Opinion category, Page 574
Editorial: A different kind of Thanksgiving
’Tis the gift to be simple. ’Tis the gift to be free We often think of Thanksgiving in terms of the visuals. A Norman Rockwell kind of festivity with packed tables of loved ones and browned turkeys the size of laundry baskets. Everyone is dressed in their holiday best and...
John Stossel: Thankful for private property’s harvest
I’m thankful. Yes, we’ve got the pandemic, lockdowns, a worsening deficit, etc. But we still live in a relatively free country at the most prosperous time in human history. The pandemic showed that when people are faced with crises, we adjust. Restaurants switched to takeout and outdoor dining. Grocery stores...
Letter to the editor: Does Constitution allow shutdowns?
Can anyone with a computer, smartphone or set of encyclopedias (none of which I have) please answer my question? Does the Constitution of the United States from 1787 allow the government to shut down the country, as it has done, and threatens to do again? Cindy Wallace Harrison...
Letter to the editor: Biden win is a threat to our liberties
The hard-fought liberties we enjoy were based on the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution that were hammered out in Philadelphia over 200 years ago. Now it appears to me that two centuries later, many of those God-given freedoms may have been stolen in Philadelphia, and many more may be...
Letter to the editor: Trump trashing Constitution
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we remember the brave pilgrims who came to New England in 1620. While on the ship, they wrote the Mayflower Compact to provide a governing framework for their colony. Over 100 years later, the United States Constitution was written, and it has served as...
Letter to the editor: All religious leaders should be respected
This Muslim-American belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community wholeheartedly denounces the recent spiral of violence in Europe over the degrading caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. From his own actions, the prophet taught levelheadedness and restraint in the face of abuse. I believe it is undignified for civilized nations to defame...
Letter to the editor: Biden won; Trump needs to get over it
The election is over, and President Trump can’t handle it. And it seems that his do-nothing, gutless, Republican friends in Washington and some Trump supporters can’t get over it, either. Well, it’s over. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won. Get over it. If you want to help Trump leave the...
Letter to the editor: Implosion of our country
It looks like Joe Biden will be installed as our next president. As the saying goes, “be careful what you wish for, you may get it.” Remember this: Biden and Kamala Harris want to loosen immigration restrictions, let undocumented immigrants access health care coverage and institute a watered-down version of...
Editorial: Public health orders that hurt the bar business require a chaser of aid
Gov. Tom Wolf has set last call for alcohol Wednesday at 4:59 p.m., because at 5 p.m. on the biggest drinking night of the year, bars and restaurants have to stop pouring. The new order is aimed at cutting down on the spread of covid-19 over Thanksgiving. The Wolf administration...
David Wassel: Dissecting the 2020 election
At first blush, the Democrats prevailed, although with considerable nuance and caveats. Here’s a rundown. Vice President Joe Biden didn’t win the broad sweep of states that was advertised. But only the 270 Electoral College vote threshold, which he crossed, matters. Democrats didn’t win expected Senate seats, denying them a...
Letter to the editor: Trump and the definition of insanity
Insanity is best defined as doing the same thing over and over and over, expecting different results each time. That President Trump and his bevy of so-called lawyers have now asked Georgia to recount the results of the state’s certified election for a third time clearly indicates to me that...
Pat Buchanan: What Trump will leave in Biden’s inbox
Dismissing President Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election remains undecided, Joe Biden has begun to name his national security team. Right now, it looks Democratic establishment all the way. Antony Blinken, a longtime foreign policy aide, is Biden’s choice for secretary of state. Jake Sullivan, one of Hillary Clinton’s...
Letter to the editor: Fighting for America
So here we are. A divided nation. As we have always been. We will never be “united.” That is how our republic (we are not a democracy) is designed. If we were all “united,” there would be no individual thought or freedom. Unity to the left means you must “think”...
Editorial: Pa. counties need health department authority
The coronavirus pandemic is one big stew pot. The sometimes confusing information that emerges points to a lot of cooks stirring the soup. On the state level, there is the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which coordinates information from 67 counties — plus hospitals and nursing homes and personal care homes...
Letter to the editor: Republicans not party of Lincoln
The Republican Party should fess up. They are not the self-styled party of Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War and presidential election of 1864, the Republican Party of Lincoln outlined a platform of 11 principles. Among these planks: • Resolved, to “forever prohibit the existence of slavery within … the...
Jonah Goldberg: Why forgiving student debt is a bad idea
One good rule of thumb is to judge parties and politicians by their priorities. Politicians often pretend to be for every good thing under the sun, so the best way to judge them is to look at which things they actually work to achieve or spend political capital on. This...
Tom Purcell: Thankful despite cancellation of family feast
My family canceled Thanksgiving this year — my favorite holiday since I was a kid. Usually, 30 to 40 people gather at my parents’ house and sit next to each other at three tables. But in this year of covid-19 — aptly named, because I and everyone I know has...
Kate Boulton: To help end overdose, we have to transform probation
As an increasing number of criminal justice policymakers acknowledge that we can’t punish our way out of the overdose crisis and as America faces a broader reckoning around our criminal legal system, we must address community supervision and its role as a driver of mass incarceration. For people who struggle...
Letter to the editor: Poor execution of Pa. travel restrictions
The value of requiring residents traveling outside of Pennsylvania to have a covid-19 test or quarantine upon return is one I’ll hold opinion on. The exception I do take is to the timing of this and to the lead time provided for compliance. The announcement of this policy was made...
Letter to the editor: Clarifying Jeannette budget details
The article “Jeannette officials OK preliminary budget with no tax hike” (Nov. 13, TribLIVE) lists budget costs of the four top departments in the city: police, $2 million; sanitation, $928,000; fire, $560,000; and streets, $527,000. I would like to clarify the sanitation department costs. On the revenue side of the...
Letter to the editor: Karl Marx, Joe Hill — friends of the worker
Regarding Grove City College professor Paul Kengor’s column “The new activists — no criticism, no dissent” (Sept. 17, TribLIVE) concerning his book “The Devil and Karl Marx”: If I could afford an agent and a publisher to promote it, I could write a book called “The Devil and Donald Trump,”...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 23
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 23....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 23
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S.E. Cupp: Vengeance? No. Consequences? Yes. How to handle the post-Trump era
Much has been written about the art, ethics and prudence of revenge. It’s possible Jerry Seinfeld put it best. In an episode aptly titled “The Revenge,” Seinfeld tells George Costanza, “The best revenge is living well.” To which George dismissively scoffs, “There’s no chance of that.” The topic of revenge...
Rep. John Joyce: American innovation promises covid-19 hope
For centuries, America has been the land of promise, and we have led the way in lifesaving advancement. In the span of my medical career alone, I have witnessed remarkable innovation — from groundbreaking discoveries to new therapeutics and even cures for deadly diseases. In 2020, America’s scientists and researchers...
