Opinion category, Page 489
Editorial: When laws collide, human damage can be real
The United States of America sometimes can be a little less united than it should be — and sometimes a little too in lockstep. That is because while the federal government makes laws, so do the 50 individual states. So do municipal governments and counties. While they all have to...
Letter to the editor: Ask leaders to support RGGI, EICDA
I am grateful to Gov. Tom Wolf for taking action on climate change by working to get Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Joining RGGI would benefit Pennsylvanians’ health by reducing air pollution. The Department of Environmental Protection estimates that through 2030 up to 639 premature deaths from...
John Stossel: Transgender competition unfair
“Why do I have to compete against a male body?” complains mountain bike racer Leia Schneeberger. She and others are upset because today, some transgender women, people born male but who identify as female, are winning sports competitions. Schneeberger regularly won bicycle races, until a former men’s cyclist transitioned, competed...
S.E. Cupp: Partisan, cultural divides estranging us from those we love the most
The year was 2004, and a month after Barack Obama would make his national debut at the Democratic National Convention, another Democrat made news — at the Republican National Convention in New York City. Georgia Democrat Zell Miller — a former governor who won with the help of longtime Democratic...
Quentin Langley: Time’s up for Andrew Cuomo
Twelve months ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was admired and seen as a future president. Some Democrats were wishing that Cuomo was the one limbering up for the fight with then-President Donald Trump. Had the Democrats made an error by not skipping a generation to choose Cuomo? Today, New...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Is human compassion so hard for them?
Gunther Hashida killed himself last week. We don’t know why. At this writing, we don’t even know how. What we do know is that Hashida, an 18-year veteran of the D.C. police force, is the fourth cop to die by his own hand after responding to the Jan. 6 insurrection...
Letter to the editor: Democrats allowing covid to spread
Obviously, the Democrats and Dr. Anthony Fauci don’t mind spreading diseases during a pandemic by allowing illegal immigration. They are shipping migrants by bus, trains and airplanes all over our country and then have the nerve to consider mandating that vaccinated people wear masks again. What is wrong with this...
Letter to the editor: No reason to fear mail-in ballots
Letter-writer Dave Majernik (“Beware of mail-in ballots”) fails to point out that the large mail-in ballot response was most likely because of the global pandemic. People of all political parties, or no party, may have been reluctant, as I was, to vote in person because of that. People aren’t “too...
Lori Falce: Self-care is a key part of mental health
Some wounds are easy to diagnose. Break a bone and an X-ray will tell you just how to line the pieces up to put them back together. Cut your skin and it’s clear where the bandage has to go. Even hidden internal problems give us clues with pain or fever,...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s decline is evident
I think it is time all Americans, especially President Biden’s Cabinet and Congress, realize that our president has some aging health problems. It almost appears to me he is a shell of a man, and he is being used. Certainly we have many intelligent people around the president. The world...
Paul Kengor: BLM’s unsurprising stance on Cuba
In response to my last column on Major League Baseball’s silence in the face of repression in Cuba, I got an email from a Trib reader with an altogether different angle. He was less outraged by MLB’s silence than BLM’s “vocal support” of the Cuban regime. His point is more...
Laurels & lances: Delivery, delay and health
Laurel: To a sweet birthday. While the cake is usually the centerpiece of most kids’ birthday parties, we feel confident saying that ice cream will always play a role in Emmett Hendrickson’s special day The newborn Butler Township boy came into the world on July 30 after a stop at...
Rep. Greg Vitali: Pa. should enact methane regulations
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry is a major methane emitter. More than 5½ years ago, Gov. Tom Wolf promised regulations to reduce methane emissions from existing oil and gas industry operations. It’s time to finalize these regulations. Methane reduction is critical in addressing...
Letter to the editor: Don’t let one Olympian taint them all
While I agree with letter-writer Dwayne Buffer regarding purple-haired Gwen Berry turning her back while the national anthem was being played (”Olympian’s action shameful,” July 31, TribLIVE), I disagree with not watching the Olympics. The U.S. athletes have worked hard for years and years to qualify, and for that I...
Addison Del Mastro: Pa. is a microcosm of America’s housing crisis
In recent years, an acute housing crisis has engulfed both America’s coastal metros and Rust Belt regions. California’s Bay Area, for example, confronts a crisis of affordability and limited supply that hastens a population exodus. Midwest cities like Detroit face low real-estate prices and low demand, intensifying urban decline. Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court system is broken
The Republican Party has allowed the Federalist Society to pack the Supreme Court with radical far-right activist judges. The result is a court that is pro-corporation, anti-worker and anti-voting rights. Bush v. Gore, Citizens United and the 2013 Shelby County decisions, all from the 21st century, have the dubious distinction...
Editorial: Masks on, for the common good
OK, we all know the drill. In 2020, when masks were being required by state or local orders or by businesses that were balancing safety and availability during the coronavirus pandemic, it was something new for everyone. Masks are not something that really had been an issue in the United...
Letter to the editor: Stand up against ‘new normal’
What a difference a year makes. It seems like only yesterday that our border was secure, unemployment was at an all-time low, China was on the defensive and we were energy independent. Seems like yesterday “birthing people” were mothers and people burning cities were criminals. Today, given the abandonment of...
Jonah Goldberg: Is Trump losing control of the GOP? Don’t bet on it.
Donald Trump has had a very bad summer. This has given some people hope that the end of the Trumpian captivity of the Republican Party is within sight. I wish I could share their optimism. It’s certainly true that his post-presidency isn’t going great. Because he didn’t want to get...
Letter to the editor: Irony of those who want us to cover our faces
Remember when we fought a war that got Americans killed and wounded so women in the Middle East would not have to cover their faces? Now the same people want all Americans to cover their faces. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Editorial: A glut of dorm rooms cries out for innovation
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is taking steps to combine several of its individual universities into multi-campus institutions, sharing resources with the idea of reducing costs amid flagging enrollment. It’s a good plan. It acknowledges some of the cost-cutting mechanisms that might happen in the business world after...
Letter to the editor: Enough with the Trump bashing
The never-ending stream of anti- Trump letters continues even though he has been gone for six months. I believe this is a futile attempt by the President Biden voters to make Biden look good because they really can’t point to anything good that he has done. Donald Trump’s personality is terrible,...
Letter to the editor: On Amazon in Churchill, trust the process, professionals
On July 14, Churchill’s Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of Hillwood’s zoning application to build a state-of-the-art Amazon fulfillment center on the abandoned Westinghouse property in Churchill (“Churchill Planning Commission recommends plan for Amazon center,” July 15, TribLIVE). Borough council now is holding approval hearings. Reasons this facility should be...
Pat Buchanan: America’s ‘great leap forward’ into socialism
Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican. The plan sent direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans, extended a $300 per week unemployment...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: We can’t endanger the lives of the many to humor the misconceptions of the few
We were almost there. That’s the most frustrating thing about the most recent announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that even those who are fully vaccinated against the disease should return to wearing masks indoors in cities that are covid-19 hot spots. It was only two months...
