Opinion category, Page 450
Letter to the editor: How far will Republican cult go?
Unwilling to admit that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, unsupportive of efforts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, and seemingly unable to differentiate between truth and lies, the cult which has hijacked the once-respected Republican Party has dusted off the Jim Crow playbook used by...
Letter to the editor: We’ll all be safer when stolen guns must be reported
The article “3 charged with receiving stolen property after guns reported missing from Adamsburg home” (Oct. 18, TribLIVE) demonstrates how the simple act of reporting lost or stolen firearms can help police to get these illegal weapons off the streets. Unfortunately, reporting missing weapons is not required under state law,...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 8....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 8
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 8....
Mona Charen: Have Democrats forgotten how to cheat and steal?
Isn’t it interesting that Democrats appear to have forgotten how to manipulate voting machines, stuff ballot boxes, engage in the wee-hour ballot dumps, collect ballots from dead people and coordinate with Chinese/Venezuelan governments to change the outcome of elections? Two-thirds of Republicans believe that’s what happened in 2020. And yet,...
Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti: I’m a mother and a pediatrician. My kids are getting covid vaccines right away.
Dear fellow parents: Please get your kids vaccinated. I’m doing so this week. As a pediatrician at Duke Health, I’ve seen many children and families suffer from covid-19 over the last 20 months. The parents of my patients tell me about the fevers, body aches, headaches, and loss of smell...
Letter to the editor: Postal saga illustrates USPS problems
Recent news reports have stated that first-class mail delivery will be delayed (and take up to five days), and, of course, the price is going to rise. I recently ordered an item that was in U.S. Postal Service possession in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Oct. 4, and was not delivered...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayer money for vaccine compensation is wrong
Where does this idea come from when the government can take taxpayer money and decide to spend it by giving government employees five days of vacation time for simply accepting the covid-19 vaccination? The state treasurer estimates this is going to cost $100 million. It comes from the arrogance of...
Letter to the editor: Make a nonmaterial difference this Christmas
Recently, we have heard how the global supply chain is disrupted. This has resulted in an unprecedented backlog of goods in transit. Dire warnings of empty shelves have prompted panic buying, especially with Christmas less than two months away. “Get those gifts now to avoid a blue Christmas” has become...
Editorial: Was Wolf’s ballot an honest mistake?
Often, changing a law is all about politics — especially when it has to do with the big issues that make headlines. In recent years, there is no issue that gets more attention than elections. How people register. How they vote. How those votes are counted and where and for...
Letter to the editor: From this moment on, let’s unite
Long gone are the days of rallying behind a passion, a cause, a neighbor. No more are the block parties, the barbecues, the helping hands. Relationships and reciprocity have been replaced with quarrel and rift. Our villages have shrunk to our households. Our township, our borough and our commonwealth are...
Letter to the editor: Better ways to honor veterans
November being the month to honor veterans, it’s a good time to remember the sacrifices made by so many to preserve the rights and freedoms we enjoy as Americans. But how to honor these courageous people? Having parades, raising flags, holding solemn ceremonies? Sure, but perhaps the best way is...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Remembering old lessons post-election
Despite the instant analysis of the cable news talking heads, Tuesday’s off-year election was not so bad for Joe Biden. But once all the votes were counted, it was not without its lessons for both parties and the nation. And each lesson can be captured by a familiar cliche. History...
Sounding off: Gun violence is killing and traumatizing our kids
I’ve already lost my brother to gun violence. I refuse to lose my son, too, amid a surge of shootings that are killing, injuring and traumatizing our youth at a scale I’ve never seen. A few weeks ago, my 14-year-old son and his friends were pulling up to the Haunted...
Dr. Mona Gahunia: Don’t wait to vaccinate kids
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all children 5-11 receive the low-dose covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, clearing the way for shots to begin immediately. Yet a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study indicates that one-third of parents plan to take a wait-and-see approach for their...
Craig Garthwaite: If we want cures to diseases like covid, we should stop vilifying drug companies
Drugmaker Merck just shared stunning data on molnupiravir, an oral antiviral it developed to combat covid-19. In molnupiravir’s phase three clinical trial, it cut covid-19 patients’ risk of being hospitalized or dying by 50%. The company is now seeking emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The medicine...
Letter to the editor: Biden to blame for high gas prices
The article “Don’t expect to see a price break at the pump anytime soon in Western Pa.” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE) blames high gas prices on high demand, things going on in Europe and other things. Why don’t you people print the truth? Gas prices started to climb after President Biden...
Letter to the editor: Pa. GOP should stop wasting taxpayers’ money
President Trump lost the election. Get over it. No fraud, no stolen election. Pennsylvania Republicans, quit wasting my tax dollars on your idiotic probe of the election. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Democrats don’t understand concept of melting pot
President Biden and the Democrats have our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. This new crew does not seem to understand America’s historic melting pot strength. Opening our borders waters down our melting pot. Our common language (English) lets us cross state lines without the need of an interpreter for...
Editorial: High tech hall passes are smart solution
Not all hall passes look alike. In some schools, they are slips of paper that detail exactly where a student is allowed to go, at what time and why. In others, they are physical objects — sometimes comically large or obvious — that not only tell other staff members the...
Letter to the editor: Turnpike interchange will destroy picturesque Penn Township area
Regarding the article “Long-awaited Pa. Turnpike interchange in Penn Township set to become a reality” (Oct. 28, TribLIVE): I have lived in Penn Township since 1987. I have seen many changes in the community as well as significant tax increases. This includes new well pads placed near residential areas and...
S.E. Cupp: Joe Biden, the placeholder president
The headlines as of late have not been great for President Biden. “There’s no magic in the Oval Office right now,” says one, quoting a Senate Democrat. “Joe Biden ‘Asleep’ at Climate Summit Sparks Wave of Criticism and Sympathy,” reads another. And finally, there’s this: “Poll shows Democrats want to...
John Stossel: We need choosier military spending
We’re out of Afghanistan. Good. We should have gotten out before. Our involvement there was America’s longest war, longer than the Civil War, World War I and World War II combined. We accomplished little good and plenty of bad. Tens of thousands killed. A trillion dollars spent. Hawks say, “If...
Mona Charen: Why are we so awful to each other?
On Saturday morning, as I was preparing to head to our basement to use the stationary bike, I smelled something. Opening the basement door, I saw something no one ever welcomes on the floors of their homes — running water, ankle-high. Calling to my husband to get the wet/dry vac,...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Fear the great unspoken engine of American history
Maybe white students deserve more credit than they get. Maybe — apologies to The Who — the kids are all right. Leo Glazé seems to think so, based on a tweet I chanced upon last week. In it, he described himself as an educator who has spent his career in...
