Opinion category, Page 516
Letter to the editor: Biden proving to be worst ever
I thought it was impossible to have in my lifetime a president who is even worse than Barack Obama. But in only three months. President Santa Claus has proven that he is that guy! Aside from screwing up the border hideously and, like Obama, running as a unifier and then...
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10...
S.E. Cupp: Enough of Andrew Cuomo’s gaslighting
Any New Yorker alive in the 1980s knows the reference “Teflon Don.” It was well-earned by Gambino family mob boss John Gotti, famously acquitted in three high-profile trials in that decade. The Teflon wore off, however, in 1992, when he was finally convicted of five murders, conspiracy to commit murder,...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh needs plastic bag ban
Pennsylvanians use almost 4.6 billion plastic bags every year, and each bag typically only has a lifespan of 20 to 30 minutes, or the time it takes to drive home from the store. It is high time for Pittsburgh to ban the use of single-use plastic bags or, at the...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating 150 years of the NRA
We are celebrating 150 years of America’s longest standing civil rights organization, the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA works on gun safety, police and civilian shooting club programs and has reached over 32 million young Americans. Here are quotes from three life member presidents: • “I believe the Second...
Letter to the editor: What citizens should do during traffic stops
There’s been a lot of talk concerning police reform needed, but what about citizen reform on traffic stops? A public service announcement is needed across the country detailing what police should (rightfully) expect from the citizen who has been pulled over on a traffic stop. Here’s what we need to...
Letter to the editor: If we believe, fight, we can get through pandemic
This year has been crazy for everyone. Coronavirus has taken a lot from every single person in some way, from teachers to students, big businesses to small businesses. Some have lost family members. All of us have had to miss family traditions and not attend events we have been waiting...
Letter to the editor: Could we outlaw people?
At this point, I don’t care which party you belong to or if you are an independent, nor do I care if you are for gun control or against it. How can you ignore the factual statistics of gun-related crimes in four of the largest U.S. cities: Los Angeles, New...
Editorial: For U.S. Steel, reckoning with Toomey’s questions is a start
In 2019, U.S. Steel’s announcement of a $1.2 billion investment in its Mon Valley Works brought questions and excitement — the good, anticipatory kind. Yes, there would be a new endless casting and rolling facility at the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock and a cogeneration facility at the Clairton Plant,...
Letter to the editor: DC statehood a bad idea
U.S. House Democrats recently voted again to give statehood to the District of Columbia so its residents can vote for members of Congress and the U.S. Senate. D.C. residents already vote for the president with three electoral votes. D.C. is only 69 square miles, much smaller than any current state....
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Broken promises in the Mon Valley
The big steelmakers have been breaking hearts and promises in the Mon Valley since Andrew Carnegie fired up his first Bessemer converter at Braddock’s Edgar Thomson Works in 1875. That’s why, last week, when U.S. Steel pulled the plug on its promise to modernize the mills in the Mon Valley,...
Kevin Kearns: Biden’s ‘Made in America’ must be mined in America
In his recent address to Congress, President Biden appears to have transformed himself into a champion of the “Made in America” cause. As he explained it, his jobs plan — which encompasses everything from rebuilding roads and bridges to accelerating the green energy revolution — will be guided by a...
Kiki Peppard: M is for May, Mom and maternal profiling
Years ago, my testimony at a Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Committee public hearing began with two simple questions. I asked everyone in the room to please raise their hand if they had a mother (alive or deceased). Of course, everyone raised their hands. My second question was, if we all...
Sounding off: Listen to experts, get vaccinated
Taking covid vaccines, with their rare risks, is much safer than the frequent risks of actually getting covid, according to the Centers for Disease Control, this nation’s best source of information about contagious diseases. Yet we often hear people say, “My fear of the vaccines is much greater than my...
Letter to the editor: Biden will destroy our country
Letter-writer Ed Svitek (“We’re better off with Biden”) states, “I gladly will accept whatever we get from President Biden. … I know he never will attack or intentionally harm the good people of this country.” Well, let’s look at the Biden administration’s accomplishments in the past four months: • fracking...
Letter to the editor: Hand right for Franklin Regional board
I’d like to express my support for Diana Altieri Hand, candidate for Franklin Regional School Board. Hand is running for the two-year position. I have had the pleasure of working and serving our church with her for several years now. Very seldom do you meet someone who runs toward a...
Editorial: Nordenberg, the right person as reapportionment referee
It is hard to accomplish anything when two sides refuse to negotiate. It’s true of million-dollar labor disputes and neighbors fighting about fencelines. That’s why what frequently is necessary is an mediator — a rational voice to encourage reasonable debate over a rehashing of all the disagreements. For a courtroom,...
Letter to the editor: Covid numbers and national debt
The May 7 edition of the Trib listed the worldwide cases of covid-19 as 155,481,806. A Google search of the world population revealed a global population of 7.8 billion. Based on these numbers, 1.99% of human beings have contracted covid-19. Discuss. On a secondary note, our president is throwing trillions...
Mona Charen: Who could possibly oppose universal pre-K? (Me.)
Subsidized day care and universal pre-K are goals that sound so wholesome only a ghoul could oppose them. Especially in an era when Democrats and Republicans have achieved consensus that money grows on trees, who could possibly object to spending a few hundred billion or so, as President Biden has...
John Stossel: Students who take out loans should pay them back
Americans took out $1.7 trillion in government loans for college tuition. Now, some don’t want to pay it back. President Joe Biden says they shouldn’t have to. He wants to cancel at least $10,000 and maybe $50,000 of every student’s debt. “They’re in real trouble,” says Biden, “having to make...
Letter to the editor: Killing coal, fossil-fuel industry
Regarding the article “U.S. Steel nixes $1 billion upgrades at Mon Valley Works facilities” (April 30, TribLIVE): I have to agree with U.S. Steel. In 2008, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s actions nearly destroyed the coal industry. In 2020, while running for president, Joe Biden promised efforts...
Letter to the editor: Vote Starr in Allegheny Township
I believe we need a female voice on the Allegheny Township board of supervisors. Kathy Starr not only brings a wealth of experience and real accomplishments to our township, improving our quality of life (you can see a list of her accomplishments on her Facebook page), she also brings a...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ racist history
I’m sure with letter-writer Ken Powell’s vast knowledge, he certainly knows the history of racists (“GOP’s racism,” April 15, TribLIVE). As he stated, he “know(s) the phrases, the looks and the attitudes.” The first nonwhite congressman was Republican Joseph Rainey, elected in 1870. His election was contested by the Democrats...
Lori Falce: Mothering is an action word
Mother is a complicated word. We think of it most easily as a noun — a female parent, the pie-baking June Cleaver who kisses skinned knees and helps with homework. But there are a million kinds of mothers, making it hard to stick with the stereotype. There are mothers who...
