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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 4
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 4....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 4
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 4....
Letter to the editor: Abortion clinics should be held to same standards as surgical facilities
The writer of the letter “Backward steps on abortion” (Feb. 19, TribLive) fails to tell you that abortion businesses are just that. They sell abortion procedures. Abortion is an invasive procedure that is neither as simple nor as safe as some advocates of abortion would have the public believe. If...
Letter to the editor: Universal basic income a beacon of hope
As I grapple with UPS’s astounding $200 billion gross profit over the last three years, my heart aches for the human cost. The wave of automation sweeping through UPS and beyond threatens the livelihoods of hard-working individuals across industries. Facts and figures paint a dire picture: 1 in 6 American...
Letter to the editor: Dangers of theocratic government
The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are children (“Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling,” Feb. 23, TribLive) points out the dangers of a theocratic government that the Founding Fathers feared. The statement of the chief justice, an associate of Q-Anon fanatics,...
Editorial: Election security task force can only do so much
Among the most important events to happen in Pennsylvania this year will be the primary election in April and the general election in November. It is important to every person in the state, as every state House of Representatives seat and a number of state Senate seats will be on...
Letter to the editor: Start here to improve our current situation
As I have said before, the first thing we need to demand is term limits on all political offices. Another suggestion is all people running for office must provide a list of current concerns and how they would vote. Those running for reelection must provide the same list and how...
Letter to the editor: Ward doing disservice to abuse victims
SB 1, the statute of limitations constitutional amendment that would allow a two-year window for victims of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice in court, is just two votes away from being placed before the voters. Alternatively, HB 2, languishing in Sen. Lisa Baker’s Judiciary Committee since March 2023 (this...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Trump vs. Biden, chaos vs. calm
There will be no shortage of important issues in the 2024 presidential election — the crisis at the southern border, the Dobbs decision, freedom for Ukraine and war in the Middle East, just for starters — but it may be the choice between chaos and calm that will move many...
Counterpoint: A false equivalence: Antisemitism on the right and left
Neo-Nazis recently participated in the Conservative Political Action Conference, one of the largest annual gatherings of Republicans, where Donald Trump has been the keynote speaker for the last seven years. While white supremacists, including Nick Fuentes, had previously been turned away from CPAC, this year they openly mingled with Republican...
Point: Time for US Jews to rethink their Democratic loyalties
I was a guest on a Dallas radio call-in program several years ago. One caller told me that after having given the matter considerable thought, he finally understood why most Jews were Democrats. “You vote for the Democrats,” he declared, “to show the rest of us that you’re not as...
Letter to the editor: We must aid Ukraine now to avoid WWIII
Make no mistake about it: If we don’t help Ukraine now and Putin wins — and Ukraine falls — Poland is next on his hit list. Poland is a NATO country, and we are sworn to protect it. But since Donald Trump seems to be buddy-buddy with Putin, I believe...
Sounding off: Border, abortion, student loan debt among week’s topics
Johnson right to stop immigration bill Joseph Sabino Mistick is wrong to blame House Speaker Mike Johnson for putting the brakes on the immigration and border security bill that is tied to Ukraine funding (“Mike Johnson won’t be remembered as one of the greats,” Feb. 17, TribLive). Since taking office...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Harris unfit to serve
In the three long years of the Biden-Harris administration, I believe America has experienced the greatest failure of governance in its history. President Biden destroyed U.S. border security by issuing executive orders reversing policies President Trump had put in place that reduced illegal immigration to its lowest level since the...
Editorial: Pittsburgh bag ban has good intentions, bad rollout
A plastic bag ban may sound like a good idea. At the very least, it may sound like a good intention. The purpose is to pull plastics out of the environment. Although people may differ in opinion over climate change, it’s harder to deny the impact of plastics on our...
Letter to the editor: Trump, fear and intolerance
As the most depressing presidential election in my lifetime nears, I have a few thoughts I’d like to share. Never have I seen a candidate not only not try to unite America, but actually tell his base that anyone who is not MAGA is an “enemy of the state.” If...
Gary Franks: The ‘old guys’ Trump, Biden aren’t what America needs
Nearly 80% of Americans in an October Pew Research poll said they want age limits for the president of the United States. It would seem the age of 80 is the cut-off point. I thought that in a democracy the majority rules. Guess I was wrong. Does anyone know an...
S.E. Cupp: Republicans have no solutions, just grievances
“That government is best which governs least.” That famous aphorism delightfully — and somewhat snarkily — illuminates what animated the Founders to form a democratic republic and break with the oppressive rule of the monarchy. Practically since the day America was born, there’s been a national debate over government’s role....
Colin McNickle: The manifest danger in Shapiro’s budget
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed spending tens of millions of dollars in commonwealth reserves during this year’s budget address. He wants to disburse the dollars to bolster spending on everything from economic development efforts, to public transit and public education, the courts forcing his hand on the latter. Shapiro has...
Chris Heck: New federal paid leave policy efforts would benefit many
When Congress left session at the end of 2023, many potential areas for much-needed reform were left unresolved. One such area is the federal paid family leave policy. Last year was the 30-year anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which guaranteed protection for workers...
Letter to the editor: Let the babies grow up and make their own abortion decisions
I would like to respond to the letter “Backward steps on abortion” (Feb. 19, TribLive): I think we could all agree on this issue if we would allow the unwanted babies to reach the age of 18 and then let them decide if they want to be aborted or not....
Letter to the editor: Clean air, water a right, not a ‘preference’
We are told by the gas industry that they want to be good neighbors. But what they say behind closed doors about us is different. Take Apex Energy’s letter to the Department of Environmental Protection late last year. Apex operates fracking wells in Westmoreland County. When my neighbors and I...
Letter to the editor: Johnson right to stop immigration bill
Joseph Sabino Mistick is wrong to blame House Speaker Mike Johnson for putting the brakes on the immigration and border security bill that is tied to Ukraine funding (“Mike Johnson won’t be remembered as one of the greats,” Feb. 17, TribLive). Since taking office in January 2021, President Biden has...
Paul Kengor: Of course, Nikki Haley should stay in the race
When Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley in New Hampshire about a month ago, I wrote a piece titled, “We’ve Got a Ballgame.” Though Trump won New Hampshire, Haley did much better than projected. The numbers told the story: The morning of the vote, the final composite polling projection by RealClearPolitics...
Lori Falce: McConnell’s long goodbye
Mitch McConnell is in his last term as GOP leader in the U.S. Senate. The Kentucky legislator made the announcement Wednesday. “One of life’s most under-appreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” McConnell said. The implication, obviously, is that he does recognize...
