Opinion category, Page 492
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland pension fund bond much more than ‘insane’
The article “Westmoreland places ‘leveraged bet on market’ to shore up county pension debt” (July 17, TribLIVE) was a well-researched exposé, based on facts and the opinions of many experts, concerning recent steps by the county commissioners and finance director to issue a $140 million pension fund bond. It was...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: She is 8, and gunfire is her ‘normal’
She is 8 years old. That’s … what? About third grade? Too young for boyfriends. Too young for R-rated movies. Too young for algebra or a learner’s permit. But she has already experienced her second shooting. It happened a little over a week ago in Washington, D.C., outside of Nationals...
Pat Buchanan: Why the left can’t let go of Jan. 6
To understand what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee investigation of the Capitol Hill events of Jan. 6 is all about, a good place to begin is with the sentencing hearing last week of Paul Hodgkins. A crane operator from Tampa, Fla., Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty to a single count...
Letter to the editor: Election audit would put controversy to rest
Why are Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney General Josh Shapiro against a 2020 election audit? If the election was not corrupt, they should welcome an audit. This would put the controversy to rest. This was obviously not your typical election. Dr. William B. Courtney Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: What if government made homeowner’s bird decisions?
Regarding James Cataldi’s letter “A pro-choice/pro-life bird dilemma” (July 24, TribLIVE) comparing abortion to destroying a robin’s nest on his property: Let’s stretch the analogy to its logical conclusion. How would Cataldi react if the choice wasn’t his? What would his reaction be if the government came onto his property...
Letter to the editor: Vice president should be solving problems here, not abroad
I have heard it all now. The vice president of the United States traveled to several foreign countries in an attempt to problem-solve so that their residents won’t want to leave their homeland and enter the United States illegally. Meanwhile, the vice president was voted in to that office by...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners’ bullying of airport authority
Westmoreland County Airport Authority members, while appointed to their position, are independent thinkers and decision-makers, as they should be. I applaud their recent overwhelming vote, by a 7-2 margin, to renew the lease of DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (“Westmoreland airport authority OKs DeNunzio’s restaurant lease,”...
Letter to the editor: Latin Mass cannot be restricted
Regarding the article “Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass” (July 16, TribLIVE): The Latin Mass cannot be restricted or abrogated by the pedantic dictates of any man, be he pope, bishop, priest. No human possesses the power or right to destroy that which has been divinely inspired and...
Editorial: State Supreme Court is right to protect Oil and Gas Fund
When it comes to environmental issues, it often seems like a struggle between protecting nature and protecting the bottom line. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just made a decision that puts them on the same side — even if the state wouldn’t see it that way. The court ruled that Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: Disappointed in ATI
Too often in labor disputes, we hear employers say that they are disappointed. Stated by an ATI spokesperson at the onset of the strike: “We are disappointed for this action, especially at such an economically challenging time for ATI.” (“United Steelworkers begin strike at Allegheny Technologies Inc., reject’s ATI’s last-minute...
Tom Purcell: Croquet could strike up some Olympic ratings
Maybe croquet could improve the ratings for the 2021 Summer Olympics? Please allow me to explain. The covid-delayed 2020 Olympics are on track to be the lowest watched games of the 21st century, according to marketing research firm Zeta Global. The company has found that “More than 60% of Americans...
Susan G. Sterrett: Amazon wants to sell Churchill a ‘pig in a poke’
Hundreds of years ago, a seller might bring a pig to market in a cloth bag (or “poque”). Smart buyers knew to look inside the drawstring “poque” before agreeing to buy. A buyer on the wrong end of a con could end up with a cat and no bacon. Hillwood...
Letter to the editor: We’ve got a winning team in the White House
President Biden and Madam Vice President Harris — no question, a winning team. Jill Biden is a first-class first lady. Keep the groove going. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Can’t help hating leftists
I know you are not supposed to hate. I have tried very hard not to, but I just can’t stop hating the leftists who are working so hard to take down my country. So I guess this is just one sin I will have to live with. John Newhouse Shaler...
Letter to the editor: Media not fair and objective
There were three letters — “Renewables vs. fossil fuels,” “Help citizens, not immigrants” and “Where’s reporting on border?” — and a George Will column headlined “Cartel of nations ravenous for global tax” on the July 15 editorial page that were well-written and very compelling. The points they all made were...
Editorial: Rental assistance tied up in strings
Westmoreland County received almost $13 million in emergency rental and utility bill funding to help residents who were at risk of losing a place to live or the means to heat or power it because of the coronavirus pandemic. But according to Union Mission Executive Director Dan Carney, just 11%...
Letter to the editor: Democracy dies by a thousand cuts
Since the completion of his 2020 election loss, Donald Trump and his enablers continue to spread the “big lie” that the election was rigged and that there was voter fraud, despite a lack of any evidence. Spreading such falsehoods will lead to the death of democracy by a thousand cuts....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 26
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 26....
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 26
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 26....
Mona Charen: Can national solidarity solve our race problems?
On Oct. 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House. As Edmund Morris relates in “Theodore Rex,” many Americans were pleased with this precedent-shattering dinner. But not all. Definitely not all. In the South, disgust and vitriol shook the rafters. A sample of...
Gov. Kay Ivey: Federal-state-local partnership helps tap into Appalachia’s potential
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. The hit country song “Mountain Music” by the band Alabama may...
Letter to the editor: Time to repurpose the Trump House
Donald Trump lost the presidential election, so now it’s time to repurpose the Trump House. I think Rep. Leslie Rossi should replace the Trump statue with one of herself made of gold, at least 75 feet tall, and change the name to “Rossi Kingdom.” After all, isn’t it time for...
Letter to the editor: Continued covid awareness important
Though I respect his reasons, I disagree with letter-writer Steve A. Fazekas’s challenge to the Tribune-Review to remove the daily covid count from its publications (“End daily covid case count,” July 14, TribLIVE). With covid cases and hospitalizations increasing in areas with lower percentages of the population getting fully vaccinated...
Letter to the editor: Amazon facility would degrade Churchill
I grew up in Churchill and still have family and friends living there and family members who have passed on are buried near Churchill. I lived right next door to the George Westinghouse Research Park at two different residences and knew that green space nurtured our community’s air and peaceful...
Editorial: Hospitals shouldn’t have to force vaccines on employees
In December 2020, after months of wondering when a vaccine for covid-19 would be finished and when it would be available, bringing the end of the pandemic into view, people watched as trucks left loaded with shipments bound for hospitals across the country. The delivery was highly anticipated. Once in...
