Opinion category, Page 462
Letter to the editor: We must help creatives get out of their slump
Did you ever lament the loss of something trendy? You were digging something, life was grand, then … poof? If you care what’s surfacing in my portents, it is the downfall of the gig economy that’s making old little me … terribly blue. A fleet-footed happy job market, adored by...
Letter to the editor: Results of lowering expectations
When you lower your expectations, here are just a few of the results. A president who cannot complete a sentence that makes any sense or has any real meaning. A president who thinks spending 3, 4 or 5 trillion dollars doesn’t cost a single red penny. A very neat trick....
Editorial: Wolf vaccine days off not his to give
Every elected official has good causes they would like to pursue and good ideas to get off the ground that are restrained by two things. First, you need the money to accomplish the task. Second, doing so has to be part of your job. Gov. Tom Wolf has problems with...
Letter to the editor: Why public questions vaccines
In the article “ ‘You can’t fix it with facts’: Doctors share patients’ excuses for covid vaccine refusal” (Oct. 17, TribLIVE), you ask, “How can a patient be in disbelief over the coronavirus, pandemic and vaccine …?” One answer is later in the article, which states the following: “Some have...
Jonah Goldberg: ‘Let’s go Brandon’ is what passes for oratory now. Be worried.
The first thing to know about the “Let’s go Brandon” thing is: It’s funny. Or at least, it started out funny. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s how it started. In September, largely or even entirely in response to the Biden administration’s botched handling of our...
Letter to the editor: Mothers should make education decisions
Mothers are the best ones to decide what their children are taught. Period. Children are not government property. I don’t want my great-great-grandchildren to be used as pawns in a chess game. Frank Ernhart Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: A message to Democratic leaders
An open letter to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Bob Casey and Conor Lamb: Please resign. All of you. Plus Pete Buttigieg, AOC, Ilhan Omar, “The Squad,” etc. Fire Merrick Garland. Fire Christopher Wray. Investigate and prosecute Mark Zuckerberg for election interference. No new taxes. No more...
Editorial: Is Westmoreland Co. election confidence just spin?
Last week, Westmoreland County officials were spouting optimism and confidence when it came to the general election. “We’re not getting the same calls and don’t have the same concerns we did,” Commissioner Sean Kertes said. “Overall, our customer service has increased, and it just shows we now have the proper...
Letter to the editor: Battling over race at Gateway
The Gateway School District’s racial achievement gap is in every school building and has been just about every year for at least 16 years. Bottom of the barrel in Allegheny County. To change this, five of nine school board members voted this spring to hire an equity director. Another board...
Pat Buchanan: Is failure baked in the cake at Glasgow?
“Colossal stakes as leaders meet to talk climate,” ran the headline. “The last best hope,” ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from President Biden’s climate czar John Kerry. But these alarmist headings were not atop an editorial. They topped the lead news story in Sunday’s New...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: America’s nightmare
This is a column about nightmares. On Jan. 28, 1856, Margaret Garner slit the throat of her 2-year-old daughter, killing her. Slave catchers had closed in on the Cincinnati safe house to which Garner, an African American woman, had fled, seeking freedom. She tried to kill two of her other...
Editorial: This election matters
Anyone who paid attention to the 2020 presidential elections can tell you that more people voted in that race than have ever voted before. Nationwide there were more than 158 million ballots cast. In Pennsylvania alone, more than 9 million people were registered and 76.5% showed up at the polls...
Dr. Denise Johnson: Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in Pa.
Drug overdose deaths remain one of the greatest health crises facing our state, with drug overdoses increasing in 46 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in 2020. At the same time, Pennsylvania is facing the related public health challenge of rising rates of HIV and Hepatitis C. Our families and communities are...
Letter to the editor: Rethinking the supply chain
America. Containers at ports across the country, sitting. Big box stores unable to receive the goods from faraway places for us American consumers to enjoy our holiday celebrations. Buy American, be patriotic. However, our spending patterns are inconsistent with this philosophy. What if Santa Claus wasn’t inflatable, made of plastic...
Letter to the editor: Pandemic pay essential for essential workers
The approval of federal covid-19 response dollars for Westmoreland Manor workers could not have come soon enough (“Pandemic bonuses approved for Westmoreland Manor staff,” Oct. 21, TribLIVE). There is a major short-staffing crisis across the entire nursing home industry right now. It is imperative that available federal dollars go to...
Letter to the editor: Suggesting ivermectine irresponsible
Perhaps intending balanced coverage, the Tribune-Review let the public be misled about ivermectin and covid-19 with the letter “Ivermectin information slanted” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE), which stated, “Ivermectin has been safely used for human treatments for years, and won its inventor a Nobel Prize.” That’s misleading. The treatments involved parasitic worm...
Letter to the editor: Confederate flag glorifies traitors
Deanna Betras disagrees with Norwin School District leaders’ decision to ask students to change Confederate flag clothing during a “’Merica Monday” celebration (“Norwin resident seeks racial sensitivity, diversity training for school staff after students wore Confederate flag clothing”). Ms. Betras, here is a brief American history lesson for you. There...
Tom Purcell: A good month to grow a beard
November has arrived, and things are going to really get hairy now. Every November, two charitable organizations I like, Movember and No-Shave November, raise funds by encouraging people to not cut or shave their hair. Movember began in Australia in 2003 when two friends joked about bringing back the mustache...
Letter to the editor: Ballot box is sacred
It is time to quit playing games with America’s future. The ballot box has always been cited as the only peaceful way to change our government. Therefore, any suspected tampering with the results of any United States election must be investigated, no matter how minor, or seeming impossible, or costly...
Editorial: Shelter addresses invisible homelessness
It used to be the Applewood Personal Care Home, but a building in Brackenridge might see new life giving shelter to people who have no other home. The Allegheny Valley Association of Churches received a green light from the municipality’s zoning hearing board to use the property it is trying...
Letter to the editor: Divide up ARP money evenly
Westmoreland County has been allocated $105 million in American Rescue Plan funds to address the dislocations brought on by the pandemic. The federal government asked that recipients seek citizen input, and county commissioners have sought public input through online surveys and public hearings. Those are admirable steps. I would suggest...
Letter to the editor: Party affiliation not responsible for bad behavior
I am well acquainted with Dave Majernik’s letters; I believe he has a unique way to use everyday words to misrepresent truth. In “Who’s responsible for ugliness in politics?” (Oct. 18, TribLIVE), he lays blame for all things wrong in this country on Democrats. Let’s look at labor. Problems with...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 1
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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 1
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Mona Charen: Will critical race theory sink McAuliffe?
There are two big reasons that Republican Glenn Youngkin shouldn’t be within striking distance of Virginia’s state house. The first is that Virginia has been trending Democratic over the past decade and a half. Joe Biden won the state by more than 10 points last year. The second and far...
