Opinion category, Page 488
Letter to the editor: Battling critical race theory
Critical race theory is nothing more than a theory, and not all theories are based on facts. In my opinion, it is Marxism, and the National Education Association wants to brainwash your kids with lies. America does not have a systemic racism problem. However, this is what the radical Democrats/socialists...
Editorial: Tarentum’s borrowing looks like strategic investment
Tarentum Council is taking advantage of low interest rates to refinance debt and possibly borrow more money. With the interest rates at sub-basement levels, this isn’t surprising. It’s an opportunity many municipalities, school districts, counties and more doubtless will jump to pursue. Like refinancing your home loan to lower your...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland commissioners can improve lives
Westmoreland County is on the cusp of generational change thanks to $105 million in American Rescue Plan funds (“Westmoreland residents seek input on spending $105M in pandemic funds,” July 31, TribLIVE). The opportunity to improve the lives of county residents is unprecedented. Funds directed to those in rural and underserved...
Tom Purcell: Pets can solve our national empathy shortage
My Lab puppy, Thurber, makes me laugh out loud every day. The writing life requires you to sit still for long periods of time, but those days are long gone. As I write this column — attempt to write it, that is — my 7½-month-old buddy keeps dropping his ball...
Sam DeMarco: The Shell cracker plant is a boon for business
Denial takes many forms, and while we often are exhorted to “trust science,” some dismiss the science of economics when it doesn’t suit their political agenda. That’s what we’re finding out about the natural gas industry in general and the nearly completed ethane “cracker” plant that is about to trigger...
Letter to the editor: Why the emphasis on covid vaccines?
It seems that the reason emphasis is placed on getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a concern for life. We agree that life should be valued, as it’s a gift from God. What is puzzling is why abortion is supported. Why is the violence and murder in our streets not addressed...
Editorial: The answers the 9/11 families deserve
For most Americans, Sept. 11, 2001, is a date that calls us back to where we were at that time all those years ago. It is something we remember when the topic arises and a memory we are able to tuck away sorrowfully like a sad relic of a lost...
Letter to the editor: Getting Pa. back on track for renewable future
As the wildfires raging out west caused haze to increase around Pittsburgh, one of Pennsylvania’s key programs for renewable energy adoption came to a screeching halt. Since 2004, Pennsylvania’s renewable energy requirements have increased each year, meaning more of our electricity was coming from sources not contributing to climate change....
Letter to the editor: Stand up to the socialists
Wake up, America. Riots, burning, looting, killing, cities in turmoil, schools teaching our children to hate America, getting more money to stay at home rather than work, businesses hurting and closing, the economy in bad shape. This is all out of the Bill Ayers playbook. Citizens protest, and want government...
Letter to the editor: Leslie Rossi a humble American
The writer of the letter “Time to repurpose the Trump House” (July 25, TribLIVE) needlessly bashes Republican Rep. Leslie Rossi and clearly employs a common Marxist tactic of waging class warfare. This is an unfair attack. If he knew Rossi, he’d know she grew up in a middle-class family, her...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 9
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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 9
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Editorial: Time for to push harder for vaccines in state prisons
When it comes to encouraging people to do something they may or may not want to do, there are two time-tested methods: the carrot and the stick. The covid-19 vaccine is seeing both come into play. The carrots have been everywhere for months. A vaccine card can be the way...
Gov. Jim Justice: ARC and West Virginia — partners in a state of improvement
This commentary is part of a series from governors of the 13 states in the Appalachian Regional Commission. ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. For every home improvement project, big or small, you need the...
Mona Charen: Vaccinate the world. Now.
About six weeks ago, I wrote a piece urging that the United States take the lead in vaccinating the world. The case for doing so is even more compelling now. Yes, we’ve been scratching and clawing at one another domestically over vaccine hesitancy, vaccine disinformation, vaccine mandates, masks, schools and...
Letter to the editor: Trump not to blame for covid deaths
I may be crazy, some say so, but you may be stupid! Every time I hear someone blaming President Trump for covid-19 deaths, my blood begins to boil. Do you people blaming Trump realize that you are referring to a pandemic? Are you saying that the leaders of every country...
Letter to the editor: Pa. petroleum saved the whales
It was not serendipity that the United States whaling fleet fell from a high of 735 ships in 1846 to 39 ships by 1876. It was because of the newfound oil resources in Pennsylvania that followed the discovery of the Drake well in 1859. Kerosene produced from that oil replaced...
Letter to the editor: West Penn nurses should be supported
Regarding the article “Nurses at West Penn Hospital authorize strike notice” (July 28, TribLIVE): I delivered my baby at West Penn Hospital just a few months before the pandemic started, and it’s hard to overstate how important the nurses there were to me, my husband, and my baby. It wasn’t...
Letter to the editor: Critical race theory misconception
I commend Jim Harger on his excellent and accurate letter “No debate — fascism spawned by the right” (July 30, TribLIVE) on historical issues. I wish I could say the same of James Kelm’s letter “NEA’s critical race theory push” (July 30, TribLIVE). Critical race theory is a legal theory...
Letter to the editor: For covid decisions, rely on science, not self-appointed ‘experts’
I am not a medical professional, so I rely on experts in the field for advice about masks and vaccinations. I wonder if letter-writer Matt Pergar (“Latrobe’s mask decision the right one,” Aug. 1, TribLIVE) is a doctor. He writes, “Parents know what is best for their children.” This seems...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Vaccines give us choice to prevent more sickness, death
“On the Beach,” the 1959 movie based on Nevil Shute’s novel, is hard to forget if you were a kid when it was released. It’s about a group of people waiting for a deadly radiation cloud to reach them in Australia, the last surviving part of the world, after the...
Sounding off: Now’s the time to fix Pittsburgh’s road system
I have lived in the Pittsburgh area for over 20 years. I cringe every time I need to go into the city. I am sure I am not the only one. This opinion is to piggyback on Tom Kerek’s letter “Eliminating Pittsburgh’s traffic nightmares.” As most people who live on...
Lori Jakiela: Duct tape is sane option when airline passengers go nuts
While some people are shocked by the current attacks on flight attendants — the biting, the spitting, the punching, the threats — this behavior doesn’t surprise me. When I became a flight attendant back in the 1990s, I didn’t realize I’d end up in one of the most-hated professions in...
Letter to the editor: Harris as president a frightening thought
I couldn’t agree more with letter-writer Albert Depew (“Kamala Harris’ character,” July 16, TribLIVE). Harris couldn’t even beat the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang for the Democratic nomination for president. Tulsi Gabbard took her apart at one of the debates. She withdrew from the race before the first...
Letter to the editor: Critical space theory
Every day I hear more about the controversy over critical race theory. The shouting back and forth on this subject is deafening. I believe that CRT has its foundation based in revisionist history, but I’m not comfortable voicing that opinion because this country is now caught in what I call...
