Letters to the Editor category, Page 363

With all due respect to letter-writer Thomas C. Spallone (“Cosmic luck,” Jan. 18, TribLIVE): Yes, I was born in America. M grandparents came to this country as legal immigrants. The security I enjoy today was not given to me by others. My father was an unemployed coal miner, my mother...

There’s something odd about Alex Honnold’s brain. He’s the subject of “Free Solo,” the best movie thriller you’ll see in years, even more so because it’s real life, not Hollywood. Technically a documentary, “Free Solo” tracks the motivation and physical skills of a man driven to climb the 3,000-foot granite...

This letter is in response to letter-writer Thomas C. Spallone (“Cosmic luck,” Jan. 18, TribLIVE): Reading your letter was so inspirational and thought-provoking. You are absolutely right when you say we had nothing to do with where we were born and under what conditions. The arrogance and disdain that so...

In his letter “Cosmic luck” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE), Thomas C. Spallone claims that “If you were born in America, you didn’t earn your citizenship” because your good fortune came from “random cosmic luck,” and therefore we are no better than immigrants trying to cross our borders. To understand why his...

In his op-ed “Free press, elections help debunk ‘official’ lies” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE), Joseph Sabino Mistick includes a typically sordid narrative portraying Joe McCarthy as a hoaxer. Unfortunately, it’s outdated. M. Stanton Evans’ landmark 2009 “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s...

This is an answer to Jim Blahovec’s letter “What if Native Americans had built walls?” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE): As I view the Smithsonian Channel’s “Aerial America,” I think about the killing, burning and pillaging of the Native Americans by immigrants who took away their land. This leads me to want...

The only thing new in the world is the history you haven’t read. This country was conceived by wealthy white men who wanted to retain the fruits of their labor. The big government across the waves wanted to confiscate that wealth to pay for wars without giving “we the people”...

Mayor Bill Peduto and Pittsburgh City Council, who do you think you are? Your lazy, unlawful attempts to further burden the fine people of Pittsburgh with absurd laws are asinine. You are well aware that your attempt at a gun ban in the city of Pittsburgh, and that’s what it...

After learning about the controversy surrounding the retirement of Harrison Police Chief Mike Klein, I attended the Jan. 28 township commissioners meeting (“Harrison moving toward retirement plan for police Chief Klein,” Jan. 29, TribLIVE). Clearly, the controversy is not only manufactured, but completely disrespectful. The votes to accept the retirement...

Some thoughts concerning Bob Jacobs’ letter “Impeach Pelosi” (Jan. 29, TribLIVE): First: Since when has it been acceptable to label a whole category of people “stupid”? Intelligent political discourse does not include name-calling; instead, it relies on facts and logic. Second: The United States has controlled borders, requiring valid documentation...

One is hard-pressed to find a more brilliant characterization of the Trump phenomenon than George Will’s recent column “Trump is a sad specimen” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE). Will continues his Trump resistance, begun with his early take on 45 as “a bloviating ignoramus” when the “sad specimen” first emerged on the...

America has been on the rise since President Trump took over as commander in chief. Here are some of the stats, courtesy of a Jan. 20 White House fact sheet titled “The Historic Results of President Donald J. Trump’s First Two Years in Office”: 5 million new jobs; unemployment rate...

I wanted to recognize Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California for their upright, dignified and scrutinizingly scrupulous inquisition of Brian Buescher earlier this month amid his confirmation process for U.S. District Court. After hours of prudent investigation, our hyper-tolerant heroines discovered ties between Buescher and...

Regarding the front-page article “Life-saving drug available for free” (Dec. 13): I would like to extend a big thank-you to those who are making the wonder drug naloxone “free” to our addicts. Now could they please extend this courtesy to those who did not choose to have diabetes, cancer, allergies...

The destructive hate, ridicule and closed-mindedness coming from the extremes of our political spectrum, and the mainstream media, are of great concern. The hateful letters and the 24/7, one-sided media opinions that President Trump is stupid and crazy, is an agent of Russia and must be impeached, border on unbelievable....

Upon one of my many visits to the late Greensburg fire chief Ed Hutchinson’s bustling office decades ago, I noticed a note tacked to the window frame that read, “3 days after, John who?” I asked what it meant, and Hutch replied, “Three days after I’m dead, they’ll say ‘John...

There is an ongoing debate about President Trump and Russian collusion, and Hillary Clinton and the Democrats’ interference in the presidential election. Both sides of the political aisle scream and point fingers regarding whose side is the most corrupt (both are). There is a simple fix to this debate: Order...

Where’s the property tax relief we were promised? Pennsylvania is second in the nation in gambling revenue intake behind Nevada. In 2017 Pennsylvania took in 3.2 billion — and that was before we started keno and sports betting. Some estimates project that this will create an additional $1 billion to...

There have been a lot of letters in the Trib lately running down the Democratic Party. We were Republicans for almost 60 years, and we used to think the Republican Party was sympathetic toward the poor and the middle class. Now it seems like they are all about money and...

I’d like to challenge letter-writer Paul Gernhardt (“Why build the wall?,” Jan. 22, 2019), as I found his missive to be quite dubious. The cost of the wall is not $5.7 billion. It is projected to be much higher, although that is of the assumption that the U.S. will actually...

Questions to the question presented in the letter “What if Native Americans had built walls?” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE): Doesn’t this historical event support why a wall might have helped? Did the Native Americans have the ability to build a wall, or did they miss the opportunity? What happened to the...

On the subject of border security, I have a question and a suggestion. First, the question: Why should the Trump administration, or any administration, have to bargain with the opposition party to achieve needed national security? Shouldn’t national security be foremost with all parties? No negotiations should be necessary. Now,...

Nancy Pelosi was speaker of the house in 2008 when she stated a commitment to border security by using options that would work. She also acknowledged the “challenge” of undocumented people in the country and said, “we certainly don’t want any more coming in.” Ten years later and Pelosi is...

It is with heavy heart that I put pen to paper to bid farewell to the amazing country in which I have been blessed to live and raise a family. I am 78 years old, and as I look around, I do not recognize the great nation in which I...

Even though I was not a big Ronald Reagan fan, I can’t deny he was one of the better modern presidents, possibly the greatest Republican president of all time. He led the Republicans to a 12-year stronghold on our country. One of Reagan’s greatest moments came in a 1987 speech...