Letters to the Editor category, Page 156

Parents have the right to direct their child’s education. With that right comes the responsibility to oversee what their children are exposed to, especially when it comes to deeply personal topics like sex and sexuality. Unfortunately, it seems Sen. Lindsey Williams thinks she knows better than parents. Recently, she voted...

As an older citizen, I have long been following Pennsylvania political news. Yet I recognized only two names of the nine Republicans, the majority from southeast Pennsylvania, listed as endorsing Josh Shapiro in the article “Democrat Josh Shapiro picks up Republican endorsements in race for governor” (July 6, TribLIVE). Shapiro...

Has the country ever had a worse president and administration? After only 18 months, President Biden and his socialist cabinet have clearly shown themselves to be at war against America. Forcing outrageous inflation on the country through restrictions on American fossil-fuel supplies and investments with no alternative workable energy system...

The Allegheny County executive’s veto of Bill 12162-22 must be overturned. Contact your Allegheny County Council representative today. The eighth edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking was released in May by Concerned Health Professionals of New York (a project of...

When I was a young mayor in Southwest Greensburg in charge of a police department from 1981 to 1992, a school or mass shooting was not even thought about by law enforcement. Nowadays, we find ourselves as a nation in the middle of this senseless violence. I give Westmoreland County...

Regarding the letter “Road salt destroying bridges, water, roads, cars” (July 13, TribLIVE) that identifies the use of salt on Pittsburgh’s roads as a major reason for bridge corrosion and collapse: I’m not an engineer or a chemist, but I believe the writer has made an important point. However, his...

Thank you, Jeanne Passarelli, for your letter “We need new rules for our legislators” (July 10, TribLIVE). A specific case on point: The civil penalties section of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law has never been updated since it was passed and made effective in 1968. It allows...

The late, great Nat King Cole long ago sang, “It’s a Barnum and Bailey world. Just as phony as it can be.” But now we’re living in the middle of the greatest circus ever seen … and phony is an understatement. Take a seat and watch people virtue signal by...

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of council’s ban on natural gas drilling beneath county parks — along with his proposed compromise bill — should be applauded, based on the direct experience of the Deer Lakes Park lease in 2014 (“Fitzgerald defends decision to veto Allegheny County parks fracking ban...

Without notice, the Heinz Field name change came in the blink of an eye. Why not call the stadium Art Rooney Field after the Steelers’ founder? We could revert back to the geographical reference of Three Rivers Stadium. How appropriate. The new naming rights revenue should go back to the...

On July 7, Arizona passed, and their governor has signed into law, a bill that delivers educational freedom for more than 1.1 million students. This is the first state to break the chokehold that public schools and their teachers’ unions have on the national educational system. Parents will have the...

As I drive through different sections of Greensburg, and travel through other towns and cities, I see the same thing everywhere: “Hiring” signs. We have noticed that our popular Sunday morning breakfast restaurant has empty tables an a 45-minute wait time to get a table. Why? Because they can’t find...

As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see as failures, defects, bad policy...

One of the stranger assertions in the Dobbs opinion is that Roe v. Wade is “controversial.” In the first place it’s not true — nearly all polls show a staunch majority against overturning it. But Roe was also a compromise, between the two strong positions that abortion should be fully...

Regarding the Heinz Field name change: I grew up in Hazelwood, worked for many years Downtown, am an alumna of Duquesne University and have a “Pittsburgh Steelers” license plate frame (here in Patriot territory!). I married a New Englander and have lived in New England for many years, but Pittsburgh...

It is time for transparency as to why we let states not enforce laws on the books. Why create new laws if state authorities are not willing to enforce current laws? The question is, why is the state of Maryland allowing picketing outside the homes of the Supreme Court justices,...

Letter-writer Katie Forsythe (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE) states that the Supreme Court’s recent decisions “undermine our freedoms” and that “this radical court seems determined to destroy our democracy.” I want to know how the court undermines our freedoms when it is returning a matter,...

In the interest of fiscal transparency, good stewardship and best practices in nonprofit and church governance, I request the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) make public its annual audited financial statements as well as the names of all appointed leaders representing their respective dioceses. The PCC serves as the public affairs...

Men of God: Once life is conceived, a heart is pulsed, there is life. There is no turning back. Who are any of you to play God? Dion Urban East Vandergrift...

Our great president is in Saudi Arabia to maybe talk to them about increasing their oil shipments to our country. Hey, Joe, I have a better idea: Why don’t you reopen the pipelines that you closed on your first day in office, and our gas prices might return to what...

To residents of White Cloud Road, from a State Route 356 resident: Now you know what we go through on a daily basis. The speed limit on 356 is 45 mph, and I doubt any car goes the speed limit. Since construction started and parts of the road are finished,...

I’ve noticed that a few “Republicans” are not supporting some of our candidates who won their primary races. Sounds a little arrogant and childish to me. Let’s get honest here: Never has our party elected a perfect candidate in a primary to run against a Democrat in the general. Perfect...

Our weak Pennsylvania Republicans were asked by President Trump and patriot groups not to pass the state budget until Act 77 was overturned. They passed it with a 10.7% spending increase from $40.8 billion to $45.2 billion. Apparently having the highest tolls and fuel tax is OK. They spin their...

After this most recent term of the Supreme Court, civics textbooks all over this country will need editing. It seems the judicial branch is now in charge of legislation and amending the Constitution. The justices dismantled our separation of church and state. They ended reproductive freedom. They invalidated gun safety...

We have seen this show before. The Jan. 6 committee hearings remind me of the old TV series “Twin Peaks.” “Twin Peaks” was a show with a feckless investigation in search of a crime with no real beginning, ending or plot, and flashbacks, daydreams and dead ends. And just like...