Opinion category, Page 364
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 1
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Danielle Zanzalari: US chip makers don’t need handouts
Even during high inflation, Congress chooses to waste money by giving it to large corporations that don’t need it. Last week, semiconductor firms convinced Congress to provide free money and tax credits for expanding their U.S. manufacturing business — business expansion they already started in 2020 and 2021. The logic...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s talk about the Nazis
We’ll get to the Nazi flags in a moment. First, however, let us turn to Merriam-Webster for clarification of a point recently made in this space that left a few of you vexed. It came in a passage that noted the right wing’s attempted takeover of state voting apparatuses and...
Letter to the editor: Stop blaming government for everything
I’m tired of people blaming the government for everything they see as wrong in the world. School prayer, for instance. If you’re a praying person, and you raise your kids to be praying persons, and your kid doesn’t pray in school, that’s your fault, not the government’s. Likewise, if you...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s deadly border mismanagement
“51 migrants die in trailer abandoned in Texas heat“ was a headline on page B4 of the Tribune-Review’s June 29 print edition. This horrific death scene is the worst incident of the Biden administration’s “pretend it does not exist” mismanagement of the border humanitarian crisis occurring daily in Texas, Arizona...
Editorial: Wolf and Legislature resort to cartoon cat fighting
Will Pennsylvania ever again have a functional relationship between the Legislature and the governor? It seems unlikely. Indeed, it’s hard to remember a time when the two branches could do their jobs without being at each other’s throats in a round-robin of attacks as predictable as a Tom and Jerry...
Letter to the editor: Jefferson may have OK’d Jan. 6 insurrection
If an insurrection of the Jan. 6 type had occurred back in colony times and enough citizens were sufficiently upset with their government to march on the Capitol as an armed mob, Thomas Jefferson might have been right in there cheering the mob on! Consider this: The Constitution was freshly...
Letter to the editor: Can we be better stewards of the Earth?
In July, I excitedly await the arrival of the monarch butterfly. From the forests of Mexico, the second or third generation of offspring are finding their way to Pennsylvania. Their flight is captivating, how they flit from flower to flower, intent on finding one thing: Milkweed. That’s it, the secret...
Letter to the editor: Wehner a great Pirates broadcaster
I’m a lifelong Pirates fan. Grew up with Bob Prince and Jim Woods doing the games. My father went to a game on rare occasions but listened to every game on the radio. Never could understand why when some of the games were televised. I’m older now and find myself...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Sen. Josh Hawley no profile in courage
In the “Hall of Fame of Political Ignominy,” there is now a special place for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. He is the politician who strode confidently into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while showing a raised fist to the crowd of gathered demonstrators, urging them on, showing them his...
Nicholas Goldberg: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?
Watching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, one could be forgiven for believing we’re living in the heyday of conspiracy theories, between the Holocaust denialism of the Oath Keepers, the loony pedophilia fears of the QAnoners and the “Stop the Steal” ravings of Sidney Powell, Rudolph W. Giuliani and former President...
Hayley Brown and Katie Barrows: Nonprofits need unions, too
A progressive boss is still a boss. Yet for decades, senior leadership at left-leaning organizations have been excused from providing their staff with living wages, good benefits and inclusive work environments, in part because employees themselves feared holding bosses accountable for their hypocrisy could hurt the cause. But, in recent...
D. Brian Blank: Is the U.S. in a recession? Well, that depends on whom you ask — and what measure they use
The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate 0.9% from April through June, the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated on July 28, 2022. It follows a contraction in gross domestic product of 1.6% recorded in the first quarter of the year. Some observers suggest the two quarters of contraction constitute...
Letter to the editor: Liz Cheney won’t get reelected
I sincerely hope Liz Cheney enjoys her future job as the third-shift fry cook at a busy truck stop on I-80, ’cause she ain’t getting reelected! Maria Maliszewski Brackenridge...
Sounding off: Gun safety, Roe v. Wade, Trump, Mastriano, gas prices
Gun safety shouldn’t be a partisan issue Many Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers seem to care more about appeasing a minority of their base than protecting their own constituents’ lives. Republicans have persistently blocked and obstructed any legislation or even debate on gun safety bills in Harrisburg. Afraid of a small but...
Letter to the editor: All kinds of energy allow us to live our lives
There are plenty of both facts and “fake facts” out there about our energy situation. Facts don’t seem to matter much to some people. Green energy is anything that Mother Nature makes available to us if we take the initiative to seek and use it. We have used oil and...
Editorial: U.S. should work to bring Oakmont’s Fogel home from Russia, too
When WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia in February for possession of marijuana vape cartridges, everyone sat up and paid attention. Maybe it was that she was famous. Maybe it was how the 6-foot-9 Griner towers over the guards she is shown alongside. It most likely was how...
Letter to the editor: Women, welcome to your new job
Hello new hires! Welcome to your new job! Here, you’ll be able to enjoy all the freedom you can muster after working and commuting all day! Be sure to arrive by 8 a.m., even though your kids catch the bus at 8:30. You’ll figure it out! Lunch is unpaid, even...
Letter to the editor: How can our society support slaughter of abortion?
The article “‘Tidal wave’: Pittsburgh abortion clinics see influx of out-of-state patients” (July 8, TribLIVE) features an apparent abortionist at a “clinic” (a questionable use of the word, considering what they do) in East Liberty that has seen a threefold increase in demand for abortions. Another article describes how “impassioned”...
S.E. Cupp: Republicans have a huge women problem
Does the name Todd Akin ring a bell? For conservatives who remember the 2012 presidential election all too well, it induces a kind of political PTSD. Akin, the Republican nominee favored to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri, sent shock waves through the GOP when he said, in defense...
Cal Thomas: To ID or not to ID?
During recent election seasons there has been a debate over whether a voter must present an identification card to cast a ballot and if so, what type? Congressional Democrats are considering legislation that would provide secure identification cards, not to U.S. citizens for the purpose of voting, but to those...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The rule of law could use a win
Dear Attorney General Merrick Garland: You are doubtless familiar with the old adage that, “The wheels of justice may grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine.” As we watch your Justice Department’s ongoing investigation of the criminal conspiracy that was the Trump White House, many of us can readily vouch...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s actions on pipelines have no effect on gas prices
I wish more people would educate themselves before making false comments on subjects that they have obviously not researched. President Biden did not shut down any pipelines. What he did was stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was the Phase IV part of the current operational Keystone...
Letter to the editor: Stop legislators’ power grab
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is among the largest, most expensive legislative bodies in the country. At the same time, it is one of the least effective in passing bills favored by its citizens. Now it wants to bypass the democratic process altogether with amendments to the state Constitution. They submit...
Lori Falce: Where does Thompson really stand on gay marriage?
Politicians are notorious for the slippery ways in which they can avoid taking a firm position on some issues, freeing up just enough wiggle room to allow them to court votes on both sides. Sure, there are the sometimes rigid positions that are taken on polarizing issues such as guns...
