Opinion category, Page 336
Letter to the editor: Work ethic is difference between parties
Letter-writer Helen Hopkinson asked, “What’s the difference between Republicans, Democrats?” (Oct. 19, TribLIVE). There is a race. The Democrats want everyone to start the race at the same time and finish the race at the same time. The Republicans want everyone to start the race at the same time but...
Letter to the editor: Chris Deluzio has walked the walk
One candidate for Congress in the 17th District has an agenda undergirded by a commitment to serve the common good: Chris Deluzio. Iraq War veteran, voting rights attorney, voting security expert and union organizer, Chris hasn’t just “talked the talk”; he has “walked the walk.” Having served as a North...
Letter to the editor: Look at Mastriano through lens of history
Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” was a massacre that occurred Nov. 9-10, 1938. It was the first organized, government-sanctioned act of violence against German Jews. It marked the start of the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. Its commemoration falls two weeks and four years after...
Editorial: Capitalize on innovation on Main Street
Even though Pennsylvania is among the nation’s foremost centers of high-tech research and development, it still is better known for the legacy industries that made it an industrial powerhouse. A revealing new study by Brookings Institution researchers puts it succinctly: “Few states possess as many of the assets needed for...
Letter to the editor: Mastriano vs. Shapiro
There is certainly a lot of noise about the Oz/Fetterman race for U.S. Senate, and a good deal of radio silence about the gubernatorial race. You might not know that Sen. Doug Mastriano is running. For my money, the governor’s race is much more important to us Pennsylvanians, when you...
Letter to the editor: Our democracy is on the line
The other day, I was watching footage of Jan. 6. The crowd was chanting U.S.A., U.S.A., leading one to believe they thought of themselves as patriots. However, what the supposed patriots were doing was violently and destructively trying to bring down our democracy, or government. Because they could not admit...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: If Republicans couldn’t cheat, they couldn’t win
Honestly, Tony, my first instinct was to ignore you. That’s become my go-to when readers ask me, as you did in a recent email, to prove to their satisfaction that, “Republicans are keeping Black people from voting.” When I didn’t respond promptly enough, you said this strengthened your feeling “that...
Cal Thomas: Trump, you’re not a dictator
Former President Donald Trump says any member of his administration who runs for president against him — should he decide to run again in 2024 — would be engaging in an act of disloyalty. Appearing on Fox Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Trump was asked about possible other GOP candidates, specifically...
Letter to the editor: Enough with the political ads
It is time we address the issue of the constant ridiculous political ads that invade the airways every other minute, insulting our intelligence and integrity. Do they really think Pennsylvania voters are that stupid? Wouldn’t it be original to just tell the truth? Try donating some of that wasted money...
Letter to the editor: Do you feel safer, more secure two years later?
Before you get out to vote in a couple of weeks, here are some questions you need to ask yourself. First of all, disregard all of the candidate ads on TV. They will say and do anything to get your vote. Do you feel safer now than you did two...
Letter to the editor: Show us what’s in Fetterman’s past
Donald Trump and Dr. Mehmet Oz have a handicap: They are both celebrities. The liberal left can usually find something in their past and spin it. But John Fetterman remains a man of mystery. The press doesn’t seem interested in digging into his background. I didn’t follow the scandals about...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman right about parole
I kept hearing in one of Dr. Mehmet Oz’s TV ads that John Fetterman votes to let savage young violent criminals out of prison, focusing on one case in particular. So I looked into it. Turns out one was a 73-year old man who’s been in jail for 54 years,...
Letter to the editor: Vote to save our democracy
The Jan. 6 select committee has laid afresh the horrid scenes that nearly brought down our American democracy when our Capitol was attacked by the Trumpian mob. In my opinion, Donald Trump initiated the attempted coup and deliberately tried to obstruct the electoral process, and clearly is guilty of seditious...
Editorial: The tragedy of wrongful conviction is the price not paid
There are two tragedies when the wrong person is incarcerated for a crime. One tragedy is what happened to Drew Whitley. He was 33 when he was locked up for the 1988 murder of a McDonald’s worker in Duquesne. It took 18 years for DNA evidence to prove what he...
Tom Purcell: Halloween is for kids, isn’t it?
It’s a question worth asking in these nutty times: How old is too old to trick-or-treat? On the question-and-answer website Quora, some people ask if the age of 12 is a good time to hang up the ghost costumes. That sounds about right to me. My mother would have decked...
Letter to the editor: Will Oz run in Turkey next?
Should Dr. Oz lose the Senate seat in Pennsylvania, will he run in the Turkish parliamentary election in 2023? After all, he has dual citizenship. Maybe that is a political ambition of his? James Mark Zink Youngwood...
Letter to the editor: Putin’s ‘press gangs’
Shocking new revelations about Russia, as reported in the Wall Street Journal and other publications: The Russian military has formed “press gangs,” rounding up men in public places and forcing them into the military. They are given 10 days of training and then moved to the front lines of the...
Letter to the editor: Elections are not popularity contests
People need to remember one thing about voting. It is not a popularity contest. It is a job interview. Vote for the candidate who has the qualifications and background to do the best job. Take a good, long look at your gas, grocery and utility bills. Don’t go in and...
Letter to the editor: We should be preserving farmland
The $45 million question, asked in your recent editorial: “How many state parks is enough?” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE). Good question, but aren’t we missing the point here? In the 1970s, there was a movie called “Three Days of the Condor.” At the end of the movie, Cliff Robertson told Robert...
Joe Randig: Vaccination the key to preventing more polio outbreaks
As long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere, as evidenced by the recent paralysis of a young man and the detection of the poliovirus in the sewage in five counties in New York. Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have made great strides...
Letter to the editor: Environmental concerns in grocery stores
Giant Eagle has eliminated plastic bags in many of its Ohio stores and is charging 5 cents for paper bags, with plans for the same to follow in Pennsylvania. Patrons still can use their own cloth bags, and most of us realize that’s a dirty practice. Where have these bags...
Letter to the editor: Oz and GOP will restore Pa., USA
Before deciding which person or party to vote for, consider the records of the various candidates and their political parties. I keep seeing complaints about Dr. Oz because he’s wealthy. The complainers do not seem to recognize that Oz made his wealth by hard work. He became a doctor, a...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 24
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 24....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 24
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: You don’t treat a human being like this
Apparently, Craig Ridley somehow ceased to be a human being. That’s the only possible explanation for what he endured in a Florida prison. Five days in his cell, paralyzed, trapped in his own useless body, begging for help and being ignored. You don’t treat a human being that way. Heck,...
