Opinion category, Page 185
Letter to the editor: Left-leaning media
If you’ve ever wondered why the print/broadcast media tend to skew politically leftward, consider this possibility: It may be that their ideas don’t stand on their own merits, so they have to expend considerable effort trying to convince everyone that they are in fact good ideas. To illustrate: Imagine someone...
Letter to the editor: Reschenthaler should do better
Dear Guy Reschenthaler, Some of us grow weary of performance art from Congress. Your own latest: Legislation to rename Washington-Dulles Airport for the former president. This is what you offer constituents? Here’s what you have not offered, as you voted against President Biden’s infrastructure bill. Residents in Bovard are receiving...
Letter to the editor: Energy is cornerstone of Pa.’s economy
America’s economy is growing — and fast. The recent jobs report reflects the hard-working American businesses powering our economy. Pennsylvania’s natural gas and oil industry supports more than 423,000 jobs, providing economic development here in the southwest region of our state and across the commonwealth. Smart energy policies can help...
Editorial: Will Mt. Pleasant boy’s death change federal law?
J.R. Gustafson should be 21 years old. He should be a volunteer firefighter. He should be hunting and fishing and loving life with his family in Mt. Pleasant. But Gustafson’s life was cut short at just 13. He was in seventh grade when he was killed by a 14-year-old friend....
Letter to the editor: Check your facts on Trump
Veteran newscaster Dan Rather characterized Donald Trump as a charlatan and a threat to democracy, saying he rejected a “cheating, lying, racist, treasonous, fascist and vile man” If you consider yourself a person of faith, how can you condone the 77 times Trump posted on Easter Sunday, each post filled...
Letter to the editor: Voting laws preserve our rights
As someone who recently became a registered voter here in Pennsylvania, I understand the consequential nature of our upcoming election and the critical role our civic participation plays in shaping our future. However, new laws seek to suppress our voices, affecting millions of people, including college students like me. If...
Aviva Lubowsky: A progressive Jew’s take on the PA-12 race
Back in the 1990s, I was in Poland visiting a concentration camp. As I exited the gas chamber, I looked across the camp to the barbed wire fence. Immediately beyond it were the backyards of the residents of the town in which the camp was situated. “Were those houses there...
Cindy Black: Remove foreign-influenced corporate money from our elections now
Federal law is clear: Foreign money is prohibited in U.S. elections. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC created a loophole allowing corporations with significant foreign ownership to use their corporate coffers to spend unlimited amounts of money in U.S. elections. With the next presidential election...
Letter to the editor: Cooper advocates for veterans
As a proud veteran who has served our great nation, I am writing to express my great appreciation for the unwavering support and dedication shown by our state representative, Jill Cooper, in advocating for the well-being and rights of veterans. Her tireless efforts in ensuring that those who have served...
Letter to the editor: Lingg will work hard for we the people
Please support Jamie Lingg for state representative, District 55. Holding conservative values, she defends the Constitution and the Second Amendment, and is strongly pro-life. Mom of four children, Lingg is passionate about maintaining the character of our community for future generations. Earning a bachelor’s degree in engineering with a specialization...
Letter to the editor: Dziados will protect our health, freedoms
While the people of Western Pennsylvania suffer health effects from some of the worst air quality in the U.S., Rep. Guy Reschenthaler is taking aim at repealing the Clean Air Act and has called for cutting the entire EPA. Western Pennsylvania has a high incidence of asthma and lung cancer....
Letter to the editor: Look who’s donating to Patel’s campaign
Bhavini Patel must have a very low opinion of the intelligence of the primary voters in District 12. It’s disappointing to see AIPAC, MAGA and Hindu nationalists somehow coming together to fund Patel’s campaign. Jeffrey Yass, the MAGA donor and TikTok investor? Mehir Meghani, the California doctor who opposes protections...
Letter to the editor: Taxes, high prices, presidential election among our problems
It’s always nice to get a little refund on your taxes, but this year my income tax and property tax refunds won’t cover the 32% increase on my taxes. How are people on fixed incomes supposed to survive? If this increase is really to cover past mistakes, does that mean...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 15
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 15....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 15
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 15....
Letter to the editor: Biased ranking of presidents
Regarding the letter “Ranking Biden and Trump” (April 5, TribLIVE), on the rankings of our presidential leaders: Look, I’m not here to endorse Donald Trump or Joe Biden. In fact, we are in quite a quandary with these two guys as our choices. But could this ranking poll be a...
Letter to the editor: Concerns about odors from gas wells
Thanks for your article “Murrysville abandoned gas well to be plugged; state officials assessing thousands more” (March 28, TribLive). I am concerned about the escaping methane odor that bothered Pamela Schrank. Methane is dangerous because it is explosive. However, it is odorless. Gas companies put odorants like mercaptans into their...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman should rethink support of Netanyahu
In the last five months more than 30,000 humans have died violently in Gaza as a result of the military action ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Sen. John Fetterman has stated: “We have an opportunity to stand with Israel in this situation, and this is what I...
Editorial: What’s next for U.S. Steel deal?
U.S. Steel stockholders Friday voted for the merger with Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corp. It was not a close decision, with 71% of stockholders voting and 98% of those approving the proposal. For perspective, the last U.S. president to be elected with a margin like that was James Monroe in 1816....
Letter to the editor: Our tax dollars shouldn’t go to Texas
State Senate Republicans Kim Ward, Joe Pittman, Patrick Stefano and others passed Senate Resolution 251 calling on Gov. Josh Shapiro to deploy the Pennsylvania National Guard to the Texas border. The text of the resolution and Ward’s March 23rd e-newsletter incorrectly assert that undocumented migrants are the source of fentanyl...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro’s energy proposals threaten affordable, reliable energy in Pa.
In his op-ed “My commonsense plan for a new era of energy leadership in Pa.” (April 2, TribLive), Gov. Josh Shapiro claims, “Doing nothing is not an option.” However, his energy proposals are solutions in search of a problem that will do nothing but harm Pennsylvania’s energy industry and raise...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Looking to the heavens, together
It took a major astronomical event, but we learned last week during the solar eclipse that Americans are still capable of standing together. Tens of millions watched the eclipse from Arizona and New Mexico to Maine and New Hampshire. Many folks here watched a partial eclipse from home. Some of...
Point: IRS Direct simplifies tax filing, saves money
If there’s one thing we should be able to agree upon, it’s that everyone should pay the taxes they owe without having to pay for the privilege of doing so. This year, for the first time, residents of 12 states who file simple tax returns can file online for free...
Counterpoint: IRS shouldn’t be trusted with Direct File
Tax Day looms, and the taxman cometh. It is a certainty, as Ben Franklin said. This year, the Internal Revenue Service has launched a pilot program dubbed “Direct File” through which Americans can opt to have the IRS prepare their taxes for free (well, except for the billions of taxpayer...
Letter to the editor: Just mail in your ballot — what could be easier?
Regarding all the letters about “mail-in drop boxes” and the absence of same: No one is trying to squash anyone’s vote. If you have the ability to travel to a drop box, then you have the ability to go and vote in person at your voting precinct. Otherwise, since it’s...
