Opinion category, Page 200
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ destruction
I believe that the Democratic Party has clearly been highjacked by the America-hating, Marxist cancerous tumor in their midst. In a previous letter, I opined that today’s Democrats can be described by a single word: destruction! Here are more examples from the multitude: President Biden’s destruction of the sacredness of...
Editorial: Does Robert Morris University need state money for a hockey arena?
Public money always seems to make its way into sports venues. The story is always the same. This field will be good for the community. It will generate income. It will provide value. As with so many other cities, the Pittsburgh landscape is defined by these venues. One also could...
Letter to the editor: Political instability, elections in the Roman Empire
The letter using a comparison of America today to Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” is a bridge too far (“Trump and Hitler? No comparison,” Feb. 9, TribLive). The writer cites “political instability” and lack of confidence in elections? First, there were no...
Letter to the editor: Citizens have ownership of what their taxes pay for
Regarding the article “Westmoreland DA will review Penn Township police video before public release” (Feb. 22, TribLive): Law enforcement just keeps getting more arrogant toward the taxpayers who pay for all their salaries, benefits, equipment and pensions. Who is “the township” referenced in the paragraph below, from the article? Is...
Nathan Flood: It’s time for all Pennsylvanians to enjoy the digital age
For many across Pennsylvania, the easy access and availability of broadband technology and the ability to connect to the world from the comfort of our own homes or businesses are taken for granted. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case for everyone who lives or works in the commonwealth. In fact, in...
Michael Hiltzik: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it
In recent years, disinformation has seemed to be on an inexorable march across the scientific and medical landscape. Prominent politicians, up to and including the former president, have promoted useless drugs as supposed cures for covid-19. Partisan attacks on the safety and efficacy of covid vaccines have expanded into attacks...
Letter to the editor: Advice for Steelers in NFL draft
On the Steelers’ 2024 NFL draft: The Steelers should trade with the Green Bay Packers, giving them their 20th pick for their 41 and 58 picks, giving them no first-round pick but three second-round picks. The Steelers should trade their picks at 196 and 237 to Chicago for their 142nd...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro should save Pa. pharmacies
After reading the article “Bitter pill: Customers lament loss of small-town pharmacies as reimbursement formulas become unsustainable” (Feb. 21, TribLive), it is unclear to me how a shadowy alliance of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug manufacturers and insurance providers can force the closure of many local pharmacies. Is this even...
Letter to the editor: Politicians work for us
Have the politicians forgotten who they work for? Time and time again, I have taken the time to contact my government representatives via phone, email or regular mail with concerns or issues. These representatives are from local, state and federal governments. I have found, 99% of the time, my concerns...
Letter to the editor: Cyber school costs must be reined in
Imagine you’re in the grocery checkout with a loaf of bread. Two people behind you have the same loaf. The cashier says, “You live in Greensburg. Your bread is $3.50.” To the next person, “You live in Ligonier. $4.” To the third, “You’re from Latrobe. $3.74.” Same bread. Same store....
Letter to the editor: Trump bringing down GOP
I am constantly amazed at Republicans’ total disregard for truth. They say they want immigration reform, and come up with a bipartisan agreement then refuse to support it because Donald Trump, who probably never saw it, said it was no good. This is the typical hypocritical response to anything that...
Editorial: Billionaire, small businesses and bipartisan lawmakers sick of pharmacy benefit managers
So much of American health care can be summed up with drugs. We often go to the doctor less to find out what is wrong than we do to get a prescription to fix the symptoms. While the long-term goal may be figuring out the underlying cause, the short-term objective...
Letter to the editor: A nation in denial
Strange days indeed when the elephant in the room is actually a donkey, one wearing aviator shades and eating an ice cream cone. But half the electorate and most of the mainstream media are in denial of this fact. As Mark Twain said, “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.”...
Tom Purcell: Will forgiving college debt win or lose votes?
President Biden recently sent an email to 153,000 student-loan borrowers reminding them to vote for him this autumn. Actually, his email said that he is going to put America into even more hock to repay the college loans they had willingly taken out years ago. Putting it bluntly, his email...
Steven Hill: The election may turn on inflation, but do we even understand it?
How big of a role will inflation play in the upcoming presidential election? That’s anybody’s guess, but one thing is certain: Democrats will cite facts and statistics that they hope will lead voters to think inflation is under control, while Republicans will focus on facts and statistics that counter the...
Chris Cargill: Bringing transparency to the cost of college
Is the cost of college still worth the price? According to the Education Data Initiative, the average student loan debt in the United States totals $37,338. The average student borrows more than $30,000 to pursue a bachelor’s degree. And more than 45 million Americans have student loan debt. High school...
Michael J. Socolow: How you can tell propaganda from journalism — let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
Tucker Carlson, the conservative former cable TV news pundit, recently traveled to Moscow to interview Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for his Tucker Carlson Network, known as TCN. The two-hour interview itself proved dull. Even Putin found Carlson’s soft questioning “disappointing.” Very little from the interview was newsworthy. Other videos Carlson...
Letter to the editor: Biden can secure the border
Something has to be done about our border crisis. President Biden claims he cannot do anything about it without Congress. What? You practically opened the border and stopped the agreement with Mexico to hold illegal immigrants. Without Congress. President Trump closed the border without Congress. Stop playing politics and close...
Letter to the editor: Can’t keep up with tax, rate hikes
This is to our wonderful county commissioners, water company officials, Comcast and the illustrious Greensburg Salem school directors (who seem to be ruled by the money-grabbing teachers union). Everyone is expected to pay up for pay raises, raises in taxes, retirement funds. No one pays for our retirement or funds...
Letter to the editor: Abortion doesn’t solve world’s problems
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” — “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens God forbid that the writer of the letter “Backward steps on abortion” (Feb 19, TribLive), who offers to sacrifice the lives of preborn children to decrease...
Letter to the editor: Lack of retirement health care hurts police officers
There has been a severe decline in applicants for police jobs. “Defund the police” politicians and other groups, ultra liberal district attorneys, and the liberal media-bashing has definitely had its ill effects. But one thing that no one talks about is the one thing that has always amazed me. A...
Editorial: Your air quality may be more dangerous than your phone is telling you. The EPA is fine with that.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s adoption of a more stringent annual limit on fine particulate matter, or soot, fulfills an overdue obligation to curb a deadly type of air pollution that triggers asthma, heart attacks, strokes and a host of other health problems. But the agency made a serious mistake by...
Letter to the editor: A noble American?
A parody of Mark Antony’s funeral oration for Julius Caesar: Friends, Americans, countrymen, lend me your ears, I come to bury the Porn Patron not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones — so let it be with...
Letter to the editor: Postmortem for Lenape Heights Golf Club
Regarding the article “Armstrong County golf resort sells for $2.5M, leaving weddings, other events in limbo” (Feb. 16, TribLive): To those who started Lenape Heights Event Center & Golf Resort, a community that was a great venue for golfers to enjoy the game we truly love, I thank you. Some...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 26
Editorial cartoons for the week of Fe. 26....
