Letters to the Editor category, Page 392
Letter to the editor: Legalized pot is a gateway drug
Having a family member who went through outpatient rehab a few years back, I am amazed that Pennsylvania would consider legalizing marijuana. During every family meeting I attended, it was stated that marijuana is a gateway drug. Has that changed? Make it legal, and the next step could be cocaine,...
Letter to the editor: Minimum wage hike will hurt poor
Does it make you feel better that the minimum wage is going up? You’ve been told that it will help the working class poor, and this will help increase what they have to spend and the economy. Wrong, wrong and wrong. There’s no evidence to support the claim. Increasing the...
Letter to the editor: Hunting in Pa.
I’ve hunted in Pennsylvania for 62 years and missed only one year due to travel. I missed many opening days of buck season due to school and work requirements, but that didn’t deter me. In life one does what is required at the moment and not what is convenient. Things...
Letter to the editor: We need responsible voters
In her plea for automatic voter registration, state Rep. Sara Innamorato makes the common (common to Democrats, at least) mistake of conflating the principles of economics with those of government (“It’s time for automatic voter registration in Pa.,” Feb. 9, TribLIVE). In commerce, input from everyone gives the market information...
Letter to the editor: Border disdain
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and their minions are showing disdain for our national security and the Border Patrol. The RINOs are just as disrespectful to our front-line Border Patrol agents, who are in harm’s way day and night. We have caravan after caravan approaching our border from...
Letter to the editor: No comparison with the Berlin Wall
The letter “Reagan, Trump — one great, one a disgrace” (Jan. 31, TribLIVE) requires a response. To compare the Berlin Wall to the proposed “Trump Wall” is absolutely ludicrous. The Berlin Wall was a political division of a sovereign country. The only comparison would be a wall extending from Canada...
Letter to the editor: Global lukewarming
The late Charles Krauthammer’s book “The Point of It All” includes an article titled “Apocalypse With and Without God.” He cites major apocalyptic writings which have authoritatively and “scientifically” predicted the demise of civilization. He includes Paul Ehrlich’s best-seller “The Population Bomb,” an astonishingly wrongheaded prediction of the end brought...
Letter to the editor: Howard Schultz looking for big money
The only reason Howard Schultz announced that he’d run as an independent is he is looking for a big-money bribe from the Democrats to not run. Regis Kruth Shaler...
Letter to the editor: Consumers want clarity on hospital costs
I read the article “Hospital price lists go public online” (Jan. 2, TribLIVE) on new hospital price transparency requirements with great interest. As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care (CQC), a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any efforts to...
Letter to the editor: McConnell’s hatred, Trump’s promises
In reply to letter-writer Bob Jacobs (“Impeach Pelosi,” Jan. 29, TribLIVE): Buckle up, Buttercup: No matter how much you whine, stamp your feet or cry to the heavens, Nancy Pelosi will still be speaker of the house. Funny how you mention her hatred of Trump but so easily forget Mitch...
Letter to the editor: Mueller’s targets
I have a silly question to ask, and I’m not aware that a single member of the media has asked it: If Robert Mueller’s team is truly “investigating” Russian collusion, and is as fair and impartial as promoted, why is it only looking at one candidate and not both? Thomas...
Letter to the editor: Those who legalize abortion are evil
After reading about the abortion law in New York and the comments by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, it has become clear that the television media are more concerned about a picture of Northam wearing blackface than they are about the OK to abort babies. Any elected official who writes, votes...
Letter to the editor: Trump a doer, not a talker
I see Sen. Pat Toomey wants to take away the president’s authority on tariffs (“Toomey bill would strip Trump of tariff authority,” Feb. 6, TribLIVE). For years we watched Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton cry that “the Chinese are manipulating their currency and stealing our technology,” yet none of them...
Letter to the editor: Happy National Donor Day
The Health Resources and Services Administration (www.HRSA.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell transplant systems in the U.S. and for initiatives to increase organ donor registration and donation in this country. And while we all know February 14 as Valentine’s Day,...
Letter to the editor: Liberals, taxes & illegals
A simple question that liberals cannot answer without dragging in the president, who has nothing to do with it: What incentive does anyone have to get up every morning, work hard and try to achieve when you want to tax them over 70 percent of their income (federal, state, county,...
Letter to the editor: Time’s up for Trump
The media keeps asking why Roger Stone would use email to plot and plan President Trump’s dirty campaign and threaten a witness. Well, it’s obvious to me that Stone, Trump and the rest of the dirty dozen, or half dozen, felt they were above the law. America has a long...
Letter to the editor: Better coverage for asthma sufferers
When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters. Patients with asthma need access to quality and affordable health care to obtain the medications and treatments necessary to manage their disease and live a healthy life. Medicaid is an especially important program for asthma patients, as half of all kids with asthma...
Letter to the editor: Seniors’ group won’t begin 50th year
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to announce that the Lower Valley senior citizens of Springdale will not be able to begin our historic 50th year at this time. Stan Malak Harmar...
Letter to the editor: Hospital price lists
I disagree with the new federal mandate that requires hospitals to publish standard price lists for procedures, tests, drugs and supplies (“Hospital price lists go public online,” Jan. 2, TribLIVE). Occupational therapy (OT) is a crucial component in rehabilitation, but the upfront cost and benefits might not be clear to...
Letter to the editor: Democrats & abortion
Since the Roe v. Wade decision, more than 60 million of God’s precious babies have been killed. The brutality of abortion defies all of man’s natural instincts. I wonder, have we killed the one sent by God to find the cure for cancer or Alzheimer’s? In 2014, 70 percent of...
Letter to the editor: Why downtown Greensburg for hotel?
Regarding the article “Greensburg woos developers for downtown hotel project” (Feb. 1, TribLIVE): As a resident of Greensburg who frequents the library and post office, the idea of a hotel so near both places on Pennsylvania Avenue is a strange choice of site. Did anyone do a study on the...
Letter to the editor: We need the wall
I’m sure everyone is tired of the childish way our government is being run. No longer is our government for the people but strictly for party only. I’ve not talked to one person who is against a wall. Recently I was getting a haircut at Quinio’s barber shop in Natrona...
Letter to the editor: Say ‘no’ to Sunday hunting
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hunters only represent 4 percent of the national population. So why should a single-digit minority control how the majority enjoy the outdoors (“Sunday hunting clears first hurdle in state Senate,” Feb. 5, TribLIVE)? Traditionally, Sundays are a time for families to be...
Letter to the editor: Humans behind the guns are the problem
Regarding the editorial “Voices heard at gun control hearing?” (Jan. 25, TribLIVE): I know Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and other Democrats would like to rid Pittsburgh of guns. A gun is worthless without a human “behind it.” I have yet to see a gun kill anyone without someone pulling the...
Letter to the editor: Debating JFK
The level of ego displayed in the letter addressing the JFK assassination is astonishing (“Wecht`s JFK myth is ‘nonsense’,” Jan. 30, TribLIVE), and to call Dr. Cyril Wecht, a world-renowned forensic pathologist with firsthand knowledge of the case, a “conspiracy theorist” is completely illogical. It’s an ad hominem attack no...
