Opinion category, Page 335
Sounding off: Readers share views as election approaches
We don’t need Fetterman in Washington Pennsylvanians are faced with a choice for Senate that very well might tip the balance of power in Washington. Voters should consider what they want for the future of our great country. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is, by his own admission, a new progressive...
Letter to the editor: If you value freedoms, vote Shapiro
I am afraid for our country. In many states, we are electing people who tell us exactly who they are. From the words they speak, we know they think that they can decide who will win an election, eliminating my vote and yours. Some join organizations like QAnon and Proud...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman’s ideas, not his health, most concerning
Recently we were informed by Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s doctor, who has also made multiple donations to his Senate campaign, that he is sufficiently recovered from his stroke to be our senator. That’s great, except his stroke isn’t what’s keeping sane people from voting for him. It’s his wacky leftist...
Letter to the editor: Vote for America’s future Nov. 8
Democrats are making abortion and Donald Trump the key election issues. Abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania after the recent Supreme Court decision, and Trump is not on the ballot. This diversion ignores the issues of skyrocketing food and energy prices; an unsecure southern border being flooded by illegal immigrants and...
S.E. Cupp: The most important midterms of our lifetimes
That trite and maybe infuriating maxim is one thing I keep telling people who want me to predict who will win the midterm elections and why. We can all look at polling that attempts to tell us what the drivers of voter turnout will be. Some say the economy is...
Editorial: Don’t take foot off pedal of autonomous driving research
The announcement of Argo AI’s closing was not what most people expected. The company was born in 2016 out of a massive investment from two major car companies, Ford and Volkswagen. The goal? The development and growth of one of the most intriguing and anticipated intersections of mechanics and technology...
Gary Franks: Hate and antisemitism simply cannot be tolerated
The historical record is clear. The vast majority of the Jewish community has bonded with Black Americans on civil rights and social justice. Jewish Americans were supporters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the NAACP, the National Urban League and CORE during the height of the civil rights movement. They...
Erika Strassburger: Repair the world, one vote at a time
On the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, I was standing with 30-some constituents, friends and fellow elected officials, drinking coffee and chatting quietly. We were gearing up for a morning of engaging in one of the most fundamental rituals of democracy — going door to door to talk to neighbors...
Letter to the editor: Vote Democrat to get things done
I urge my fellow Trib readers in the strongest terms possible to consider voting only for Democrats in this election. The GOP gubernatorial candidate has vowed to stop counting votes from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and anywhere else he doesn’t like the results. The GOP senatorial candidate made his fortune peddling do-nothing...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need Fetterman in Washington
Pennsylvanians are faced with a choice for Senate that very well might tip the balance of power in Washington. Voters should consider what they want for the future of our great country. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is, by his own admission, a new progressive Democrat in the mold of Reps....
Lori Falce: Facts, opinions and political ads
The one thing I struggle with most in my job is not the task of making deadlines — although the editor who waits with well-concealed resignation for my weekend editorials every Friday might disagree. It is helping people — whether readers or writers — navigate the tightrope between what is...
Letter to the editor: Most important election in history
In my opinion, this election will be the most important in American history for the following reasons: • The president chose his cabinet for diversity, not merit, i.e., Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wouldn’t define “woman.” • There is rampant crime (Democratic mayors) in many cities with no bail...
Paul Kengor: Threat of nuclear war, October 1962 and 2022
“It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States,” said President John F. Kennedy in a dramatic nationally televised speech on Oct. 22, 1962, “requiring...
John C. Besley: Most Americans do trust scientists
Most Americans — 81% — think government investments in scientific research are “worthwhile investments for society over time,” according to the Pew Research Center’s latest survey on public perceptions of science. A similar proportion said they have at least “a fair amount” of confidence that scientists act in the public’s...
Laurels & lances: Cost, defense and involvement
Laurel: To dropping prices. They might not be down much, but let’s celebrate where we can. The price of a gallon of gas is down again in Southwestern Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh, the price is $3.95, down 3½ cents from last week, according to the GasBuddy price tracker. Sure, the national...
Athan Koutsiouroumbas: Pa.’s suburbs are not OK
For families living in Pennsylvania’s suburbs, things are not OK. The prosperity enjoyed by suburbanites is in peril, and they know it. Soccer field small talk has moved beyond gas prices. Polite conversation has moved into something more urgent: survival. Two recent studies help explain why suburbanites feel they are...
Letter to the editor: Dems focused on abortion instead of inflation, crime
With rampant inflation, skyrocketing gas prices and crime gone through the roof, it’s so comforting to know that Democratic candidates are laser-focused on the killing of unborn babies. Wow, what a relief! Bill Radvansky New Kensington...
Letter to the editor: Let’s hear about some of Fetterman’s flaws
In 2013, while he was mayor of Braddock, John Fetterman chased a Black jogger and pointed a shotgun at him. He should have been arrested and put in jail. I haven’t heard about this on the news, or anyone talking about it. I read letters to the editor raving about...
Letter to the editor: Vote GOP if you love USA
The following has occurred since January 2021 when the Biden administration and the Democratic majority took over our entire federal government: Crime is on the rise. In many Democrat-run major cities, murder is at its highest rate ever. Police are being targeted largely due to leftist slandering. Incompetent Democratic district...
Letter to the editor: Oz is no Pennsylvanian
Are you wondering why a citizen of Turkey with a mansion in New Jersey who is a medical doctor, TV celebrity, has hundreds of thousands of dollars and a family with extreme wealth would be pretending to be a resident of Pennsylvania to run for the U.S. Senate? This is...
Editorial: Did Fetterman-Oz debate change any minds?
For weeks and months, the question was out there. When would the candidates for Pennsylvania’s first up-for-grabs U.S. Senate seat in years face off in a debate? It finally happened Tuesday. So did it change anyone’s mind? Maybe for some people. In reality, probably not for many. It is increasingly...
Letter to the editor: Do we really want Mastriano as governor?
Today marks four years since a white nationalist, armed with assault weapons and antisemitic hatred, attacked my synagogue, murdering 11 people and injuring six more, including law enforcement officers. What has changed since that day? Four years ago, shooter Robert Bowers and his beliefs were considered fringe. Today the Republican...
Letter to the editor: What will GOP do about inflation?
At the beginning of October I returned from a long trip to Europe. Inflation there is much worse than our current 8.2%. Our gasoline prices are similarly modest in comparison, even moreso now. Inflation is currently 14.5% in the Netherlands, 13.7% in Russia, 10.1% in the UK, 10% in Germany,...
Colin McNickle: Right-size yourself, PRT, or see funding cut
Well past the deepest throes of the coronavirus pandemic, ridership on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) buses and trolleys remains a shadow of its former self. And a new analysis of that paucity by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy says Allegheny County’s mass-transit agency must right-size its many weak performing...
Rachel Marsden: Is it time for anti-woke populist non-interventionists to start their own U.S. party?
VANCOUVER — One of the most puzzling aspects of American politics to foreigners living in western democracies is the two-party straitjacket that hinders renewal. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., spoke of her interest in preventing former President Donald Trump from ever again running...
