Opinion category, Page 27
Letter to the editor: Football is a cult
For local sports fans who have a functioning cerebral cortex, we appreciate that the only sporting event that was worth watching over the weekend of Sept. 27-28 that involved a Pittsburgh professional sports team was the Penguins game played at PPG Paints Arena Saturday. That event was truly Pittsburgh sports...
Letter to the editor: Four wrongs — Nobel prize, baseball money, Penn State, budgets
Four wrongs: Whether you love him or hate him, nobody deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than President Donald Trump. Even the recipient of the prize agrees. The payroll of the Toronto Blue Jays is $58 million. Seattle Mariners is $61 million. Milwaukee Brewers is $116 million. Los Angeles Dodgers...
Editorial: UPMC and AHN are growing their networks. Is that good?
The human body is made up of assorted clusters of material. Cells combine to create tissues that can specialize into organs and work together in systems. That’s how we get cardiac tissue making up a heart that drives the cardiovascular system. The health care world can be similar. Doctors and...
Letter to the editor: Population control
In the 18th century, after the French Revolution, there was a shortage of food, which led to unrest. To solve the problem the government, through mass executions facilitated by new laws removing the rights of defense and appeal, drastically reduced the population needing to be fed. This attitude toward solving...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 20....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 20....
Letter to the editor: Flag-burners should be prosecuted
In the letter “Kirk, Kimmel and free speech” (Oct. 16, TribLive), I was thoroughly annoyed (to put it nicely) with the writer’s comment regarding flag-burning. He hates it but would tolerate it as a means of expression. How insane! Tell those thousands of young men storming the beaches of Normandy...
Letter to the editor: We need courage and compassion
I don’t have all the answers, but I see how decades of changes in education and public discourse brought us here. Investment in education has declined, and access to higher learning is increasingly out of reach. Critical thinking and civic awareness have suffered, leaving people vulnerable to misinformation and fear-based...
Letter to the editor: Reject liberal Pa. Supreme Court judges
In an off-year election there usually aren’t many important offices on the ballot. However, this November is an exception. The three uber-liberal Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht must not be allowed to return to the bench. People living in Westmoreland County should remember how...
Editorial: Health insurance subsidy discussions cannot wait
Sometimes if you just wait, a situation will change. Maybe the forest fire will burn itself out. Maybe the floodwaters will recede. Maybe the storm promised by the weatherman will veer off and unleash its fury elsewhere. That can happen. It does happen. But it doesn’t always happen. That’s part...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Our disciplined, dignified military
It has been almost three weeks since 800 American generals and admirals were summoned to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia to hear remarks by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The officers traveled from around the globe, directed by Hegseth to leave their posts for what he...
Ken Silverstein: Bridging the red-blue divide on climate
Heather Reams, the president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), stepped onto the stage at Breckenridge’s Mountain Towns 2030 summit — a room full of progressives accustomed to negotiating with Republicans on climate policy. She faced an audience from Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado — areas that often depend...
Patricia Murphy: Trump forged Middle East peace. How about fixing Congress next?
Defying the odds and expectations of many, President Donald Trump went to the Middle East last week and announced what many thought impossible — a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and, hopefully, a path to peace in the Middle East. As a part of getting both sides to agree to...
Ryan Kennedy: Far fewer Americans support political violence than recent polls suggest
A series of recent events has sparked alarm about rising levels of political violence in the U.S.: the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 ; the murder of a Democratic Minnesota state legislator and her husband in June ; and two attempts to kill Donald Trump during...
Colin McNickle: Keeping the AI revolution powered up
There’s no doubt that Pennsylvania will have to up its game to meet the massive increase in electricity generation required to power the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution now a full step in the front door. How best to do that, however, remains the paramount question, says Frank Gamrat, executive director...
Letter to the editor: Vote out incumbents
Potential voter: Are you dissatisfied with our federal, state and local governments? I believe the solution lies in voting out long-term incumbents. If a government is corrupt, not serving all its constituents, lacking transparency or simply failing to perform its duties, the incumbent is ultimately accountable. In any other profession,...
Letter to the editor: Energy development facts
In the op-ed blaming technology companies for rising energy prices (“AI, crypto and Pa.’s war on the little guy,” Sept. 20, TribLive), the authors include an unrelated, passing reference to so-called “subsidies” included in the recently enacted federal legislation dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The authors assert the...
Letter to the editor: Murrysville council candidate committed to good planning
As mayor of Murrysville, I want to clarify how the comprehensive plan process works and highlight the commitment of Republican Council candidates Jason Lemak, Michael Korns, Loren Kase and Darren Miller to preserving our community’s rural charm. The comprehensive plan is not something the council can unilaterally impose. It is...
Editorial: Rape crisis centers must be supported
A rape crisis center is a kind of sanctuary. Not in the sense of a holy place or a house of worship. It is more a place of refuge in a storm of uncertainty. These centers offer close and personal service, providing advice and information, counseling or support for those...
Letter to the editor: ‘Illegals’ can’t get health coverage
I keep hearing the likes of Mike Johnson, JD Vance, Stephen Miller and other right-wingers claim Democrats want to give illegal immigrants health coverage and that’s what this shutdown is about. The Democrats wanted the premium assistance under the Affordable Care Act to not be dramatically reduced, which will spike...
S.E. Cupp: NYC mayoral debate anything but decisive
It’s a generous tip. It’s the stage name of a Tanzanian musician. It’s the increase in U.S. retail coffee prices in the past year. It’s also the portion of New York City’s registered voters who turned out for the mayoral Democratic primary back in June. That’s right — just more...
Cal Thomas: After Gaza, what’s next?
In his address to Israel’s Knesset following the release of 20 living hostages by Hamas, President Donald Trump said several things that reflect wishful thinking. Among them: “The forces of chaos that have plagued the region are totally defeated.” “The enemies of all civilization are in retreat.” And the “long...
Letter to the editor: No Kings ralliers love their country
I have to chuckle as I read that House Speaker Mike Johnson has declared the No Kings rallies being planned across the country this weekend are actually “Hate America” rallies. This man has children; if he has had to correct them and tried to alter their behavior, does that mean...
Lori Falce: Why do new Pentagon press rules matter?
I do not cover the Pentagon. I have never stepped through the doors. I have not attended a briefing. You might think that means the new policy on press access has no impact on me. You would be wrong. It absolutely does impact every reporter, every journalist, every news outlet....
Laurels & lances: Laid to rest & laid off
Laurel: To a final resting place. On Sunday, a funeral took place in Ross. A World War II soldier was laid to rest. This is increasingly rare as the veterans of the 1940s have thinner ranks every year. But this funeral wasn’t for an old man who remembered the war....
