Opinion category, Page 353
Counterpoint: A free marketeer’s love of Labor Day
One hundred forty years ago, the first Labor Day parade almost ended before it began. On Sept. 5, 1882, thousands of union workers, police officers and gawking onlookers gathered at City Hall in lower Manhattan. Everything was in place, the route was set and the marchers were ready to go,...
Sounding off: Abortion, free lunches, Mastriano, debates, drugs, separation of church/state
Eyes are finally opening on abortion Mary Sanchez’s editorial “Every vote in America now about abortion” (Aug. 23, TribLIVE) gave me cause to celebrate. It’s about time! Before Roe v. Wade was recently overturned, and the question of the legality of abortion was returned to the states, the silence in...
Letter to the editor: Wolf’s stimulus check money should go to us
Gov. Tom Wolf’s $2,000 stimulus checks would go far to help needy families. I believe what Pennsylvanians need to know is that Pennsylvania’s Republican Legislature is hoping for a Republican win in the governor’s race, then the money will surely be divided and sent to special interest groups that support...
Letter to the editor: Voters deserve debates
It has come to my attention there may be no debates by the candidates for Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Senate. If that is indeed the case, it is unacceptable. This is not a middle school popularity contest. It is a job interview, and these candidates will be making decisions that...
Editorial: Are Catholics key to the Tree of Life shooting jury?
Tree of Life shooting suspect Robert Bowers will go to trial next year. The federal criminal case has dragged on for almost four years since that Saturday morning in October 2018 when Squirrel Hill joined the list of mass shooting locations in the U.S. Eleven people died at the synagogue,...
Letter to the editor: Jeannette mayor is naïve
I think our mayor in Jeannette is extremely naïve. Apparently, if a Jeannette student is enrolled into Hempfield Area School District, his or her family automatically will become financially stable. Hey, Mayor, how about taking care of your own business? What happened with the Monsour property? Should we list all...
Letter to the editor: Compromise part of a democracy
President Biden is deservedly receiving praise for his landmark bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. From the historic climate change policy to the improvements in health care to the minimum tax on large corporations and the stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals, this bill is a win for average Americans. Finally,...
Gary Franks: Student loan debt relief? How about service instead?
President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan should have been debated and voted on by Congress. Even Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi once said it could only be done via a vote of Congress. For Biden to just do it is considered noble by some, political by others,...
S.E. Cupp: The Democrats’ real November abortion advantage
With just a little more than two months to go before the 2022 midterm elections, one issue is emerging as a top turnout driver. And if Democrats do the historically unimaginable in November, staving off what was predicted to be an off-year Republican bloodbath, we can likely trace the root...
Colin McNickle: Pittsburgh’s government-induced economic funk
Private employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had still not returned to pre-pandemic levels in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). And that remains a dysfunction of the same old — and same wrong — calcified government practices, concludes an analysis by the...
Letter to the editor: Mazeroski should be honored
The letter “Pirates insult great players with Hall of Fame lineup” (Aug. 18, TribLIVE) noted that the MVP of the 1960s World Series team was left off the list of inaugural inductees. In my opinion, the MVP should have been Bill Mazeroski, who ended the series with a ninth-inning walk-off...
Letter to the editor: Equal justice for evidence destroyers
There is a feeling among some folk, that is, those with functioning IQs, that during this reign of the WOAT (Worst Of All Time), the justice departments are biased. But I say, nuh-uh. I had to junk a PC, and so I removed the hard drive and beat the heck...
Lori Falce: Quiet quitting needs a different name
I am annoyed by all the attention being given to the trendy workplace phenomenon of quiet quitting. It’s the latest in the post-pandemic upside-down world where workers are recognizing their power in a workplace where many industries are struggling to fill jobs. What annoys me is the wording itself. Quiet...
Letter to the editor: Right, wrong and loan forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris, when asked about the policy on student loan forgiveness, answered, “First of all, a lot of the same people who are criticizing what we rightly did in following through on a commitment that we made to forgive student loan debt are the same people who voted...
Letter to the editor: Donor milk legislation can help protect sick babies
When my baby Owen was born prematurely, I didn’t know about human donor milk or that it could have helped him before I was able to provide my own milk. When Owen passed away from necrotizing enterocolitis, a complication that research shows donor milk could protect against, I was devastated....
Paul Kengor: Student loan stories enlightening
The Biden plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan payments has upset people on both sides of the political aisle, for reasons both political and personal. Politically, the plan is an outrageous irony coming from President Joe Biden and “progressive” supporters like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and...
Laurels & lances: Teaching and searching
Laurel: To making an effort. Lots of people are talking about the problems in education — especially with the falling numbers of teachers. It’s an issue that wasn’t necessarily caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but it has definitely been exacerbated by it. Colleges are seeing fewer people pursue degrees in...
Joshua Andy: Gorbachev was Khrushchev’s successor as a reformer; Russia is still waiting
Together, the Russian invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24 and Mikhail Gorbachev’s death Aug. 30 serve as a bookend on Russia’s post-Cold War epoch and the end of the possibility of an era of reform. Born in 1931, Gorbachev was a young child when both his grandfathers were arrested and sent...
Letter to the editor: Why no anger over Trump’s tax cuts?
Why is everyone upset about spending that $300 billion for college loan forgiveness? Why weren’t people angry about the Trump tax overhaul in 2017, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will raise the federal deficit by $1.9 trillion over the coming decade? Why aren’t people angry that those 2017 Trump...
Letter to the editor: Jan. 6 hypocrisy
Psalm 94 reminds me of the hypocrisy of the Democrat-run Jan. 6 committee and the propaganda spewed by the media. To paraphrase: “They speak freely, they utter malicious falsehoods, they glorify themselves all doers of iniquities. Your nation they crush and affect your heritage.” A few examples: 1. In his...
Editorial: Pennsylvanians deserve Fetterman-Oz debate
How we conduct elections has changed over the years. It is no longer a show of hands. It isn’t by the roar of the crowd. We don’t drop a pebble in a vessel like they did in ancient Greece — although the evolution of that process is where we get...
Letter to the editor: Why are we OK with invasion of privacy?
I read with some astonishment the article “Driver’s license scanners could help reduce problems on Pittsburgh’s South Side, DA says” (Aug. 19, TribLIVE) about the meeting where South Side bar owners met with District Attorney Stephen Zappala to discuss surveilling all of their customers, on the off chance that a...
Jonah Goldberg: Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt is anything but progressive
President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in federal student loan debt is like a pinata: You can attack it from any angle and find some reward. In short, people making less than $125,000 will get $10,000 of their debt forgiven, no strings attached. Recipients of needs-based Pell Grants will...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez: Young voters can save the planet
For America’s young voters, famished for positive action on climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is cause for celebration. The passage of this landmark legislation is a signal to young climate activists across the country that unprecedented progressive change is possible. For the millions of young Americans who...
Letter to the editor: Jesus was not an American
Oh, Mary Ann Klingensmith (“We must return to ‘one nation under God’,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE). You seem to still cling to the notion that God, or Jesus, or someone, has chosen the United States to represent your view of a God and country forever united together against … the Democrats?...
