Opinion category, Page 510
Letter to the editor: What Republican Party has become
Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently stated, “There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump Party.” So what exactly is a Trump Party? Well, since former President Trump “hijacked” the party, here’s what I think it stands for: Pushing the “big lie” that the election was stolen,...
Paul Kengor: NFL and MLB, move your offices
I continue to get emails from Trib readers regarding my columns on Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred engaging in an economic boycott of Atlanta because of his disapproval of Georgia’s election-integrity laws. It was shameless. Everyone is sick and tired of the politicization (and cancellation) of everything, and here...
Laurels & lances: STEM, sentence, study
Laurel: To great ideas. STEM — the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math — has been a priority in education for years as a schools and government alike emphasized the rich opportunities for future careers in all the fields it could open. Three Fox Chapel Area students are showing...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Covid, the crisis that did not bring us together
There is no such thing as the united States. As an era of medical mask mandates draws to a close and we begin to ponder lessons learned, that one should top the list. Not to overstate the case. To our credit, we are a nation that has always united in...
Rep. Natalie Mihalek: Restoring our education system after covid-19
As a mom and a state representative, education is always on my mind. It pains me to see how children have been suffering throughout the covid-19 pandemic — especially when it comes to lost learning opportunities. While schools in my area have reopened, across Pennsylvania, many children haven’t been in...
Earl Baker: A new energy revolution in Pa.
In a momentous milestone for Pennsylvania, the Revolution Pipeline is now online. Over the past decade, energy has provided the Keystone State and surrounding Appalachian region an abundance of natural resources, jobs and economic growth. Revolution, a 40.5-mile pipeline, is just another example of the importance of infrastructure to the...
Letter to the editor: Why no tributes to Officer Brian Shaw?
There were tributes to George Floyd all over the country, including an invitation from President Biden for his family to visit the White House. I haven’t heard anything about a tribute to officer Brian Shaw, the New Kensington police officer gunned down in 2017. Small tributes, yes. Not to mention...
Letter to the editor: Useful idiots of Democratic Party
It’s pathetic! Many of the Trib’s letter-writers must just turn on CNN, or similar cesspools of false information and incitement, and hit the “record” button on the side of their brains, then later plunk their sorry butts down at their little keyboards and hit the “play” button. They all spew...
Letter to the editor: Sickness in Republican Party
Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from her Republican leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 12 because she had the courage and integrity to criticize President Trump. She said he is a danger to our democracy. There is a sickness in the Republican Party, and its name...
Jonah Goldberg: GOP — ‘mostly peaceful’ for me, not for thee
Last summer, after months of protests and riots in response to the murder of George Floyd, the phrase “mostly peaceful,” often used by the media and Democrats to describe the protests, achieved parody status thanks to a CNN clip. It showed a reporter in Kenosha, Wis., standing in front of...
Editorial: The balancing act of vaccines, public health and liberties
Since the first covid-19 vaccines became available in December, the push has been on. Get the shot to the medical personnel, to the most vulnerable, to the front-line workers. Get it to everyone over 65, over 55, over 18, over 12. Get teachers vaccinated and corrections officers and inmates. The...
Gordon Tomb: ‘Green’ medicine is snake oil, likely to sicken Pa.
“Green” energy proposals are no economic therapeutic for Pennsylvania. They’re snake oil miracle cures that ignore the realities of physics — and people’s needs. In January, the Political Economy Research Institute “reimagined” Pennsylvania in a 135-page document that proposed spending billions of dollars on so-called renewable energy to restore the...
Letter to the editor: Why all the fuss on mail-in ballots and voter ID?
So many letters about mail-in ballots. If we are unable to get to a voting place, we request mail-in ballots. This a fact, and it won’t change. We go to the grocery store, drug store, gas stations, liquor store, mall and other stores, so we can go to vote —...
Editorial: Be realistic about public benefits of online sports betting
Online sports betting is quite the growth industry. Watch a professional athletic competition on TV and you are likely to see more gambling commercials than you will the old reliables such as cars, beer and snack food. The ads sell you on the thrill, the interaction, the potential prize —...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s policies are destroying the country
Now you have gone and done it! I’d like to thank my fellow Americans for electing a president who is rapidly destroying our country. In a little more than 100 days, Joe Biden’s policies have created the greatest border crisis in American history, destruction of energy independence, upheaval in our...
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs a gift ban for lawmakers
Pennsylvania legislators have a strong sense of entitlement. The recent article “From frames to furniture to food, here’s how Pa. lawmakers spent millions of taxpayer dollars” (May 12, TribLIVE) shows how generously the state taxpayer supports the perquisites of legislators in running their offices. If that isn’t bad enough, legislators...
Pat Buchanan: Merkel flips off Biden’s protest — to buy Putin’s gas
When the U.S. created NATO, a primary purpose of the alliance was to serve as a western wall to defend Germany against the 400,000 Russian troops on the eastern side of the Elbe River. Seventy years later, Germany has decided to double its dependence on Vladimir Putin’s Russia for the...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Isn’t it time we moved on’ from Jan. 6?
You didn’t see what you thought you saw. You got it wrong, you misunderstood. Your memory is playing tricks. But who can blame you? It was so long ago. We’re talking way back on Jan 6. That’s four whole months. That’s a third of a year! Who can remember back...
Jim Snell: Hacking is just one threat to Colonial Pipeline
The hacking of the Colonial Pipeline showed Americans the vulnerability of our energy supply, and how much we depend on it to power our economy. Stretching from Texas to New York, Colonial transports 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply, carrying gasoline, heating oil, diesel and jet fuel. The pipeline...
Letter to the editor: Torrance workers not protected
Because our call to address danger at Torrance State Hospital has been ignored by management, we feel compelled to go public about a series of assaults against forensic security employees being committed by a prisoner. The assaults began in March and have occurred as recent as May 14 when a...
Letter to the editor: So much waste in stimulus bill
Why can’t our know-it-all leaders run our government like most of us run our households? You don’t put yourself so far in debt that you never can pay it back. What happens when 100% of your income is taken in taxes? Are we then living in slavery? We have more...
Editorial: Westmoreland wisely invests in election workers
The people of Westmoreland County will be investing a lot more in their elections. On Friday, county commissioners voted to lay out a great deal more cash for the process, but unlike the 2019 purchase of $7.1 million in new voting equipment, this time, the money will not be going...
Letter to the editor: The truth about Trump
Honestly, why are so many Trump idol worshippers so snide, aggrieved and misinformed? I don’t get it. I voted for Joseph R. Biden principally because Donald Trump made such a dishonest hash of American diplomacy. It was bad enough when Trump fawned over Vladimir Putin even after American intelligence agencies...
Letter to the editor: Aren’t we one nation under God?
Thomas Jefferson: “I, however place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and Public Debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral...
Tom Purcell: Beefing about price of beef
There are few things I enjoy more than grilling up tasty steaks for a group of close friends, but red meat isn’t going to be on the menu this summer. The cost of beef is higher than ever. According to Bloomberg, “Food inflation has been inching up for months, driven...
