Letters to the Editor category, Page 160

Dr. Susan Crockford is a wildlife researcher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, whose research has shown that polar bear populations are not declining as claimed by the climate-change establishment, but that polar bears’ numbers are actually increasing. In 2019, the University of Victoria did not renew her appointment as an...

Growing up in McKees Rocks and Robinson Township, my childhood was spent fishing in the Ohio River and at Raccoon State Park. I watched boats race in the Regatta downtown, gazed at the fireworks displays atop the West End Bridge and vacationed on the beaches of Presque Isle. Pittsburgh’s three...

What’s happening with the Trib? We have the worst president in generations, yet your coverage makes him out to be a thoughtful and intelligent problem solver. In my opinion, he hasn’t made a correct decision since taking office. The deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, $3.1 trillion spent on giveaways that never...

You know where your phone is; do you know where your child is? When I hear of violence in America, my thoughts first go to, where were the parents? Growing up, our parents knew where we were even when we thought we were clever enough to fool them. We had...

Another Memorial Day has come and gone; nevertheless, as you read on, please take the time to think about where you would be and how your life would be changed had our brave men and women not fought to make this a free land. It’s a shame that our government...

After reading S.E. Cupp’s slant on the two most recent massacres (“Buffalo, Uvalde and the American psyche,” June 3, TribLIVE), I can say I stopped watching the news on TV. When they started showing each victim of the Uvalde massacre, it was too much for me to watch. All the...

The seeds of hate that were planted at Columbine in 1999 have taken root again, this time in Uvalde, Texas. Just like the killers in Columbine and all the other schools that have been attacked since, the killer premeditated his attack. A healthy relationship between parents and children creates a...

Letter-writer Chris Hartig is way off base with the suggestion that the Keystone XL pipeline be used to steal water from the Great Lakes (“Keystone pipeline could transport water,” June 15, TribLIVE). It would be cheaper if, instead of transferring water south at great expense, both monetary and environmental, the people...

A few years ago, Vandergrift appeared to be a community enveloped in a downward spiral, with empty storefronts and a dismal outlook for the future. But something was about to take root in the community: the Vandergrift Business Association. The VBA geared up and moved forward, hosting many events that...

I’d like to offer a rebuttal to the hypocritical letter submitted by Meredith Driscoll and signed by a cohort of other residents (“LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon,” June 19, TribLIVE). I’ve lived in Mt. Lebanon for 30 years, and my children were educated in the schools. Driscoll...

The Ligonier Valley Learning Center has never had the staffing challenges it has today in the 38 years it has been in operation. While there are other businesses also struggling to recruit and retain staff, our industry supports the workforce of every other industry. If parents don’t have access to...

In my lifetime, I’ve only seen Americans come together two times as a country: when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Sept. 11, 2001. Americans are so sensitive anymore. America is the only country where we can have anything we want, and we are still not satisfied. We are...

Bad guys will always get guns In response to recent letters about sensible gun control: Background checks are a must and registration is good, but I’d like to think these writers would agree the evil element can bypass background checks and certainly won’t register illegal firearms. So where does that...

At Carnegie Mellon University’s commencement May 14, Billy Porter and several others were awarded honorary Ph.D.s. Porter also was commencement speaker. What a wonderful choice. He’s a credit to CMU and a treasure for the entire Pittsburgh region. Best speech I ever heard. I was disappointed when he finished; I...

Why is it OK for the NRA to fight for you to have the right to have a gun, but they can’t give you the OK to buy a gun? Only the government can give you that OK after you pass the “instant gun check.” You either pass or fail....

Tom Yerace’s article “Freeport Area property taxes to increase; amount depends on where you live” (June 10, TribLIVE) was very informative. Apparently they decided not to fill six positions that had been costing $900,000. That’s an average salary of $150,000. In an area where you have taxpayers living in $19,000...

There seems to be confusion about the significance of the Juneteenth holiday. Allow me to explain. On July 4, we celebrate Americans not having to pay taxes to England. On June 19, we celebrate that Americans are no longer bought, sold and owned by the people who didn’t want to...

In his letter “Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism” (June 15, TribLIVE), Joe Schmidt said Doug Mastriano, the state’s Republican candidate for governor, is being unfairly attacked by the media because he’s a Christian nationalist. Christian nationalists interviewed in an article that appeared in the Penn Capital Star on May...

I concur with Joe Schmidt’s excellent letter accusing the Tribune-Review and Associated Press of unprofessional attacks on Sen. Doug (“Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism,” June 15, TribLIVE). I cannot understand why anyone in the media, especially a Western Pennsylvania newspaper, would not only be shocked, but legitimately impressed by...

Republicans do not represent the working classes. Never. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...

Somewhere in this country there’s an 18-year-old who would really like to have one of those cool high-powered people-killers. Just for self-defense, of course. I know President Biden means well, but, if I was a White House reporter, I would ask him this: What’s to prevent his 21-year-old friend from...

The article “Hempfield Area officials get sneak peak of ideas for high school project” (May 27, TribLIVE) reported that the new design could include a new athletic wing. Have nonathletic students been pushed to the back of the school board’s priority list? I believe putting school athletics first has gotten...

It may start with driving your mom to a doctor’s appointment or stopping by to make sure your uncle remembered to take his medication. Support from family is often the first step in keeping aging loved ones independent. However, at some point, the care needs may be more than you...

A recent speech by the president, who swore under oath at his inauguration to protect and defend the Constitution, now informs us all that none of our rights as defined in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution are absolute. Absolute, to me, means God-given. This means he lied when...

I do not hold with taking away guns, but I do think gun laws need changed. It needs to be harder to get a gun of any kind, and we need to shoot the shooter! In Uvalde, Texas, the cowardly police force stood outside while the children were killed. Who...