Letters to the Editor category, Page 336

I don’t understand why the television media keep creating problems that don’t exist. Is it because they want to divide us or is there some other reason? One problem is racism. Many of us grew up when there was actual racism, but our country is doing very well now. We...

Would the Trib consider not using the names of the idiots who decide (or “allegedly” decide) to take innocent lives? Maybe show their faces if you are worried about clicks, but I don’t think their names are pertinent information because they’ve given up their rights as humans. Just a thought....

Recently, media outlets including The New York Times have printed articles about a minor dustup between Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and President Trump. The gist of these articles is that Trump overreacted to Frederiksen’s innocent comment that any idea about the purchase of Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark,...

Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans, including almost 300,000 in Pennsylvania. As the state’s older population grows, so does the number of individuals and families affected by this dreadful and costly disease. Alzheimer’s and other dementias are a growing global health problem that can only be solved through...

In her letter “Walter Williams’ op-ed misleading,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE), Laurie Lucianne Scheid wrote, “We (liberals) look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we know right from wrong.” I found this quote from Williams: “You have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions.” Isn’t this...

How many places employ people at full pay that do not do their job? Well, I don’t know the answer myself, but the U.S. government is one of them. Isn’t it time the politicians, Republican and Democrat, get on with running the country and quit running their mouths? I love...

In 1973, there were three TV channels and the average “screens” per household were rarely more than one. That same year, Frank Zappa released “I’m The Slime,” prophetically warning about “vile and pernicious slime oozin’ out from your TV set.” By 1979, average screens per household had doubled, and The...

I’d like to recognize the incredible kindness of Dylan Tetil, who took a few moments out of his busy schedule to chat with a lonely elderly man (“Rostraver Eat’n Park waiter serves up simple act of kindness to WWII veteran,” Aug. 19, TribLIVE). Thanks also to Lisa Meilander, who witnessed...

Did letter-writer Laurie Lucianne Scheid actually suggest that black columnist Walter Williams was racist because of his op-ed regretting how easy it is to be labeled racist (“Walter Williams’ op-ed misleading,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE)? She sure proved him wrong. Thomas Wagner Murrysville...

It is plain to see from his op-ed (“Mueller show’s over; it’s time to move on,” Aug. 7, TribLIVE) that my representative, Guy Reschenthaler, does not believe that a) the Russians compromised our 2016 presidential election; b) the confirmation of our nation’s 17 intelligence agencies that the Russians had compromised...

How do so many of your thoughtful, well-meaning letter-writers come to such opposite hyper partisan conclusions? Your July 31 letter headlines were typical: “Overcoming the Trump mistake,” “Dems’ racist rhetoric,” “Mueller vs. Trump: Who to believe?” We are being unduly and selectively influenced by the confusing and repetitive, and even...

After reading the article about the rabbis within the Jewish community asking that Squirrel Hill synagogue shooter be spared the death penalty (“Dor Hadash, New Light leaders urge AG to accept life in prison for accused Tree of Life gunman,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE), I would like to say that those...

I am ashamed of the U.S. House and Senate. The Democrats blame the Republicans for immigration issues, and the Republicans blame the Democrats. They are equally at fault. They sit in Washington and refuse to solve the immigration problem. They prefer to politically point fingers at and blame each other....

After more than two years and an estimated $45 million in taxpayer funding, what was the end result of the Mueller investigation? Fake news owes the public an apology. Day after day, they touted potential “bombshell” revelations that turned out to be fizzled firecrackers. The real collusion appeared to be...

There ought to be an accounting and punitive measures taken against the mainstream media, especially CNN and MSNBC, for what they do to the people who watch, listen and believe. Fortunately, many folks are realizing that many of the accusations against President Trump are baseless. So MSNBC’s ratings are down...

Why … are there so many abortions? Why … are children’s video games so violent? Why … do people say things on social media sites that they wouldn’t say to a person’s face? Why … is there so much violence? Why … do many athletes refuse to visit our nation’s...

I would like to commend Carl Mochak for his letter “Disagreeing with Trump supporters”. The subsequent letter by Bob Serena (“Many veterans support Trump,”) rested my case. I have a rough time accepting the fact that any level-headed, honest-thinking American could cast a vote for such a hateful individual as...

Al Duerig’s letter “Wild claims about climate change, Trump, reparations” (Aug. 19, TribLIVE) is both laughable and insulting to letter-writer Rudy Gagliardi. I think Duerig is another hate-filled Democrat who can’t accept the obvious. I have been on this earth more years that I care to admit, and the climate...

Rudy Gagliardi’s “Trump will get my vote” (Aug. 15, TribLIVE) was the most delusional, untrue letter I’ve read. Don’t insult us by calling yourself a Democrat. President Trump has not done what he promised, like fixing health care and infrastructure, ending wasteful wars, building a wall that Mexico will pay...

Chronic wasting disease can easily be transmitted by saliva dropped when deer feed next to each other, but aerosol transmission is many times more effective. A snort (as many bowhunters can tell you) is common, a sneeze into the crowd, maybe more often as an infected animal weakens, or just...

I usually avoid reading Joseph Mistick’s commentaries because of his disdain for conservatives. However, when I noticed his commentary “El Paso, Dayton shootings & reckless words” (Aug. 10, TribLIVE), I thought maybe, just maybe, Mistick would express some honesty/fairness. Silly me. Mistick’s suggestion that President Trump inspired someone to kill...

Although his suffering was nothing compared to the lasting pain and anguish he dealt to young, vulnerable girls, the self-inflicted death penalty of serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein is a positive outcome. The myriad adolescents whom Epstein indelibly scarred will not now need to relive at a trial the horror...

It’s pitiful how stupid our government is being, spending millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars to try to prevent voter fraud of any kind when all they have to do is go back to pencil and paper with a ballot box. Instead of wasting our money on machines that either...

It’s that time of year again, back to school, and I am again writing that I am terribly upset that Greensburg Salem schools are opening this year, again, with no air conditioning in mostly all schools, except for one elementary school. Why is that? I believe this is a tragedy....

This World Water Week, Aug. 25-30, we can all do something to help conserve water and keep our waterways clean: Go vegan. The water footprint of vegan foods — the amount of water it takes to produce them — is generally much smaller than that of animal-derived ones. For example,...