Resolution 1 as a voting rights bill vital for the future of our democracy. Is that true, or is it only vital to avert the red wave coming in 2022? My reading of H.R. 1 is that it would give the federal...
Letter to the editor: Next governor must support education
If you think the Pennsylvania Legislature has an enviable record of support for public education, think again: We rank 45th in state support for our public schools. You might be surprised to know that Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi are among states that provide more support. Moreover, there are significant discrepancies...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Love on the menu at the Square Café
One morning about 10 years ago I stumbled into the Square Cafe just after dawn, and I had a solid breakfast among some familiar faces. I was happy to see my old friend Rick Sebak there. He was filming “Breakfast Special 2” for WQED. Sebak is known for preserving all...
Sounding off: What if Trump had never been born?
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is a Christmas movie I enjoy every year. How all our lives are intertwined. This year as I watched, I thought … if only. If Donald Trump had never been born; therefore never president. Let’s say the presidential winner in 2016 was either Hillary Clinton or...
Sen. Gene Yaw: What critics get wrong about energy choice
Last month, seven environmental groups wrote a misguided letter to Philadelphia officials bashing legislation that I sponsored as counterintuitive to the city’s decarbonization goals. In October, six Democrats, including two from the southeast corner of the state, joined all 28 Republicans and our chamber’s lone independent to approve Senate Bill...
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan: The first prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay 20 years ago. Will it ever close?
On Jan. 11, 2002, a U.S. military plane landed at our base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the first men deemed “the worst of the worst” by then-Vice President Dick Cheney were brought into the now-infamous detention center. Jumah Al-Dossari, a citizen of both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia whom I...
Colin McNickle: A deeper dive into PIT’s latest passenger numbers
Popular media would have you believe that all is hunky-dory at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). After all, passenger counts generally were up, and PIT’s cargo operations were surging, based on November numbers, the latest available from the federal government. “On the rise,” a newspaper headline veritably shouted the update, missing...
