Opinion category, Page 581
Letter to the editor: Christians coaxed to worship demagogues
The Roman ruler Julian, who reigned for a brief period in the mid-fourth century A.D. and who despised Christianity, had this very specific complaint about the early Christians: “As children are coaxed with cake, so have these Christians enticed the poor to join them by kindness. Strangers they have secured...
Letter to the editor: Are Christians among ‘peaceful’ protesters?
I have grown tired of watching “peaceful” protests on television. So many have turned into violence, burning, looting and even death. I believe most of these protesters are paid hooligans bused into cities to protest incidents they are not truly involved with, paid $15 to $18 an hour to participate...
Editorial: Behold the power of your vote
There is a lot of attention paid to endorsements in elections — that rubber stamp from one organization or VIP given to this candidate or that ticket. But if the 2020 election shows us anything, it is the critical importance of another E word. Empowerment. The most important thing about...
Jonah Goldberg: Pandemic and politics aside, it’s a great time to be alive
Whatever is going to happen with the election is going to happen. Most people have made up their minds, and it’s unlikely that any October surprise — or even a November surprise — will change that. The polls have been stable for literally years now, and as of this writing,...
Tom Purcell: However this election turns out, you’ll still have your vote and voice
It’s calm as I write this, the day before the 2020 general election. I hope and pray that the outcome, whatever it may be, is accepted calmly — though I worry it may not be. Americans’ growing divisiveness is concerning, but there’s one element of this election that’s worth celebrating:...
Sheldon Jacobson: Time for Big Ten to lead
The University of Wisconsin football team announced 12 covid-19 infections, including head coach Paul Chryst, after their rout of the University of Illinois Oct. 23. Although no one will likely know the exact details of what transpired, there are several issues that come forward from this sequence of events that...
Editorial: Wage gap is important but so is tax gap
Paychecks can often be a sticking point when it comes to government work. It isn’t that government employees necessarily toil in poverty. It’s that there can be a big difference between what the same work merits in public service versus private. The presidency, for example, comes with a $400,000 annual...
Letter to the editor: Technicalities of voting
I would like to point out some facts about the conduct of the election. First, you can no longer vote a straight-party ticket by marking that option. The option was eliminated in the new election law. If you want to vote for all the candidates of your party, you must...
Letter to the editor: Schools should stay open
Everyone is familiar with the joke about the drunk looking for his keys under the streetlight, because that is where the light is best, even though he dropped his keys elsewhere. I feel there is something similar going on with the notion that closing schools will somehow affect the spread...
Letter to the editor: The excitement of Election Day
As Election Day nears, it’s impossible not to be more and more excited for the results. Finally learning which candidate will be able to start fulfilling all our hopes and dreams, starting Nov. 4. Just think, all your wants, wishes and desires will soon begin to be filled. Sometime between...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 2
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 2....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 2
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 2...
S.E. Cupp: We simply cannot take 4 more years of this
The last election in 2016 feels simultaneously like it was yesterday and 100 years ago. Weren’t we just here eyeing polls that told us Donald Trump was certain to lose? As we look to the election and what the next four years could bring with our vote for president, it’s...
Letter to the editor: Ensuring ballots are counted
Voters in Pennsylvania need to know that if they received a mail-in ballot, they can trade that mail-in ballot at their polling location to vote on Election Day. They need to bring the ballot and the two envelopes that came with it. Democratic voters should be doing that to ensure...
Letter to the editor: Vote for those who support life, freedom
Since its beginning, the moral standard of American society has been based on faith and family values, and that all people have certain unalienable rights endowed by our creator (per our Declaration of Independence). George Washington stated that “Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.” Other founders...
Editorial: Is Pennsylvania prepared for Election Day?
Pennsylvania is ready for the election on Tuesday. That’s what the state government says. “Pennsylvania is prepared. We are protected for this election and voters can cast their ballots with confidence. We are going to have a fair election where everyone can vote without interference,” Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday....
Letter to the editor: David and Goliath updated
Growing up in an evangelical church, I recall “Sunday School,” where kindly parents taught us young teenagers the story of David fighting the fierce Philistine, Goliath. With only a sling in his hand, but also deep faith in God, David defeated a seasoned army champion! Later, I learned that the...
Letter to the editor: The Biden email scandal
Woodward and Bernstein set the journalistic standard in the Watergate scandal. A third-rate burglary set into motion a chain of events that led to the resignation of a president. There was Deep Throat. Follow the money. All the president’s men. The Washington Post set the standard for journalistic excellence in...
Letter to the editor: Country has changed
The Democrats elected President Trump and they haven’t learned one thing from their blundering performance under President Obama. Instead, have doubled-down on that eight-year folly. Sobering up from their defeat would have taught them that their shrillness in insisting on control, silence, obedience and conformism is not working for them....
Letter to the editor: USPS committed to delivering election mail
With a record number of people across the country voting by mail, the U.S. Postal Service is actively working to ensure the secure, timely delivery of the nation’s election mail. This is our No. 1 priority, and we value our partnership with state and local election boards to ensure a...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: We can have an honest, if not perfect, election
In spite of the dust that is being kicked up, this Tuesday’s presidential election will produce an honest count. If each of us does our part by voting and then showing patience with the count, our election officials will deliver a professional, honest and transparent result that we can all...
Editorial: IUP’s job slashing is scary move
It’s that spooky time of year when things that chill the soul wait around every corner. Vampires. Zombies. Blood and gore and skeletons. But the scariest frights are the ones you didn’t expect. On Friday, what jumped out of the dark at 81 faculty members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania...
Sounding off: Where are the adults?
Peter, Paul & Mary had a hit with “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” in 1962. Today a new hit song might be “Where Have All the Adults Gone?” I have exercised my right to vote since I was 18. I knew the date of the election and voted, and...
Letter to the editor: End leaders’ pay to end closures
I believe the current partial and/or complete closings of businesses, schools and sporting events would come to an abrupt halt (and prevent future closings) if the salary and per diem of the governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, and city mayors and council members were terminated for the duration of the...
Letter to the editor: Garrity best pick for treasurer
Elections are about choices, and nowhere is there a bigger contrast than in the Pennsylvania state treasurer race. Our current treasurer, Joe Torsella, is a member of the Philadelphia elite. I don’t believe he has any idea how middle-class, hard-working Pennsylvania families in the state struggle to make ends meet....
