Opinion category, Page 468
Letter to the editor: Mon Valley best site for US Steel
This is a revised and resubmitted letter originally published two years ago. In the original letter, “Electric furnaces & steel” (July 16, 2019, TribLIVE), steel producers in the area were urged to start using electric furnaces to produce steel. It is simply much cheaper to melt iron scrap rather than...
Editorial: UPMC, AHN respecting transplant patients amid covid
Transplantation surgery and the illnesses that can precipitate it come with a lot of baggage. There may be years of health problems that build up to a transplant. Patients and their families can be so steeped in the language and procedures of their hospitals that they develop an almost professional...
Letter to the editor: Anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers — ‘Live Free or Die’
Some anti-maskers and deniers of a truly deadly virus will never change their minds about covid-19, and those same people have, in my opinion, a warped view of the vaccine. Nothing will change their minds, outside of death or near-death experiences. I, too, have become tainted in how I view...
Letter to the editor: Not all party plans are MLMs
In response to Lori Falce’s column “How multilevel marketing ‘parties’ have destroyed real parties” (Oct. 1, TribLIVE): There are legitimate “side hustles” and there are MLMs. I worked as a professional for 35 years and always had a party plan business as a sideline. I met a lot of great...
Stephen Bloom: Schools shouldn’t be political battlegrounds. Let’s make peace through educational choice.
There’s no misreading the signs waving at protests across Pennsylvania. Health restrictions, curriculum, remote learning — almost everything has become a political battle. Just like our nation, our schools are at an inflection point. The controversies roiling school districts all around the state — seemingly absolute and extreme — leave...
Jonah Goldberg: A third party could impose some pain on the Trumpified GOP
In 2020, many on the right had modest hopes for President Biden. The hope hinged on the not implausible theory that he would govern as a centrist because that’s how he campaigned. Biden did markedly better than Hillary Clinton’s 2016 performance with Republican-friendly constituencies. Indeed, 7% of 2016 Republican Trump...
Letter to the editor: Fair Access to Banking Act
I advise utility rate payers to help move for passage House Resolution 1729, the Fair Access to Banking Act, introduced by Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky. Barr laid out President Biden’s plan to mobilize the IRS to force banks to control the amount of loans or refuse to allow...
Letter to the editor: What has Biden done to protect Constitution?
This is a notification from your government: “We have seized all of your private property and your bank account. You will be repurposed, and your assets will be redistributed to those who need them.” It is time for us as Americans to wake up. Joe Biden took an oath to...
Editorial: Let’s talk about domestic violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity to not just put up fliers and circulate hotline numbers, but to talk about things that are too frequently unsaid. It is a chance to say the quiet part out loud. Domestic violence is most often equated with battered wives or...
Letter to the editor: Use of Westmoreland ARP funds
The Sept. 30 Westmoreland County Commissioners meeting was well attended by members of the Voice of Westmoreland (VOW), a nonpartisan grassroots organization. Several of those members spoke, as mentioned in the article (“Westmoreland commissioners urged to spend ARP funds, public hearings set for Oct. 28,” Sept. 30, TribLIVE). Absent from the...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dear Mike Pence
Dear Mike Pence: Most of them are fervid adherents of bizarre conspiracy theories and fascist dogmas that might yet burn this country down. Many of them spew a noxious slurry of racial, religious and sexual hatreds that defame the principles we purport to hold dear. And on Jan. 6 of...
Pat Buchanan: Sink the New World Order tax!
Last Friday, in a triumph for transnationalism, 136 nations, including the U.S., agreed to mandate a global corporate income tax for all nations that will not be allowed to fall below 15%. “Virtually the entire global economy has decided to end the race to the bottom on corporate taxation,” said...
Letter to the editor: No one has privacy anymore
In response to letters to the editor such as “GOP’s invasion of privacy is dangerous”: I believe election audits should absolutely be performed when enough American people question the integrity of an election. If it is all legitimate, like some people believe it is, then why would anyone want to...
Letter to the editor: Questions about Greensburg parklet sale
Regarding the article “Greensburg officials questioned over sale of parklet” (Oct. 2, TribLIVE): The City of Greensburg sold the parklet for $1,200. That’s not a typo. I didn’t forget to add a zero. The city sold the parklet to City Cribs, an LLC partially owned by Suzanne and Mike Ward...
Editorial: Nobel work and win is about education
Education is the scaffolding that supports everything about society. The things we teach our kids are the things that build their futures and our world. Without education, there is no science. There is no technology. There aren’t the logistics that keep trucks on the road and paper towels on store...
Letter to the editor: Carbon fee and dividend is fair
Bob Horger’s letter attacking the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (“Carbon fee, dividend is wealth redistribution scheme,” Oct. 2, TribLIVE) ignores the larger imperative to address the damage done by global warming. The current fires, floods and heat waves portend much more serious disasters if we do not stop...
Tom Purcell: The pitfalls of Daylight Savings Time
Be extra cautious when you “fall back” on Nov. 7. That’s the date we must set our clocks back one hour in honor of daylight saving time. But watch out. The jarring shift to our daily sleep patterns and routines each fall — and each spring — is linked to...
Sheldon Jacobson: NHL teams exercising power of choice on vaccinations
The National Hockey League will open its season Oct. 12. As of Oct. 1, just 12 NHL players were reported to not be fully vaccinated, though several are reported to be in line to have their second dose by opening night. This means that no less than 20 teams are...
Letter to the editor: Fighting back against loss of our freedoms
Once a freedom is lost, you will never get back. Much like a temporary tax, once its on the books, it will never be removed. The Democrats/socialists are using the pandemic and any other crisis to take away many of your personal freedoms. We must fight back now. Steven Ignatz...
Letter to the editor: Ideas to end labor shortage
I have not been tutored in government performance and organization, but it appears that the current shortage in the labor pool may be related to certain well-intended government initiatives gone awry. I cite a brief encounter with a customer service representative who was confined to a wheelchair. Certainly there are...
Letter to the editor: Pitts’ attack on unvaccinated missed some facts
Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column “No vaccine? Goodbye, and good riddance” to me showed that facts don’t matter. The article attacked Americans that are not adhering to the vaccine mandates. Among the many reasons for not complying are that those who had covid-19 have immunity and some are not being vaccinated...
Editorial: Bedbugs aren’t a problem that can wait
Don’t let the bedbugs bite. It’s more than just the cutesy saying your mom would use when tucking you in. Bedbugs are no fairy tale. They’re an all-too-real pest that is not easy to eradicate. Vandergrift residents were thus right to be more than a little alarmed — and grossed...
Letter to the editor: Americans are being played
There is plenty of blame to go around for the catastrophe that is current day America. Is it the fault of the guy who spent four years in politics, or the guy that’s been in government for 48? The increasing power of lobbyists? Maybe it goes deeper? Maybe the endless...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 11
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 11....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 11
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 11....
