Opinion category, Page 192
Letter to the editor: Immigration insanity on the left
I have tried very hard over years to avoid getting caught up in the divisive and extreme ideologies of the far left and right. It’s now nearly impossible because, in Washington and Harrisburg, the middle has nearly disappeared entirely. I’m observing things I never dreamed I’d see in my lifetime....
Elwood Watson: Congressman shows we still have a long way to go on race
From the Duchess of Sussex and actress Meghan Markle to former Harvard President Claudine Gay to Vice President Kamala Harris, Black women have been the target of severe attacks in recent months. The most recent example (and there have indeed been many as of late) are the distasteful comments made...
Bradley Tusk: Pa. should feed all hungry kids
In Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address, he took credit for feeding kids in Pennsylvania. One line specifically caught my attention: “Pennsylvania Democrats and Republicans care about kids, and we are coming together to feed them.” But that’s not true. There isn’t a single additional kid who will be fed in...
Peter Morici: Higher interest rates, inflation will challenge post-covid economy. AI will save it.
The post-covid economy is emerging as Americans’ pandemic-era savings dwindle, while work-from-home activity moderates and new patterns of consumer behavior come to the fore. As households and banks consolidate finances, a few quarters of U.S. GDP growth in the range of 1% should be followed by a rebound and then...
Letter to the editor: Will Biden get reelected as a war-time president?
The Democrats’ latest trick to get President Biden a win seems to be to start a war and campaign on the slogan “We can’t change presidents in the middle of a war.” Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Pharmacy closures a disgrace
The closure of pharmacies in Leechburg and Lower Burrell Jan. 31 was a gross travesty (“Pharmacies in Lower Burrell, Leechburg abruptly close,” Jan. 31, TribLive). Decades of loyal customers and employees only found out that day. No notice of any kind was given. One co-owner blamed Giant Eagle for wanting...
Letter to the editor: Who is destroying our country?
I wonder if the writer of the letter “Trump only cares about himself” (Feb. 8, TribLive) has jumped the gun on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed legalization of marijuana. Maybe he could coin the phrase “Get woke, just toke!” You know, cannabis-addled brains distort perception. How else to explain the author’s...
Editorial: The fight over cyber charter money
Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania are a different animal from the run-of-the-mill public school. A charter school is still a public institution. It doesn’t play by the same rules, however. It could have a different goal or a different method — like focus on a nontraditional curriculum or an unusual...
Letter to the editor: Think about tax policy when voting
It appears that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a massive con game. Eighty percent of the gain from tax cuts flow to the top 10% of wage earners and only 20% flow to the bottom 90%. Because of tax cuts, 34% of large profitable corporations like Amazon,...
Letter to the editor: Industrial safety born in Western Pa.
The field of industrial safety is rooted in Western Pennsylvania, starting with Crystal Eastman, a member and secretary of the New York State Employer’s Liability Commission. She reviewed injuries and fatalities in Allegheny County occurring from July 1906 through June 1907. The county was essentially the Steel District, with 70,000...
Tom Purcell: Reading more books is good for America
When I read about the “silent book club” trend, it filled me with instant calm and hope. As it goes, in 2012, two friends in San Francisco came up with the idea for a non-formal social event in which book lovers can gather at a coffee house or pub, then...
Ruth A. Johnston: Disability, not danger, is the right standard
Eleven years ago today, my mother died. You may have seen our story on the news: my son Levi stabbed her while she was eating breakfast because he believed the Archangel Michael told him that, “it’s time to kill the witch.” You may have wondered why we hadn’t gotten his...
Colin McNickle: Data lacking on benefit of PIT’s international flight subsidies
An outre, as in curious, thing has happened in conjunction with all the happy talk that Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is rebounding just fine, thank you, from the covid-19 pandemic: No data have been released to support the contention that taxpayer-subsidized international flights have boosted the local economy, says Jake...
Letter to the editor: Sweep them out with your vote
Old military quip: New broom sweeps clean. When an organization turns inept and dangerous, it’s time to sweep it out. This November, get hold of the broom handle and start sweeping with your vote. Regis Farrell Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Rightful owners of Gaza
It is time that our government takes a very close look into the true rightful landowners of Gaza. The answer is in the Bible and has been there for thousands of years. Abraham was given all this land by God for the people of Israel. The Jew was placed all...
Letter to the editor: Quit drinking the Trump Kool-Aid
What a pathetic state this country is in! The Republicans got what they wanted in the bipartisan border deal, and then they shut it down because Donald Trump told them to? From what I read, the Democrats gave in on multiple fronts to get this passed so we could give...
Letter to the editor: Not your parents’ pot
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s eyes were beaming at the thought of additional tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales to prop up our overpriced education system (we rank No. 8 in education spending). These facts come from Smart Approach to Marijuana: • Marijuana has psychological effects. • Marijuana is addictive. • Marijuana...
Editorial: How reliable are corporate sale promises?
The importance of knowing what you are getting into was illustrated Thursday in West Virginia. That was when Cleveland-Cliffs announced the shuttering of a tin production facility in Weirton. Cleveland-Cliffs is one of the largest producers of steel in the United States. It has plants across multiple states, including a...
Letter to the editor: We should help our country first
There are 446 million people living in the European Union. Almost 24 million are non-citizens. Many of these non-citizens arrived in waves coming from the EU’s south. The countries of the EU, in general, were highly in debt when the massive influx of immigrants flooded the border. It was well...
Letter to the editor: Backward steps on abortion
In her letter “No time to go backward on abortion safety” (Jan. 29, TribLive), Maria Gallagher, legislative director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, complains that a law supposedly ensuring the safety of women is being considered for repeal. This law had nothing to do with abortion safety but was intended...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 19
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 19....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 19....
Letter to the editor: Monroeville Convention Center woes
While I sympathize with the municipality of Monroeville, I don’t believe that the mayor or anyone else involved in local government should be sending letters and “expressing extreme concern” regarding the closure of the convention center (“Monroeville officials: Hobby Lobby welcome, just not at convention center,” Feb. 15, TribLive). If...
Letter to the editor: No way to conduct a humanitarian war
All that seems to be published today about the Israeli/Hamas war is that there should be a more humane method of carrying on war. What? The true leaders of post-World War II knew it was hell. They knew that the goal was to avoid war at any cost (Henry Kissinger,...
Letter to the editor: Stutterers have a hero in Bryan Rust
How uplifting it was to read the article “Penguins forward Bryan Rust stands up for those who stutter” (Feb. 3, TribLive). I agree with speech-language pathologist Allison Ladavat of the speech clinic at Duquesne University in that I never had any heroes to look up to in my stuttering youth....
