Opinion category, Page 198
Letter to the editor: Trump deserves jail time
As a Tribune-Reviewer, I was surprised that the writer of the letter (“Quit drinking the Trump Kool-Aid,” Feb. 19, TribLive) decided to use some of my favorite issues. I can see why Taylor Swift’s fans unite ; that is a positive place. On the other hand, throughout Donald Trump’s reign,...
Letter to the editor: Cyber charter money, accountability
Your editorial “The fight over cyber charter money” (Feb. 20, TribLive) wrongly implies public cyber charter schools receive the same per-pupil funding. In Pennsylvania, only 75% of a family’s tax dollars follows a student to their cyber. When you do the math, that means Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts get to...
Letter to the editor: Vote out radical leftists
I believe the radical left (new Democratic Party) has been trying to destroy our nation as established by the Founding Fathers for decades now, accelerating their efforts beginning in 2008 with the Obama/Biden administration and continuing today with the Biden/Harris administration. In my opinion, they have incorporated a decades-old Marxist/communist...
Editorial: Fern Hollow victims expose shameful shortcomings in state law
The law is supposed to be fair. It is supposed to be rendered equally, no matter who the parties are. If you sue your neighbor for crashing into your car, the court shouldn’t find more fault than it does for a stranger. If the company behind the product that hurt...
Letter to the editor: Biden must address income inequality
Income and wealth inequality is at its highest point since the Great Depression, and we all know how that turned out. Adjusted for inflation, the average worker in America made roughly $43 a week less in 2023 than they made 50 years ago, all the while becoming dramatically more productive....
Letter to the editor: Antisemitism is unacceptable
Allegheny County Council should refrain from introducing a resolution that will likely exacerbate divisions within our community and compromise our safety. As council members consider whether or not to bring a cease-fire resolution for a vote (“Pro-Palestine activists call on Allegheny County Council to pass cease-fire resolution in Israel/Hamas war,”...
Tom Purcell: Men and women, a biological no-brainer
Get this: Men’s and women’s brains are different. Using a powerful, first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence model, Stanford Medicine was able to determine with a 90% success rate whether an MRI scan of human brain activity was coming from a male brain or a female brain. “The findings, the investigators suggest, help...
Thomas Gilbert: Investing in Pa.’s outdoor economy
As every Pennsylvanian knows, and as those who visit or relocate here quickly discover, our commonwealth is blessed with abundant natural resources and outdoor recreation assets. With more than 86,000 miles of rivers and streams (second only to Alaska), Pennsylvania is one of the best places in the world for...
Dan DeBone: Shapiro proposal will fortify Westmoreland County transit system
The Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a joint press conference with Secretary of Transportation Mike Carroll, held to delve into a groundbreaking development that has the potential to redefine the public transit landscape in Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2024-25 budget proposal stands out as a pivotal moment, articulating...
Letter to the editor: Incmikoski’s absence a loss for Pirates fans
I was watching a recent Pirates spring training game against Baltimore, and the broadcast was not the same without sideline reporter Robby Incmikoski. I’m not in the broadcasting business but I know what I like. SportsNet Pittsburgh terminated one of the best interviewers Pittsburgh sports has seen in a long...
Letter to the editor: Some ‘settlements’ are OK with Biden
Israel recently announced it plans to build thousands of houses for Jewish settlers in the West Bank. According to Joe Biden’s mouthpiece, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the proposal will face “firm opposition” from the United States. He went on to say, “In our judgment, this weakens, it doesn’t strengthen,...
Letter to the editor: How is immigration inaction Dems’ fault?
On the radio, I heard a report of interviews with potential voters who listed border security/immigration as a major concern. They blamed the Democrats for not dealing with the problems and so felt led to support Republican candidates. On the other hand, Joseph Sabino Mistick’s column ”Mike Johnson won’t be...
Editorial: Only Congress can (and must) tap the brakes on AI
You could almost hear palms smacking onto foreheads all over the techier corners of the internet this week, after a Google artificial intelligence program began generating pictures of Black founding fathers, a female Pope and other notions that would exist only in the most fringe-progressive alternate reality. No, the culprit...
Letter to the editor: Jill Cooper a strong fighter for people
We are lucky to have a state representative in District 55 who outworks, outcommunicates and outperforms other representatives. I am talking about Jill Cooper. Cooper has spent an incredible number of hours making sure she interacts with every segment of her district. She has held events with veterans, seniors, students,...
Letter to the editor: Christians take care of others
I was stunned to see Joe Heller’s disparaging, presumptuous, misguided cartoon on Feb. 24. The Trib should apologize to its many Christian readers. If a Jewish, Black or Native American organization had run an awareness commercial, such a cartoon would be labeled antisemitic or racist. But disparaging Christians as uncaring?...
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
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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...
