Opinion category, Page 521
Letter to the editor: We should support our police
God bless the women and men who risk their lives on a daily basis to keep an orderly society. We need to support the local police forces, not take the police away. If we don’t have a police force all over the USA, we will have chaos. You wouldn’t not...
Letter to the editor: Spiritual warfare
Are you at the precipice yet? Whether Christian or not and regardless of your political party, we are in a spiritual warfare against the forces of evil within our government, Hollywood and the media. Like sheep led to slaughter, so many have bowed down to the deceitful powers of government...
Letter to the editor: DeNunzio’s best for airport
I read with some dismay the article “DeNunzio`s cries ‘politics’ as county leaders press to open restaurant lease at Arnold Palmer airport” (April 13, TribLIVE). It seems the county commissioners.have deemed it necessary to open up the airport restaurant lease to any and all bidders. The question must be asked:...
Letter to the editor: Jesus asks us to welcome the stranger
One of the primary requirements to get into heaven, according to Jesus himself (Matthew 25:35), is to “welcome the stranger.” Contextually, historically and morally, the “stranger” refers to aliens, immigrants and refugees. This biblical imperative is all the more poignant when we consider that the refugee crisis on our southern...
Letter to the editor: Election reform must happen
I was happy to read James Kvitkovich’s letter “Mail-in voting good enough for Trump” (April 17, TribLIVE) in support of Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew’s position on embracing election reform changes with some caveats. My wife and I traveled to Greensburg to vote the week before the election because we...
Letter to the editor: Problems with high-tech vehicles, solar
Modern technology is amazing, and in the future will become the norm. However, that time is not here yet. I do not believe there is a safe self-driving vehicle yet. I will not buy an electric car. My house does not have solar panels on the roof. My problem with...
Letter to the editor: What ‘gentrification’ means
I am a retired city planner in my 70s. During the entire time I worked as a planner, I never saw a definition of “gentrification” that resembled the positive explanation you offered in your editorial “Keeping a community intact when ‘gentrification’ beckons” (April 10, TribLIVE). The American Planning Association’s “Planners...
Letter to the editor: Georgia not denying voters water
The letter about denying voters water (“Georgia voting rule not Christian,” April 21, TribLIVE) perpetuates that lie and has nothing to do with someone being or not being a Christian. David Leuthold Unity...
Letter to the editor: Convenient timing for no Norwin tax hike
How convenient that the Norwin School Board voted to not have the first tax increase in a decade. Hmmm. Isn’t this an election year? Voters should not consider this apparent self-serving decision when we vote. Joe Dykta North Huntingdon...
Letter to the editor: L.L. Bean’s gone soft
Well, it’s finally happened. One of the last bastions of solidly male fashion has succumbed to its “softer side.” Anyone who received their copy of L.L. Bean’s summer men’s catalog in the mail knows exactly what I mean. Where those hallowed pages once bore pictures of rugged rubber-and-leather boots for...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s oil, gas lease ban should be reversed
I am very worried about President Biden’s ban on new oil and gas leases. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. energy production exceeded U.S. energy consumption on an annual basis for the first time since 1957. This is essential because it means we don’t have to rely on...
Editorial: Police reform means honoring the meaning of ‘protect and serve’
The question of how to fix what is broken in police departments is echoing across the nation, thrown into overdrive with the trial of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin and his conviction last week for the murder of George Floyd. But in many towns in Pennsylvania, especially in Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: All lives, of all colors, matter
I believe it’s about time the nation drops this Black Lives Matter thing. It tells me that these people do not read the Bible. God created all humans. It’s time that all the people come together and say what Jesus would say: all of the lives of my creation matter...
Letter to the editor: Value of music education
For many, living through this pandemic illuminated the invaluable need for in-person learning and how easily the social, emotional and creative needs of students can be diminished with reduced access to equitable and quality arts education. Reductions to music programs undermine vital aspects of a well-rounded and rigorous education. Instead...
Letter to the editor: Raising minimum wage would be economic stimulus
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth is $177 billion. The three heirs to Walmart saw their fortunes grow last year by $40.7 billion. Thousands of Amazon and Walmart employees’ incomes are so low that they qualify for food stamps, meaning that taxpayers subsidize these booming businesses. Think of that —...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ racist foundations
I felt compelled to correct the record about racist Republicans with some facts. The Constitution’s “Three-fifths Clause” was created because the Southern states wanted their slaves — who were considered property — to be counted as residents in order to increase the South’s representation in Congress. That large population would...
Letter to the editor: Politicians divide and conquer
Ask yourself, who benefits from division? In a recent appearance on TNT, prior to a Final Four match-up, Charles Barkley commented that, “Politicians divide Black, white, rich and poor Americans.” Barkley also stated, “ I think most white people and Black people are great people.” He added his belief that...
Letter to the editor: We all have right to our opinions
Letter-writer Al Scovern (“Loyalty to Trump has gotten Allegheny Valley nowhere,” April 8, TribLIVE) traveled from Maine to visit his hometown Tarentum and felt he had to comment as to how we are a bunch of nut cases and degenerates because he saw President Trump signs and flags, and told...
Letter to the editor: National voting system would work
The solution to the voter rights issue is right before our eyes. Instead of each state hashing out its personal biased voting rights situations, we should adopt a basic national system of voting. All we have to do is to copy what our fellow North American neighbors already have in...
Letter to the editor: Immigrant speaks up
Immigration is one of the most urgent problems in our country today. The reason for this urgency is the crisis the Biden Administration has created on our Southern border. As an immigrant, I have strong feelings regarding this situation. I came to this country as a high school exchange student...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: We don’t always need to pick sides
Since the earliest days of warfare and politics, “divide and conquer” has been used by military and political leaders to achieve and hang on to power. Julius Caesar famously used it in Gaul, and Niccolo Machiavelli endorsed it in “The Art of War” as good counsel for despots. At its...
Sounding off: Combine vaccine passport, voter ID
As I read about the perpetual political wars over the concerns of having a vaccine passport, my solution (to please both Democrats and Republicans) is to just print the vaccine passport on one side and the voter ID on the other side. Simple, everyone is happy and the country is...
Rich Askey: For schools, a light at the end of the tunnel
Finally, we can see light at the end of the dark tunnel that we’ve been walking through for the past year. With covid-19 vaccinations expanding, educators, parents, and students can look forward to a return to normalcy in our schools, where students will be able to come back to their...
Letter to the editor: Money spent for hotels for immigrants disturbing
The Biden administration’s decision to spend $86 million to put “illegal aliens” up in hotels is disturbing to a huge number of people. How much money is being spent for homeless veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, let alone the immense group of veterans who...
Editorial: The price of voting is worth every penny, but who pays it?
Funding and flexibility: That is what Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald would like when it comes to elections. On Tuesday, Fitzgerald testified before the Pennsylvania Senate’s Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform via Zoom, along with officials from Philadelphia. It was a glimpse into how the state’s two largest...
