Opinion category, Page 330
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 14....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 14
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 14....
Alec Stubbs: American workers feel alienated, helpless and overwhelmed — here’s one way to alleviate their malaise
First it was the “Great Resignation.” Then it was “nobody wants to work anymore.” Now it’s “quiet quitting.” Yet it seems like no one wants to talk about what I see as the root cause of America’s economic malaise — work under contemporary capitalism is fundamentally flawed. As a political...
Letter to the editor: Viable options for those in need of organ transplants
I can really relate to your article “ ‘The most moving thing’: Living donors provide organs to keep others alive” (Nov. 3, TribLIVE). It described the stresses experienced by individuals awaiting kidney or liver transplants from living donors. I had end-stage kidney failure which required five years of dialysis. For...
Letter to the editor: Parents must step up to stop gun violence
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh mayor asks for public’s help to get guns off streets amid Brighton Heights shooting” (Oct. 30, TribLIVE): More and more crimes are being committed by young people with guns. Why? How do they get these firearms, many of which are stolen? These guns have to cost...
Editorial: The peer pressure of legalizing marijuana
When it comes to vices, Pennsylvania is not the kind of state that tends to be on the cutting edge. Sure, the Keystone State doesn’t shy away from a little wicked fun. It’s a place where people enjoy their alcohol. There are more than 350 breweries, 300 wineries and 40...
Letter to the editor: No ‘choice’ condemns unwanted children
I am a member of the tribe of the Unwanted. My earliest existence was shrouded in denial, secrecy, lies, shame, fear and anger that seeped into my amniotic sac and bones in lieu of prenatal care. One parent split, while the other reluctantly carried the weight of my unwantedness into...
Letter to the editor: Both Trump, Biden should retire
If former President Donald Trump truly believes in making America great again, he will become the patriot he has asked others to be and will announce that he will not be a candidate for president in 2024. One of the last things this country needs is a vindictive narcissist in...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: No political eclipse this Election Day
In the dark hours of election morning 2022, before the polls opened, a rare blood moon total lunar eclipse — a sign of revelation and great change, according to astrologers — was visible across America. It was the first time in our history that Election Day coincided with a lunar...
Michael Skiba: Insurance fraud costs $309 billion a year — nearly $1,000 for every American
What would you do with an extra $932.63 in your pocket? That’s how much insurance fraud costs every American a year — $309 billion in total, according to the findings of a recent research study that I led. For a family of four, that adds up to nearly $3,800 —...
Guy Ziv: A stunning political comeback for Israel’s Netanyahu may give way to governing nightmare ahead
Israel’s political magician has done it again. Having been turned out of office in 2021 as the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted — and with his corruption trial still underway — Benjamin Netanyahu has made another stunning comeback. After four inconclusive elections in just four years, a...
Letter to the editor: Steelers woes
I have been wondering if my imagination is getting the best of me or not. Has the attrition rate of the Steelers gained traction over the years and accelerated the decline of Mike Tomlin’s teams? Yes, we have added several very talented players, but the bad coaches he has hired...
Sounding off: Abortion, gun culture, equal opportunity, patience, Pirates, energy, EVs
On abortion, follow the science Abortion supporters do not “follow the science,” or perhaps they failed biology class and didn’t learn how babies are created. Science irrefutably says that when sperm and egg fertilize inside a woman’s womb, a human being has been created. No doubt about it, and every...
Letter to the editor: Nutting has ruined Pirates
The Pirates are dismal. Our storied franchise has been ruined by Bob Nutting. It is painfully obvious the team’s only purpose is to enrich him. Any dribble from him or his minions about community, love of the team, rebuilding with young talent and so on is BS. The Pirates are...
Editorial: Who controls the House? The people do.
Who will control the House of Representatives? With the voting in the rearview mirror and the counting dragging on, it’s the question everyone is asking. On television and radio, the pundits obsess about the minute-to-minute fluctuations in the data over the seats up for grab in Washington, D.C. By how...
Letter to the editor: Penn State deserves equal funding
As a high school senior in the fall of 2021, I narrowed my college options down to the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State. My brother attends Pitt and my father works there, so Pitt seemed like the ideal option. However, the opposite was true. The reasons for my decision...
Gary Franks: For the GOP, the midterms were a case of political malpractice
Despite a hurricane-like wind at their backs on the issues, the Republican Party, with the exception of Florida, failed to create a red wave. The midterm elections were a splendid example of democracy working properly, however. When I heard the Democrats’ closing message that the “world was coming to an...
S.E. Cupp: Trump the midterm’s biggest loser
Welp, it wasn’t the red wave that many Republicans promised it would be. If not for a certain former guy, it could have been. All of the momentum was with Republicans. There was the historically reliable truism that the party in charge — in this case, the Democrats — is...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The infuriating charge of ‘racism against white people’
Sometimes I wish white people could be Black. Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened his skin and traveled the South in 1959. Sometimes, I wish white people could have that experience. Not so they...
Greg Fulton: Alejandro Villanueva, a Veterans Day story
“Duty. Honor. Country.” Alejandro Villanueva followed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s credo when he was there and when he served in the military, and he adhered to it when he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Villanueva defied the odds to make it to the NFL, and became one...
Letter to the editor: Justice for Ray Allen Shetler
I consider the acquittal of Ray Allen Shetler Jr. in the shooting death of St. Clair Township police Officer Lloyd Reed back in 2015 to be an aberration of justice. A reasonable person involved in a justifiable shooting would notify first responders, put their gun away, wait for law enforcement...
Letter to the editor: U.S. must pursue energy security
Being from Western Pennsylvania, I’m proud to witness multiple new businesses and investments in our region, as a result of the energy industry’s impact on our local economies. There is a rich history of the oil and gas industry starting right here in nearby Venango County. The Drake Well in...
Lori Falce: Veterans need support more than sales and free lunch
On Veterans Day, the attention on former service members is obvious. There are offers for free coffee, free sandwiches, free meals and more. I know someone who preps in advance, making sure his identification is ready and loosens his belt, prepared to dine for free all day — and take...
Letter to the editor: EPA must help protect our kids from pollution
Parents across Pennsylvania have been abundantly clear: We need to do more to protect our children on the frontlines of oil and gas pollution. Last month I traveled from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., to take this message to our national leaders. It is unfortunate that families like mine who live...
Paul Kengor: Trump on the attack, again
“Lying Ted!” he barked. “Choking Marco!” he snapped. Those were just two of Donald Trump’s shots at fellow Republicans on the debate stage while pursuing the party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Of course, those shots at Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were mild compared to others. Just ask Cruz about...
