Opinion category, Page 213
Bob Donnan: Pa. must build EV infrastructure
As Pennsylvania continues to make significant strides toward a cleaner and more sustainable future, it is crucial that we seize the opportunity to leverage federal investments in building out our electric vehicle infrastructure. The recent allocation of $36 million in federal funding for EV charging stations, thanks to the Bipartisan...
Letter to the editor: Liberal misinformation
Every once in a while, I watch a bit of MSNBC, CNN and/or ABC. “Morning Joe” Scarborough, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, to name a few, are my main sources of liberal misinformation. It amazes me just how toxic their hateful, anti-American nonsense is...
Sounding off: Politics, Steelers, litter among letter topics
Extreme politics on both sides harmful to country I watched with disgust the debate between Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Their extreme political philosophies are both harmful to this country. West Coast liberalism has degraded the quality of life in San Francisco and made...
Letter to the editor: Extreme politics on both sides harmful to country
I watched with disgust the debate last week between Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Their extreme political philosophies are both harmful to this country. West Coast liberalism has degraded the quality of life in San Francisco and made Portland a byword for chaos. Florida’s...
Editorial: Marc Fogel needs to be included with Gershkovich, Whelan
The wish list for Marc Fogel this holiday season is short. Family and friends have a campaign to send him cards. They will go to the Russian prison where he has been sentenced for the 0.6 ounces of medical marijuana he had in his possession when arrested in August 2021....
Letter to the editor: For gas industry, profit trumps health?
The writer of the letter “Fracking is regulated” (Nov. 3, TribLIVE) says the University of Pittsburgh children’s health study neglected to consider environmental factors other than fracking. But the study clearly states: “The collection of other environmental exposure data through publicly available sources provided additional information on other factors, e.g....
Gary Franks: Press failed us on George Santos
OK already. What took so long? Good riddance to former House Rep. George Santos . The Santos saga begs the question: How did he get elected in the first place? Now we know it was due to massive fraud. But I would also add major failures on the part of...
Robin Abcarian: I thought Sandra Day O’Connor was too conservative. Now her moderation would be a godsend.
Years ago, I had the good fortune to be in Washington, when the National Portrait Gallery had a show starring portraits of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Dec. 1 in Phoenix at 93. In October 2006, nine or so months after she’d stepped down from the high...
S.E. Cupp: What’s the point of debates anymore?
The year was 1980. The place was Cleveland’s Music Hall. The event was must-see TV. It was the second presidential debate, featuring Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, and it birthed a number of memorable moments. There was Reagan’s chiding line, “There you go again.” And his pointed question about Carter’s...
Beth Pausic: Kooth’s mission is solely to provide care for kids
I would like to offer several corrections to former representative Lou Barletta’s op-ed “Say no to Kooth in Pa. schools” (Dec. 4, TribLive). First and foremost, I’d like to reintroduce readers to Kooth. We are a mental health support and pre-clinical care provider with a web-based application available to public...
Colin McNickle: Pittsburgh Public Schools must confront budget realities
Difficult decisions await Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) in 2024, says the research director of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “PPS is again in a critical situation of its own making,” Eric Montarti says. “Keeping the commonwealth and the school district taxpayers in mind, the PPS board needs to begin...
Letter to the editor: PennDOT crews should be out picking up litter
Since the weather has not really been conducive to highway repair projects and there has not yet been a snowfall that requires PennDot intervention, why aren’t there litter crews out picking up the massive amounts of litter on the highways? Monica Yuhas Smock...
Lori Falce: Feeding into fatphobia
My inbox is jammed with emails about Ozempic. The drug, generic name semaglutide, is an injectable used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Combined with diet modifications and exercise, it has seen effectiveness in lowering or stabilizing blood sugar for those patients. That’s important to me. I’m not diabetic, but my...
Letter to the editor: Take care of communities first
The op-ed “Opening the door to people-based economic development in Western Pennsylvania” (Nov 20, TribLive) hit the nail on the head. We should focus on the well-being of our communities rather than the false promise of new jobs from big business. Let’s not court big corporations like Amazon, with a...
Laurels & lances: Rebuilding, increasing, concealing
Laurel: To rebuilding. On Dec. 4, 2021, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church in Arnold was gutted by a massive fire that seemed like the end of the 74-year-old house of worship. Two years later, a $2.2 million sanctuary is rising from those ashes. “We rebuild our church, but we are...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas a win for Pa.
The natural gas industry is pushing Pennsylvania’s economy forward. While the energy sector has always represented a core segment of the commonwealth’s economic pie, in recent years, natural gas has expanded the national and international influence of the state’s role in the global energy market. A new report found that...
Paul Kengor: Wake up to women’s volleyball
Any discussion of sports in Western Pennsylvania leads to the Steelers, the Penguins, the Pirates — our reigning triumvirate of football, hockey, baseball. Also high on the list is Pitt football, or any local football, high school included. There’s also Pitt basketball. What am I missing? The vast majority wouldn’t...
Robert F. Powelson: Scrutiny will benefit PWSA customers
The realities of America’s growing water and wastewater infrastructure challenges are front and center in Pittsburgh. The Steel City’s vital infrastructure has long exceeded its life span. Across the country, water utilities, in close collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders, are proactively addressing some of their failing infrastructure challenges....
Letter to the editor: Stamps could bring fentanyl awareness, remembrance
For the many families that have had a child or a parent taken by fentanyl, I think it would be appropriate to offer what I call a U.S. memory stamp, a stamp with a photo of a loved one, not only for rembrance but also to bring awareness. Let us...
Letter to the editor: Mandatory water restrictions coming?
Due to very low water levels in the Beaver Run Reservoir, the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (“Rain fails to ease concerns over falling water level at Beaver Run Reservoir,” Dec. 4, TribLIVE) may shortly impose mandatory water restrictions. They initially have asked for voluntary restrictions, which will fail. The...
Editorial: Let Hanukkah candles be new prayer for peace
The first candle will be lit tonight. As the sun sets, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins — an eight-night celebration of a miracle in a time of war. In the second century B.C.E, a struggle between the Jewish people and the Syrian Greeks resulted in the temple in Jerusalem...
Letter to the editor: Abortion and overpopulation
I have one question for the writer of “Unborn Americans have right to life” (Nov. 28, TribLive) and other “right-to-lifers”: Would you really choose an unborn life over your own? Because really, that is the choice. Nature is cruel, and if we don’t do something to limit our population, nature...
Jonah Goldberg: George Santos hasn’t been convicted of a crime. Congress was still right to kick him out.
George Santos, the infamous fabulist, got the boot from Congress last week. The first member to be expelled in over 20 years and one of only three members to be kicked out for something other than fighting for the Confederacy, Santos was the only representative since the Civil War to...
George P. Hartwick, III and Chadwick Libby: Save our most vulnerable kids by investing in juvenile justice system
It’s often said that our children are our most precious resource. To protect and preserve this vital resource, we must invest in their care now, in order to enrich their future. In recent years, we have seen a focused investment in our juvenile justice system, which has helped lead to...
Teresa Ghilarducci and Christopher D. Cook: Why the senior poverty rate keeps rising
When it comes to seniors’ economic security, America is in poor shape. This October, an annual assessment of pension systems worldwide gave the United States a barely passable C+, ranking the country’s retirement security apparatus below Kazakhstan and just a slight notch above Colombia, two far poorer nations. How can...
