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Editorial cartoons for the week of March 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 8....
S.E. Cupp: Elite pedigrees are normal for the right’s phony populists
If you were surprised to learn there are scores of secret diners dotting the American heartland, where teachers and construction workers sit down to have regular-Joe conversations over bacon and eggs about the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states,...
Letter to the editor: Don’t forget other vaccinations for kids
The covid virus is terrible and everyone is concerned about getting the vaccination, but please don’t forget to get your children vaccinated for chicken pox, measles, polio, etc. Kids can suffer and die from some of these diseases. Betty N. Harp Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need feel-good legislation
Regarding the article “State university program would offer free education in exchange for staying in Pennsylvania”: First, Sam Bohen, you make me sad! Are you expecting Pennsylvania taxpayers to feel sorry for you because you worked your poor little fingers to the bone over four years? Get real! The $40,000...
Letter to the editor: Where have all the facts gone?
Ahhh, facts, where have you gone? Remember those “weapons” you used to solve a disagreement with your buddies? Remember back in the day, when a disagreement would lead to friendly discussion, then (usually) lead to an acceptable resolution. Imagine, no shootings, stabbings, fistfights, persecution or social shaming of anyone. Imagine...
Letter to the editor: Real causes of problems in Texas
I am so grateful that Pennsylvania has a governor like Tom Wolf rather than someone in Texas like Gov. Greg Abbott or past governor Rick Perry. First Abbott refused to follow CDC guidelines, and more Texans than needed died. Now more Texans died unnecessarily due to a lack of electricity...
Letter to the editor: Generosity enables Bethlehem Project to keep helping
We would like to recognize the residents of Greensburg and the surrounding area, especially the readers of the Tribune-Review. When readers learned through a story in the Trib that the need for help from the Bethlehem Project, a nonprofit that provides rental and emergency housing assistance to renters in our...
Letter to the editor: Religion, politics should bind, not divide, us
I recently read an interesting article that said there are so many things that divide us, such as religion, politics, history and nationalism. I had to ponder this for a moment because something didn’t feel or sound right. I should be able to be proud of my religion, my political...
Editorial: Keep on rolling up sleeves for the vaccines to beat down covid
The coronavirus pandemic has been a yearlong war. There have been front lines and battle plans, equipment deployed and troops activated. There have been far too many casualties. It has been approached as a national security issue because that is exactly what it is — a catastrophic event that threatens...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Leaders should be leading
Texans like to say “Everything is bigger in Texas,” and lately it looks like mistakes are bigger there, too. Many people love Texans’ boisterous exceptionalism, but there is nothing to love about the way their leaders have been letting them down. Gov. Greg Abbott caught the whole country by surprise...
Editorial: Total testing for covid at Allegheny County Jail is worthy goal
Jails check for a lot of things when processing someone who has been arrested. Suspects are checked for weapons or other potentially dangerous items. They are checked for contraband such as drugs. They are photographed, fingerprinted, patted down and looked over. During the course of a stay in jail, there...
Sounding off: Too much pork in American Rescue Plan
The 591-page American Rescue Plan is full of “pork.” Supposedly it is to fight and provide covid relief, but the bill instead is designed to cure social inequities. Keep in mind that these amounts are in addition to what is already budgeted for in these areas. Even programs directly addressing...
Paul Petrick: Let’s celebrate vice presidents, too
As another February fades into history, the month’s historical significance to the American presidency remains incandescent. The birth month to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, February exhibits the least number of days and greatest number of great presidents. This correlation of presidential preeminence and birth date makes one...
Letter to the editor: Abortion in a civilized country
In the USA, we are civilized. Leave your dog outside in inclement weather, and you could have it taken away, be fined and possibly face jail time. Animal cruelty is against the law. It is uncivilized. Physically or mentally abuse your child, and you could have your child taken away,...
Letter to the editor: Trump must face consequences
It is imperative that President Trump suffer the criminal charges he may face. The proof of him inciting the crowd to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and telling them he’ll meet them there, is on tape. The travesty is that aside from the radical fringe groups, most of...
Letter to the editor: ‘Destroy America’ is new agenda
Do you see it yet, fellow citizens? If not, you are not paying attention. President Trump’s MAGA agenda is being replaced by “Destroy America.” Eliminating fossil fuel use with no proven substitute has already destroyed tens of thousands of jobs and is causing the price of oil and gas to...
Mona Charen: How Mike Lee ditched constitutional conservatism for Trump
I didn’t watch much of this year’s CPAC. My digestion is sound, but there’s no point in taking unnecessary risks. Still, I did note the presence of Sen. Mike Lee, a legislator who styles himself a “constitutional conservative.” Lee is the son of a distinguished former solicitor general of the...
John Stossel: Everyone is essential
Politicians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more. Early on, politicians declared that they would decide who was “essential.” Everyone else was told to stay home. Much of the economy stopped. Millions were laid off. Then politicians relaxed the rules...
Ron Klink: Drug costs bill a bad means to a bad end
What happens in a world where medical innovations like the vaccines that are defeating the coronavirus are no longer possible? That could be the result of a ham-handed effort to make America an “also-ran” country in the global pharmaceutical business. Some lawmakers are trying to revive the Lower Drug Costs...
Letter to the editor: Golden calf, golden Trump
The children of Israel bowed down to their golden calf in the wilderness. The Republicans had their golden Donald in Orlando (there was a gold-colored statue of him at the CPAC conference last month). What’s the difference? Moses made his people drink their idol; we have all drunk the dregs...
Letter to the editor: How can anyone be proud to be a Democrat or Republican?
What has become of our once great and peaceful country? Under President Obama, it seemed people were allowed to riot, loot and burn cities. He sent his goon squad to one burning city where the police were told to stand down and watch, but nothing else. There are paid professional...
Lori Falce: How to triage pandemic problems
The doctors stood at the foot of my father-in-law’s bed, explaining to my husband and me what was happening and why. The cardiologist talked about heart rhythms and lost muscle and the crippling heart attack that had brought my father-in-law to the hospital in the first place. It was critical,...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s executive orders
President Biden, the man who promised to govern by consensus, having both the House and Senate under Democratic control, has already issued nearly 60 executive orders and actions, more than any other president in U.S. history. It is my opinion that some of these “signings” can only be classified as...
Paul Kengor: The conservative movement going forward
In my previous column, I wrote about moving the conservative movement beyond Donald Trump. I asked which conservative voices would best serve the conservative movement going forward post-Trump (assuming there is a post-Trump period). I particularly related this question to young people, who are the future of the movement and...
Jonah Goldberg: The problem with following the science
In our increasingly secular age, being on the side of science is similar to being on the side of God — a way to settle an argument by not actually making an argument. Just enlist an unassailable authority and move on. That’s how Joe Biden campaigned for president, vowing to...
