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Joseph Sabino Mistick: Remembering when Americans fought for freedom
As the nation remembered D-Day last week — with what was likely the last big gathering of American heroes in Normandy, France — the world was reminded of the value that America once placed on freedom. The numbers are staggering. On June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 Allied ships and landing...
Francis Wilkinson: GOP continues to wage war on mail-in votes in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, one of the paramount states of our mortal combat electoral system, voting by mail is legal. It’s also safe and readily administered and documented. As in other swing states won by Joe Biden, the 2020 election in Pennsylvania was scrutinized, adjudicated and relentlessly attacked. Despite months of partisan...
Counterpoint: Trump’s conviction is an important victory for the rule of law
Former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This is the first time in U.S. history that a sitting or former president has been found guilty of committing a crime. It’s a sobering milestone but a victory for accountability and the fundamental principle that, in our democracy, no one is...
Point: Trump verdicts make NYC ‘Venezuela-on-the-Hudson’
It’s hard to describe adequately what happened to Donald Trump in Venezuela-on-the-Hudson. Outrageous? A travesty of justice? A devastating blow to the sanctity of our justice system and its reputation for fairness and nonpartisanship? An American repetition of the Soviet show trials of the 1930s? It’s all of those things....
Letter to the editor: Where are all our flags?
We live in the greatest country in the world, and many men and women have died for our democracy and our freedoms. Yet I saw few flags flying on Memorial Day. Are we imprisoned by our binary views and a they/them mentality? Are we all about the me, me, me’s...
Sounding off: Trump and Biden top readers’ thoughts
Trump, Biden and the justice system The family of President Joe Biden is known to be close-knit and loving. It is difficult to imagine the pain the president feels in having to deal with the trial of son Hunter, which could conceivably land him in prison. It is notable that...
Letter to the editor: Some buglers need a little help
Regarding the letter “Our hero veterans deserve real buglers” (June 4, TribLive): I’ve been a VFW Post 33 honor guard for about four months and feel the need to stick up for our bugler. He always played the bugle without the aid of any kind until he no longer could...
Editorial: Will Innamorato’s 500 houses plan work?
Some ailments are acute. They are like an asthma attack — sudden, unpredictable and requiring an urgent and immediate response. Others are chronic and demand steady and sustained supervision, like the steroid inhaler an asthmatic might take daily to strengthen the lungs and stave off an attack. Acute and chronic...
Letter to the editor: Trump is scary
The Time magazine cover story of May 27 included an interview with Donald Trump and his closest advisors, in which Trump’s second term agenda was laid out. The following is an excerpt of that article: “He would let red states monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans....
Letter to the editor: Freedom isn’t free
We just observed the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Do you know what D-Day was? Those unbelievable young men stormed the beaches of Normandy to preserve freedom. The women of that era represented their strength working the factories (Rosie the Riveters) doing tasks they never dreamed of. What will you do...
Gary Franks: Recalling Biden vote to support a sitting president guilty of a felony
In early 1999 Delaware Sen. Joe Biden had absolutely no problem ensuring that then-President Bill Clinton would remain president of the United States, despite the latter being guilty of a felony. After the U.S. House impeachment of Clinton, at the Senate trial, Biden voted twice on the floor to allow...
S.E. Cupp: Money can’t buy me love…or an election campaign
In June 2015, Donald Trump announced he was running for president and made several eye-opening promises. Among them, that he’d be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.” (He left the White House in 2020 with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover.) Another, that he’d build a border...
Talor Musil and Sean O’Leary: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub means more fracking pollution, false promises
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2, is sweeping through Pennsylvania with much the same fanfare as the fracking boom back in 2008. Once again, fossil-fuel companies like EQT and CNX are promising our region groundbreaking new ways to produce cleaner energy, supercharge job growth, and revolutionize the region’s economy. In...
Patrick Sable, Corinna Skorpenske and Amy Stuart: Harrisburg must fully and fairly fund our schools
Public school districts across Allegheny County are facing substantial challenges in continuing to maintain our high academic standards while addressing the many needs of our diverse student population. For example, in the South Park School District, special education costs have grown $7.1 million, while the district has only received $1.2...
Letter to the editor: Kennedy as president?
Maria Bartiromo recently had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on her Fox News show. He told her how angry and upset he is about not being included in the upcoming presidential debate between Presidents Biden and Trump. Kennedy is afflicted with a rare voice disorder that makes it difficult to understand...
Letter to the editor: Justice won out with Trump verdict
The recent verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial proves our justice system works and that no one is above the law. According to Trump, it was rigged. He’s always the victim. The whole country is against him and in a big conspiracy to keep him out of the White...
Lori Falce: Prisoners held in Russia mirror hostages held in Iran
Americans held in a foreign country during a presidential election year. It’s a scenario that sounds familiar for a reason. In 1979, after the revolution overthrowing Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, hundreds of armed college students took the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It was a shocking event, with 66 Americans...
Laurels & lances: Fire and EMS
Laurel: To pulling together. A fire can can devastate a residence. Even when there is no loss of life, it can upend a family and send people scrambling to find shelter and replace the necessities they have lost. But what happens when the residence lost is the place people go...
Letter to the editor: Respecting our judicial system
The partisan responses to the Trump hush money verdict make clear the stark choices voters have this November (“Experts laud legal system for withstanding pressures of Trump trial,” June 2, TribLive). We can either elect an unrepentant scoundrel or a sanctimonious hypocrite. President Biden is calling for respect of the...
Paul Kengor: Our cursing culture
This week, I came across a profanity-laced tirade from the singer Adele aimed at an audience member she sharply disagreed with. I’ll try to sanitize her statement for this community-friendly publication, which isn’t easy and which, well, underscores the point of this column: “Are you (expletive) stupid?” shouted Adele. “Don’t...
Jonah Goldberg: Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election? Sure it could.
How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November? The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I suspect the verdict will matter, just not in ways that are easy or even possible to predict. A lot of the instant reaction revolves around...
Greg Fulton: Recognizing one last hero from D-Day
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” These are the first lines of a short message from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Letter to the editor: Trump, Biden and the justice system
The family of President Joe Biden is known to be close-knit and loving. It is difficult to imagine the pain the president feels in having to deal with the trial of son Hunter, which could conceivably land him in prison. It is notable that the president has not condemned the...
Letter to the editor: Destruction of women’s sports
Well, the Biden administration has allowed girls and women’s sports to be ruined. I wonder what they’re dreaming of destroying next. I recently watched a trans girl destroy the dreams of the girls in a state title championship track meet. Those girls should’ve grabbed their belongings and left the track,...
Editorial: More mental health treatment options are start to solving many social problems
The former Inn at Lenape Heights Event Center and Golf Resort was sold in January for $2.5 million. It prompted a flurry of questions as people in the Manor Township community were left wondering about the impact. The closing took away a hotel, restaurant and location for weddings and other...
