Opinion category, Page 537
Letter to the editor: More signs for Trump supporters
All the President Trump supporters who won’t take down their signs should put Pirates, Penguins and Steelers signs in their yards, too. They all lost, including Trump. Get over it! Kirk G. Blum Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Maybe Reschenthaler should move
Is anyone really surprised that President Trump’s administration had no plan for distributing the covid-19 vaccine? After all, he had Jared Kushner in charge of the covid-19 task force. A person with an MBA knows more than a doctor that specializes in infectious diseases, doesn’t he? Dr. Anthony Fauci only...
Editorial: The day the schools closed down
It was supposed to be just 10 days. That was where it all started March 13, 2020. School superintendents across Pennsylvania had met in a teleconference with then-state Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera that morning about how to move forward as the coronavirus pandemic was going from something happening in...
Letter to the editor: Wolf should reduce spending, not hike taxes
Gov. Tom Wolf’s term will end in January 2023. Last month, Wolf proposed the largest income tax increase in Pennsylvania history, from 3.07% to 4.49%, along with billions in new government spending programs. If you live in the city of Pittsburgh, your local earned income tax rate is already 3%;...
Letter to the editor: Biden failing at unifying, battling covid
After his inauguration, President Biden told us we were a nation at war, and in order to win, we must unify the country and implement his strategic plan to defeat the enemy, covid-19. He then proceeded to (partial listing): stop the Keystone XL pipeline; weaken our border security; stop deporting...
John Stossel: Government getting in way of vaccine distribution
The vaccine rollout crawls forward. Most of us will spend weeks, or months, waiting. Great Britain did better. As of today, one-third of the English already are vaccinated, twice as many as in America. Why? A big reason is that our government decided to rigidly follow its regimen for the...
Mona Charen: Covid-19’s large non-surprise
“A Covid Mystery,” proclaimed a New York Times newsletter. “Why has the death toll been relatively low across much of Africa and Asia?” Like a know-it-all kid in seventh grade, I thought: “Call on me! I know this!” and clicked on the item. But to my surprise, the account that...
Jonah Goldberg: How long will President Biden remain immune to satire?
There’s a difference between saying something can’t be done and recognizing that you can’t do it. For instance, I can’t run a marathon — at least not without some profound lifestyle changes. But that doesn’t mean marathons can’t be run. Happens all the time, just not by me. Likewise, when...
Letter to the editor: Caring pharmacist steps up to plate
I thought your front-page article “Westmoreland pharmacist ‘absolutely’ wants to play bigger role in doling out covid vaccine” (Feb. 22, TribLIVE) was well written. Ed Christofano, owner of Hayden’s Pharmacy, is a gentleman that has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run for Southwestern Pennsylvania, which has...
Letter to the editor: Biden must take blame for everything, just as Trump did
The left adopted a policy of blaming President Trump for every bad thing that happened when he was in office. The same standard should apply to President Biden, especially his disastrous covid-19 vaccine distribution. Bad weather caused delays in the distribution of the vaccine. The manufacturers didn’t increase production. The...
Letter to the editor: Accusations against military dangerous
On Feb. 17 on CNN, President Biden spoke about “the impact of former military, former police officers, on the growth of white supremacy.” In his position as commander in chief, this is an attack on the people who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms. It began earlier with the...
Lori Falce: Read all about zombie vacuums
“A Dyson Sphere Could Bring Humans Back from the Dead, Researchers Say.” OK, that might be the most startling headline I have ever read. It popped up on my smartphone. I did a double take and obviously I clicked, curious about how my vacuum is going to create zombies. News...
Letter to the editor: Environmental concerns in South Huntingdon
Robindale Energy is developing a Government Financed Construction Contract (GFCC) in South Huntingdon (“Air, water concerns voiced over proposed South Huntingdon coal refuse reclamation,” Feb. 5, TribLIVE). I live downstream of the site. At first, it sounded like a good idea: industry taking advantage of a government program to remove...
Letter to the editor: Toomey should be thrown out of Republican Party
The recent decision by the Pennsylvania GOP to simply rebuke Sen. Pat Toomey (“Censure of Sen. Toomey for Trump impeachment vote falls short,” March 2, TribLIVE) for betraying his constituents by voting to impeach former President Trump was appalling. What the hell are they thinking? More than half of the...
Laurels & lances: Dancing, learning, connecting
Laurel: To ending the week on a high note. Everyone is excited when the school week comes to an end. But at Kiski Area Upper Elementary, one kid is spreading his enthusiasm to others. Cash “Big Sauce” Malobicky is a sixth grader who loves to dance. He might have been...
Lori Dira: Standardized testing should be suspended this year
The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently announced that it would allow individual school districts to decide whether to administer PSSA and Keystone Exams this spring, as would be typical, or to postpone these tests until the fall. While the Biden administration is imploring schools to stick with the usual plan...
Carol Ferguson: Vaccines work — life lessons from polio survivors
We’ve been here before. For half of the 20th century, polio was affecting tens of thousands of children annually. Transmitted by person-to-person contact, polio’s lingering paralytic effects frightened anxious parents so much that people avoided gatherings altogether. Schools were closed, activities were paused. There was no vaccine, no cure, no...
Letter to the editor: What if Andrew Cuomo looked like John Edwards?
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo looked like presidential candidate John Edwards, I wonder if there would have been any sexual harassment complaints against him. Just sayin’ … . Maria Maliszewski Brackenridge...
Editorial: Keep a tight spending rein on Pennsylvania’s stimulus share
It’s important to learn to live within your means — especially when a windfall seems to change the arithmetic. You might be approved for a $300,000 mortgage, but you don’t have the spend the whole line. You could spend that $2,000 tax return on the down payment for a new...
Letter to the editor: Tired of Pirates’ promises
Regarding the article “Pirates GM Ben Cherington hopes to follow model set by recent playoff contenders” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE): Shoulda, woulda, coulda! At one point Hamlet laments, “they fool me to the top of my bent.” The fact remains that in the last 10 or 12 years, the Pirates reached...
Letter to the editor: We need eco-friendly legislation
The article “Power failure: How a winter storm pushed Texas into crisis” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE) highlights the cause and effects of this disaster and shows evidence that our country needs dramatic climate reform. This can start with the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would assess a fee on...
Letter to the editor: Working to end global poverty
More than a year later, covid-19 is still changing our lives: missed vacations, canceled parties and more. These are changes we wish didn’t happen. However, I hope that the pandemic has also brought good changes, and has turned us into kinder people who care about the most vulnerable and are...
Letter to the editor: How Westmoreland commissioners should lead
While I support Commissioners Douglas Chew and Sean Kertes’ efforts to increase the number of vaccines being sent to our county (“Westmoreland commissioners demand increase in covid vaccine deliveries”), real leadership of our highest electeds requires them to step into the breach at the county level and respond to the...
Letter to the editor: We must keep taking precautions against covid
I was surprised to see event listings recently in the Tribune-Review, when the coronavirus “is not done with us,” according to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky (“U.S. advisers endorse single- shot covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson”). Local groups are serving food and drinks, with masks required while not seated....
Jonah Goldberg: Bipartisan dysfunction is fueling reckless spending sprees
After the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden came out to take a bow. This measure came “not a moment too soon,” he said. “For over a year, the American people were told they were on their own.” This is the kind of thing presidents...
