Opinion category, Page 549
Letter to the editor: Damage done by media, career politicians
I think the headline on the article “Son of Tree of Life victims sues NRA, alleging gun lobby spread ‘white supremacist’ conspiracies” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE) is erroneous: Those three letters should read MSM — mainstream media, whose biased and slanderous reporting has done tremendous harm the last four years and...
Letter to the editor: Take down your Trump signs
Please take down your Trump signs. It’s embarrassing. President Joe Biden will build back better. Treasure that! Rose Guerra West Newton...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 8
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 8....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 8....
S.E. Cupp: Bitter, partisan reactions to AOC are proof American politics has lost its way
Last Monday night, nearly a month after Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol looking to overturn a democratic election and, in some cases, kill U.S. lawmakers, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live to share her harrowing account of that day. Traumatized not only by the close encounter...
Editorial: Angel Arms fulfills its mission to mend, pandemic or not
The coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest story in the world for a year. But it isn’t the only story. Covid-19 is not the only thing that kills people. The problems associated with it are not the only problems affecting people’s lives. It may be the big bad wolf, but...
Letter to the editor: It’s time to correct minimum wage disparity
Letter-writer Jim Fontana Sr. (“Minimum wage questions” ) asked readers to try to explain why raising the minimum wage could be proper. I am an 88-year-old retired accountant who spent over 40 years working with payrolls and employee benefits, and I would like to try. First, I believe the American...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s plan to restore economy
President Biden has launched a number of executive orders undoing our former president’s onerous orders. Our new president has crafted a bill to create jobs by pump-priming manufacturing, providing loans to small businesses, promoting climate projects, energizing vaccine distribution, and sending $1,400 checks to most taxpayers. Now it is up...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Dermody
I would like to thank Frank Dermody for everything he did for Harrison Township and the communities he represented in the Allegheny Valley. I don’t think residents of the area realize what a loss it is to lose a representative who was the minority leader in the Pennsylvania House of...
Editorial: The inevitable state budget showdown, once again
On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf formally released his latest budget proposal. It was hardly a surprise. This is not the governor’s first budget, after all. In his seventh trip around this particular block, he treads on familiar territory. It pushes heavily on a central theme of increased funding for education....
Letter to the editor: Where is the leadership on covid?
Throughout this country’s history, leaders have stepped up to lead the nation during critical times. Since early last year, we have been faced with a covid-19 pandemic which in one year has taken more lives than the United States lost in World War II. Yet where is the leadership? The...
Letter to the editor: Judging who should get vaccine priority
Regarding the letter “Smokers shouldn’t get vaccine priority” : I have also heard some say the obese, drug addicted and incarcerated should not get vaccine priority. As long as people are judging who is deserving and who isn’t deserving vaccine priority, I ask, where in the vaccine priority should the...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Nation needs real Republicans
These two things happened on the same day last week. Congressional leaders paid their respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed by the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, and whose remains were lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. And Republican Leader Kevin...
Sounding off: Teachers should be vaccine priority
I hear from so many politicians and parents that the kids should be in school. I agree. So, with all the complaining from politicians and parents, why were employees of public schools not first on the list to get vaccinated? Every employee at public schools should have been on the...
Letter to the editor: Big pharma should pay for drug deaths
Could you imagine funeral homes billing big pharma for all the deaths caused by our deadly drug epidemic? They created pills that are addicting and are prescribed by doctors. People, even those with non-addictive personalities, have a hard time breaking that addiction, so pharmaceutical companies made more drugs to help,...
Letter to the editor: Should Trump be held accountable?
Is citizen Donald John Trump, formerly known as President Donald John Trump, above the law? If convicted of crimes he committed prior to and during his presidency, should he be punished to the fullest extent of the law? If he is not held accountable for his possible high crimes and...
Editorial: Unemployment benefit delayed is justice denied
If you lost your job today, how long would you be able to support yourself and your family? How long until you couldn’t make your house payment? How long until the electric bill wasn’t paid? When would you start balancing the car insurance against the homeowners insurance? And none of...
Letter to the editor: Election investigation needed
If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. Who would think that Joe Biden would be elected president after 47 years in Washington? Many of us feel this election had some serious flaws, especially with mail-in ballots. Should we have an investigation? No doubt! We want a true investigation,...
John Stossel: Myths about socialism
People hate America’s big disparities in wealth. It’s a reason why, among young people, socialism is as popular as capitalism. The Democratic Socialists of America want a country based on “freedom, equality and solidarity.” That sure sounds good. But does socialism bring that? One reason for socialism’s continued appeal is...
Mona Charen: McConnell condemns QAnon, except when he doesn’t
So now Mitch McConnell tells us that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s views are a “cancer” on the Republican Party and on the country. Odd that he neglected to make that point when one of his preferred candidates in the Georgia runoff, Kelly Loeffler, campaigned with Greene. The party’s dilemma,...
David Osborne: Union policies force all teachers to strike at Keystone Oaks
Students in the Keystone Oaks School District didn’t attend classes this week, thanks to the strike just initiated by the local teachers’ union — and not every teacher in the district is happy about it. Given the pandemic’s effect on schools, this is already a difficult time for students, parents,...
Colin McNickle: Troubles at Pittsburgh airport
These hardly are halcyon days for Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Its operations have been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. And there’s great uncertainty ahead, what with the discombobulated vaccination regimen and new covid-19 mutations being reported on a regular basis. “The board of the Allegheny County Airport Authority must take...
Letter to the editor: For covid vaccine, how can we tell who’s a smoker?
Apart from one’s thoughts on whether smokers should be placed at the head of the line for covid-19 vaccines, as Gov. Tom Wolf has done, how is the determination to be made on who is a smoker ? It is like saying everyone who has a headache gets prioritized. Keith...
Letter to the editor: Grading ‘facts’ on the election
Let’s “grade” some facts. Grade A facts have official records; a Grade B fact is someone’s interpretation of a Grade A fact which can be questioned. Grade A facts: • A sworn affidavit is a written statement signed under penalty of perjury. • Hundreds of sworn affidavits were given by...
Lori Falce: Why did I get the vaccine?
I hate needles. Always have. Always will. I have a cartoon-like response to being approached with a syringe. But I’m also an adult and I have learned that, like death and taxes, needles are an unavoidable part of the deal. There are flu shots. My doctor will periodically want a...
