Opinion category, Page 204
Letter to the editor: Taylor’s election influence
As I try to recover from the trauma of the Punxsutawney Phil debacle, now the holy war is all about Taylor Swift and her possible election endorsement. I have heard ludicrous propaganda schemes before, but this one ranks No. 1 and is infuriating. Whether you’re a Swiftie, MAGA or Biden...
Carl Golden: Should Biden follow Lyndon Johnson’s example?
Nearly 56 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson, in a nationally televised address, shocked the country with a straightforward 20-word declaration: “I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” Elected in a landslide — 61% to 38%, 486 electoral...
S.E. Cupp: What does Suozzi’s win mean? Not what you think.
In cable news, we practice the persuasive arts — and I’ll be the first to admit that we commentators have a penchant for hyperbole and a tendency to overstate. We especially like to do that with local and midterm elections like New York’s congressional special election. “What does it mean?”...
David McCall: Proposed sale of U.S. Steel puts America’s security at risk
Several hundred members of the United Steelworkers (USW) operate U.S. Steel’s Irvin Plant, producing flat-rolled sheet for the GE refrigerators, ovens and other appliances that keep American households running. USW members at other U.S. Steel locations across the country make tin for food cans, pipe for natural gas distribution systems...
Sarah Olexsak: EVs to charge ahead in 2024
The 2023 numbers are in: Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) contributed to 9.1% of light-duty vehicle sales in the U.S., up from 6.8% in 2022. This means more than 3 million EVs were on roadways across the nation last year — with over a third of those bought in 2023 alone...
Letter to the editor: Mayorkas, is border secure or not?
For the past several years, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas repeatedly has said the border is secure. Now he says it is not, yoy! It only took him several years to finally make up his mind. Lou Gregovits North Huntingdon...
Letter to the editor: Questions for liberals
After a three-year absence, I have three questions libs have a problem answering, so I will answer for them. 1) How do you make electricity? Answer: gas, oil and coal. Oh, those are fossil fuels! No problem, wind and solar will charge those 300 million cars, trucks, buses and machines....
Lori Falce: None of us are marked safe from shootings like Kansas City
My friend Caroline lives in Kansas City. She was excited leading up to the Super Bowl. She has three boys and a husband, and she’s an enthusiastic supporter of her community, so a giant football event with her crowd on the national stage was right up her alley. Throw in...
Laurels & lances: Volunteers and tuition
Laurel: To finding a fix. One problem with having a volunteer fire department is that fires often happen while your volunteers aren’t available. If everyone is at work at 10 a.m., who is there to respond to a house fire? Greensburg council has taken steps to address that. On Monday,...
Letter to the editor: MAGA cult proud of their bullying
Please quit saying the Republican Party when you mean the Republican MAGA cult. They are different. If you are not a MAGA extremist, the cult has no use for you. They are bullies and proud of it. This was so evident when the former president said, if you contribute to...
Letter to the editor: The despicable Joseph R. Biden
We are living inside the Theater of the Absurd. This is not an overstatement. If anything, it fails to fully convey the impossibly dishonest, diabolical, disastrous administration of Joseph R. Biden. No dystopian novel ever written could have portrayed a more terrifying vision of a world and nation gone mad...
Paul Kengor: Putin’s twisted history
Vladimir Putin’s two-hour-plus conversation with Tucker Carlson was fascinating and terribly troubling. It was quite a lesson in history, or at least Putin’s twisted, dangerous history. Putin began with an eye-opening historical discourse. He politely replied to Carlson’s opening question on Ukraine by asking, “If you don’t mind, I will...
David Dzombak: Going to the moon and renewing inspiration
I have always felt highly fortunate to grow up in the 1960s with the inspiration of the intense and ultimately successful effort of my country to land a person on the moon by the end of the decade. The Gemini and Apollo programs inspired me and many others of the...
Scott Hadland and Joseph Friedman: ‘Just say no’ can kill kids. Teach them how to stay safe in the fentanyl era
Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. Police reported that she and a friend had purchased pills they thought were prescription painkillers but which were likely fakes containing fentanyl, a potent opioid incorporated into counterfeit pills...
Letter to the editor: Vote out the politicians who don’t do their jobs
The letter “Congress is failing us” (Feb. 11, TribLive) is spot on. The only thing I can add is vote them out. For some strange reason, voters are content to put up with this nonsense. Use your vote to put people in office who do their job, and, if after...
Letter to the editor: Common sense exists in both parties
It is refreshing to see that federal jurists, regardless of party affiliation and showing no loyalty to the appointer, rule as they do. I don’t recall any significant appeal going Donald Trump’s way, regarding election fraud, criminal indictment or civil action. People with common sense remain in both parties. Thank...
Editorial: Election for Santos seat strikes familiar chord in Pennsylvania
It was an odd mid-winter special election, with all eyes turned to the Northeast on a Tuesday night as polls closed. While just one seat in Congress was on the table, the race to fill the vacancy left by an elected official who departed amid scandal was seen as a...
Letter to the editor: Fix immigration system by enforcing existing laws
To all those who think the reason why we have so many immigrants coming across the southern border is because our immigration system is broken, consider this: We have approximately 370 laws already on the books to deal with illegal immigration. Many of them are not being enforced because of...
Letter to the editor: We remember, Mr. President
Dear Mr. President, We are concerned your memory is not as sharp as it used to be. So let us help you with some reminders. We remember how you shut down oil pipelines and curtailed energy production on your very first days in office. Only to then beg Saudi Arabia...
Rachel Marsden: Trump’s idea of using Putin to shake down allies isn’t shocking — it’s already reality
PARIS — Former President Donald Trump just suggested that he’d use Russian President Vladimir Putin as a shakedown artist against allies in a sort of protection racket. Those criticizing the remarks, and even Trump himself, may be surprised to learn that this is already effectively happening. Speaking at a campaign...
Jill Lawrence: Why doesn’t South Carolina love Nikki Haley?
Nikki Haley titled her 2022 book after the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s assertion, “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” She’s made a point of projecting that Iron Lady toughness in the 2024 race, from her Reaganesque foreign policy...
Letter to the editor: No more faulty intelligence
Where is the forensic evidence that would identify the source of the enemy drone that killed three U.S. servicemen in Lebanon? A wider war with U.S. involvement depends on accurate and reliable intelligence. To date we are told that the U.S. did not shoot down the drone because it was...
Letter to the editor: Trump, NATO and Ukraine
Once again Jonah Goldberg lets his endless hatred for Donald Trump cloud his reasoning and objectivity (“Trump’s rants about NATO making U.S. weaker,” Jan. 31, TribLive). Goldberg did give Trump credit for telling NATO nations that they needed to spend more on their national defenses. However, he conveniently left out...
Editorial: What’s next for Hempfield’s building project?
First, Hempfield Area School District got wildly over-budget bids for its high school renovation project. Then it decided to hire an owner’s representative — a position that sounds a lot like a project manager but isn’t — to keep things on course. Now the architect has resigned. Are the Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Renewable energy investments protect jobs, public health
In his budget address last week, Gov. Josh Shapiro said that “one of the most important things we can do right now is invest in our clean energy economy and the jobs it supports.” But as more details of the governor’s plans come out, it’s clear he means to continue...
