Opinion category, Page 462
Letter to the editor: Hypocrites on the left
The immoral Biden regime now wants us to not believe what our eyes are telling us. Overworked U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas are being overrun with Haitians and other refugees. In an effort to control the mob of invaders, they employed the use of horses to keep them out...
Editorial: Pa. Turnpike fares unfair to some users
Why can’t Pennsylvania just make a toll road that costs the same no matter how you pay for it? The Pennsylvania Turnpike can be a costly way to get from here to there. Use an E-ZPass — the transponder system that reads your account and deducts pre-deposited funds when you...
Letter to the editor: Self-destruction of Republican Party
The former Republican Party, which is now the Party of Trump, seems to have self-destructed. The party seems to collectively believe it can do no wrong. When a person or group firmly believes it is always right, it can no longer grow, learn or adapt. It is more like a...
Pat Buchanan: The eclipse of Europe
For centuries up to and including the 20th, Europe seemed the central pivot of world history. Then came the Great Civil War of the West, our Thirty Years’ War (1914-45), where all of the great European powers — Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia — along with almost all of the...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: No vaccine? Goodbye, and good riddance
“If you want to leave, take good care, hope you make a lot of nice friends out there.” — from “Wild World” by Cat Stevens This is for those of you who’ve chosen to quit your jobs rather than submit to a vaccine mandate. No telling how many of you...
Adam Kovacevich: Europe’s tech discrimination could reverse Pittsburgh’s rebound
Ask anyone who lived in Pittsburgh in the ’80s, and they’ll tell you what failed economic policies looked like: shuttered plants, layoffs at Christmas and gutted neighborhoods. But just as Pittsburgh rebounds to become a leading tech hub, the next set of global economic policies are being debated right here...
Letter to the editor: Speak up or lose your freedom
OK, so the political parties are more like gangs now than representatives of us. To believe it’s science or not, to wear a mask or not, to get vaccinated or not — so far those are choices. To have your private personal and voting information turned over because one of...
Letter to the editor: Deer Lakes board lacks leadership
Regarding the article “Deer Lakes School District parents encourage school board to defy state mask mandate” (Sept. 18, TribLIVE): I believe the parents were absolutely correct stating that the virus is not going anywhere, and masks do cause harm to your health. The label on a mask box indicates that...
Editorial: Reapportionment demands compromise
A decision from a government body that raises questions is nothing new. That happens every day. But reversing course to do something that makes sense? That’s a little more noteworthy, so imagine the surprise when a highly divided panel did just that. The Legislative Reapportionment Commission is hard at work...
Letter to the editor: Why Amazon should be denied in Churchill
The proposal to build an Amazon distribution center in Churchill should not move forward. The developer has failed to submit a valid traffic study to Churchill Borough Council. The traffic study submitted by the developer should not be accepted by the council, as it did not consider: • The impact...
Tom Purcell: Is it autumn for America?
The autumn leaves are expected to be extra vibrant this year in Pennsylvania, though they are changing colors a week later than is normal. That’s fitting. Very few things are “normal” this year. According to Merriam- Webster, “autumn” is “the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually...
Letter to the editor: Nepotism in Yough School District
What is nepotism? Nepotism is the practice of promoting or hiring relatives or friends, often over more qualified external candidates. In family-owned business, such decisions are expected and make sense. However, in public institutions, hiring should always involve finding the best qualified candidate through an open and transparent process. At...
Editorial: A local coalition will ensure that no child goes hungry
Hunger was a problem before the pandemic started. Food is one of those bills that can be scrimped and shorted. The very euphemism that we use to talk about cutting back — tightening the belt — acknowledges the corners that get cut when money is short are often meals. So...
Letter to the editor: On covid, where’s common decency?
A recent front-page photo showed a youth at a school mask protest holding a poster that read “Communism spreads faster than covid.” What does that even mean? More than 685,000 Americans have died from covid. Thousands of new patients are dying each day. Nearly 42 million have contracted the disease....
Matt Smith: Pittsburgh region a national model for future-focused infrastructure
When President Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg chose our region to make significant announcements about a robust federal infrastructure package, we knew they did so with confidence that the Pittsburgh region was poised to take the lead, and rightfully so. We have a long-awaited opportunity in infrastructure...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 27
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 27....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 27
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Mona Charen: Why I’m a single-issue voter
In a few weeks, Virginia will hold an election, and I will have to make a decision. In the past, it would have been no contest. I’d have voted Republican. But now, though Terry McAuliffe leaves me cold, I will vote for him. I guess that makes me a single-issue...
Letter to the editor: Some ‘kids,’ like Jeannette’s musical athletes, know how to work
I get so tired of hearing people say that “kids today don’t know how to work.” The article about the four young Jeannette men who play on the football team and march with the band turns that idea on its head (“Jeannette players band together, show determination,” Sept. 16, TribLIVE)....
Letter to the editor: Money’s worth on the turnpike
The Turnpike Commission is laughing itself all the way to the bank! The diversion of E-ZPass and Toll by Plate has allowed the commission to drastically increase tolls while keeping the public ignorant of those increases. Turnpike usage is geared toward the commuter and not the occasional user who must...
Letter to the editor: Time to be FAIR
It’s been a rough couple years for us all in society. We’re more divided than ever. Controversies bubble up on social media and bubble out into reality, resulting in families who won’t speak to each other, terminated friendships and uncomfortable workplaces. Maybe you’ve seen some attempts at fixing things that...
Letter to the editor: Politicians’ errors and grand plans
Dear editor, U.S. citizens and old-time Democrats: I have seen and watched presidents and their administrations make errors in judgment and boneheaded decisions since President Eisenhower. Politics being politics will cause stupid judgments to be made. The results are sometimes slow in presenting themselves. Never do the politicians admit making...
Editorial: Booster shots are as common as vaccines themselves
Booster shots are not a new idea. Kids get them periodically for measles and mumps, for diphtheria and for chickenpox. Adults are cautioned to get a tetanus or meningitis booster. Travelers may get an update for things like hepatitis or yellow fever. A booster is just what it sounds like...
Letter to the editor: Our society’s selfishness is sad
My body, my choice, right? Too bad if it adversely affects other people. It’s selfishly all about me. The hell with everybody else. Guess I can go into a store without a shirt and shoes. Maybe I can wear a tank top instead of the required collared shirt at a...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: America’s civil religion
Think what you will about Richard M. Nixon, but the guy showed how to lose an election with grace in 1960. The Republican presidential nominee lost to Democrat John F. Kennedy in a squeaker, and charges soon surfaced that Kennedy won because of vote rigging in Illinois and Texas. The...
