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Letter to the editor: We must oppose Pa. electric car fee bill
Beware: House Bill 1392, imposing annual fees on electric vehicles of $275 or $175, depending on size, and $75 on gasoline hybrid cars, is headed for the lame-duck session of the Pennsylvania state Senate (“Pa. House votes to impose fees on electric cars,” Nov. 21, TribLIVE) after passing the Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: Government’s restaurant restrictions are absurd
Our restaurants and bars are suffering financial hardships, and many will not recover. They have been suffering since March, when Gov. Tom Wolf declared them nonessential and hotbeds for coronavirus. And he’s at it again, with random checks of said establishments to make sure they are complying with the latest...
Letter to the editor: Schools making life-critical decisions
The Norwin School Board has decided to go from in-person to remote learning. This is not an educational, social developmental, convenience or economical decision, but a life-critical decision. All life-critical decisions have four things in common: They are time sensitive, requiring immediate action; they come with limited information and multiple...
Pat Buchanan: Trump’s historic presidency
In the first two decades of the century, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of State supported U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. He was an ever-reliable liberal interventionist. This same Antony Blinken could spend the first years of a Biden presidency helping extricate our country from...
Letter to the editor: Mark Madden and sports viewership
Poor Mark Madden. He can’t figure out why sports viewership is down (“Sports consumers dwindling during pandemic,” Nov. 18, TribLIVE). Blames it on the pandemic. Actually, viewership should be up, but decent Americans were pushed away by lectures from people extolling the character of felons. Poor MM. He’s no Mickey...
Letter to the editor: Psychological terrorism
The degree to which psychological terrorism is being perpetrated upon the world has never been seen before. The depth and breadth of this plan is a feat that could not have been devised by man alone. For those with eyes to see, it’s a prophetic warning. It’s always been that...
Editorial: Why weren’t poll workers better prepared?
Everyone knew there could be issues with the 2020 election. Aside from the obvious political ramifications of a presidential battle that was four years in the brewing, there was a very technical situation at hand. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in 2017 that Pennsylvania was one of 21...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ legacy of debt
In his column “Will Georgia halt the radicals revolution?” (Nov. 11, TribLIVE), Pat Buchanan wrote, “LBJ’s Great Society is manifest today in our staggering national debt.” So let’s look at some debt data. Lyndon Johnson did increase government spending by 13%. Since Johnson, every president has increased the debt by...
Erik Paulsen: Executive order for price controls will harm innovation and patients
President Trump recently signed a new executive order to reform our health care system. While his desire to lower costs for patients is appropriate, the proposed changes would do more harm than good. The new “most-favored- nation” executive order would tie Medicare payments for certain medicines to the lowest price...
Tom Purcell: Finding the good in our grief with Charlie Brown
Good grief. It surprised me how sad I was that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” no longer would air on broadcast television. I felt like I’d lost a chunk of my childhood. In October, Apple TV+ acquired the rights to all “Peanuts” holiday specials including “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” A great...
Letter to the editor: Trump making mockery of democracy
In his letter “What’s acceptable to the left” (Nov. 21, TribLIVE), John Ventre wrote that “President Trump made winning look so easy that voters focused on his personality instead of his policies.” Well, now you can see that his personality is that of a little child who didn’t get his...
Letter to the editor: What we’ve learned about masks
Before covid-19, most people didn’t wear masks, not even in 2009 during the swine flu pandemic. I was in fourth grade then. How did I get the flu? Somebody sneezed. Another coughed. Like covid-19, influenza spreads by airborne droplets. Unknown to me, I came home from school infected. Days later,...
Editorial: Hunting changes could feed families
The Monday after Thanksgiving has long been an additional holiday in Pennsylvania. A day off work. A day with special observations and rituals. And one with a lot of prayers said as hunters call upon a higher power for a little divine assistance in bagging the biggest deer possible. But...
Letter to the editor: Timid state legislators
It should be clear to most that this election seems fitting for a banana republic, not a real one. To add insult to injury, Pennsylvania has been singled out as one of the states whose voting regulations, or lack thereof, has reinforced this situation. I believe Gov. Tom Wolf and...
Letter to the editor: Trump should focus on country, not his loss
It is amazing to me that people still refuse to see the truth about our so-called president. In my opinion, President Trump spreads racism and hate and has been a disgrace to this country. He seems to fire anyone who does not agree with him or won’t go along with...
Letter to the editor: Biden against death penalty but not abortion?
The article “Biden team targets executions as government sets 3 more” (Nov. 22) stated that President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty. Does he want to coddle prisoners who were found guilty of heinous crimes such as torture, sexual abuse and murder? Three federal executions are scheduled to take...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 30
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 30....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 30
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S.E. Cupp: Experience makes a comeback with Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has begun to piece together his Cabinet, and the early announcements reveal an administration that prizes diversity and familiarity, but more vitally, experience over blind loyalty. Needless to say, that is very refreshing and reassuring. My blood pressure already has begun to drop. The last four years...
Letter to the editor: Why vote Republican?
First, let me state that I believe that there is massive voter fraud in American elections and has been for years. The left, in my opinion, has mastered voter fraud. Now, as a pro-America conservative, I ask the question: Why should I waste my vote on a Republican? They have...
Letter to the editor: Give Biden a chance
Can we just get over it? I am referring to the election. As I read the paper, on the Opinion page I see lots of pros and cons about President-elect Biden and President Trump. “Let the implosion begin” says letter-writer Paul Gernhardt (“Implosion of our country”). He lists several of...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ history of election hijinks
When one dives into researching presidential election chicanery, one quickly concludes that the Democrats are in a league by themselves. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln was running against Democrat George McClellan. An elaborate scheme was put in place to steal the mail-in votes of New York Union soldiers who were...
Letter to the editor: Life won’t change much no matter who is president
This is an open letter to my Trump-supporting friends. I have some that I know about, and I’m sure some I don’t. I have at least one brother and a sister who voted your way. Yes, I voted for “the other guy.” He didn’t exactly stir my imagination and I...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Tom Wolf’s actions symbolic
Once again we see Gov. Tom Wolf balancing tax revenue from bars and restaurants against our lives. Instead of an aggressive shutdown, he prescribes token symbolic actions. Now is the time to set the emergency brake. Close bars, restaurants and gyms for a minimum of two weeks, but preferably three....
Letter to the editor: Stand for Trump or for democracy
It shouldn’t be difficult to stand up for democracy in this country. I’m a Republican, but I’m not afraid to admit Joe Biden won Pennsylvania. By denying this, President Trump is asking fellow Republicans whether they stand with him or whether they stand with democracy. Many have rolled over, but...
