Opinion category, Page 470
Letter to the editor: Biden administration is destructive
It must be obvious to all non-cognitive challenged citizens that the Biden administration is the most incompetent and destructive in our history. The policy choices made on serious matters have been horrendous. A few examples among many: the southern border debacle, destroying energy independence, economic policies that retard growth, the...
Editorial: Westmoreland serves its residents with Open Meetings compliance
A lot of attention is given to the availability of public information through open records. Government has to be open to scrutiny to be fair and accountable. Open records are one of the best examples of that. Government agencies are built on paper trails that show relationships, agreements, obligations and...
Letter to the editor: ‘Build Back Better’ bill best for all citizens
The proposed “Build Back Better” bill may be the most visionary piece of legislation in our lifetime. Issues addressed include: • reestablishing workers protections through labor law and promoting labor unions • adding dental, hearing and vision benefits through Medicare expansion • free preschool and community college • major investments...
John Stossel: We should get vaccinated, but not by force
Politicians love force. The idea of leaving us alone to make our own decisions goes against their nature. To be sure, civilized society sometimes needs government force: police to punish killers, soldiers to protect us from foreign invaders, environmental police to stop my smoke from flowing to your lungs …...
S.E. Cupp: Biden’s epic Afghanistan miscalculation
Like many fellow Americans, I know a number of men and women who served in Afghanistan. And whatever you think of the imprudence of the Afghan war, there is no doubt our U.S. service members were doing an important job there, and have more than earned our respect and gratitude....
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Right-wing radicals have stated their aims. We better believe them.
It’s been five years since I first speculated in this space about the end of American democracy. In doing so, I felt like a man climbing out on an especially creaky limb. But as hyperpartisanship rose to ever more bizarre extremes, as the misinformation crisis left ever more people babbling...
Letter to the editor: We don’t know what’s in our ketchup, either
I can’t understand how minority neighborhoods are being called underserved when clinics are set up in them and the residents don’t come. A recurring excuse is “they did not come for the vaccine because they don’t know what is in it.” Would they come if an ingredient list was published...
Letter to the editor: We need answers from Bush, Cheney
If people think the exodus from President G.W. Bush’s 20-year Afghanistan war is bad, wait until they see our exodus from Bush’s 18-year, multitrillion-dollar Iraq debacle. Everyone is pointing fingers. Why are not the real guilty parties (GWB and Cheney) put on the witness stand and answers demanded from them?...
Lori Falce: No gatekeeping, please
Gatekeeping is one of those terms that gets a lot of play these days, like cancel culture or safe spaces. It’s a term that means people in one area decide what the criteria for admission will be. It generally refers to something like a “fandom,” like comic book enthusiasts or...
Letter to the editor: Biden supporters share blame for Afghanistan
President Biden supporters, from mainstream media to die-hard Democrats, and those who found some of Trump’s tweets upsetting, have betrayed our troops and allies around the world. All now share responsibility for the debacle and loss of life in Afghanistan. More lives will be lost because terrorists are now emboldened....
Letter to the editor: Democrats working for rural Pa. residents
Poverty retreating; means to control covid; and infrastructure coming including connectivity, broadband and cell service (imagine, no more trips to McDonald’s or Walmart parking lots for internet); shots in the arm; cash in your pocket; and help for rural schools and hospitals. All through Democrats working for you, for all...
Laurels & lances: Fiscal wisdom, humane gestures and a mystery rhino
Laurel: To careful deliberation. When it comes to money, it seems like government seldom needs any encouragement to plunge forward, planning first and finding a way to underwrite a project later. That makes it refreshing to see Jeannette content to let a pot of funds sit until the right way...
Paul Kengor: Back to 9/11?
“I wouldn’t have withdrawn,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I would have kept the counterterrorism forces on the ground … working with indigenous forces. That’s the best insurance policy against another 9/11.” Says Graham: “The chance of another 9/11 just went through the roof.” It has...
Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Sen. Lisa Baker: ABLE accounts give people with disabilities chance to save
People living with disabilities often face tremendous challenges. One is striking the right balance between paying for day-to-day needs and saving for larger expenses while not saving so much that they become ineligible for critical benefits. The federal Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 and the Pennsylvania...
Emily Burke: The explosive growth of home schooling
Parents are taking their children’s education into their own hands in record numbers after a disastrously tumultuous school year. The U.S. Census Bureau’s experimental Household Pulse Survey, which is an online survey recording social and economic impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, demonstrates a dramatic shift towards home schooling within the...
Letter to the editor: Republicans continue to deny facts
The election of 2020 was secure and verified. Masks and vaccinations save lives. Manmade climate change has happened. These three things are facts. There are no alternative facts or different opinions. They are undeniable facts. It is puzzling that our Republican leaders continue to deny these three facts. We can...
Letter to the editor: More on NEA’s critical race theory position
I felt it was necessary to respond to Robert Supansic’s letter “Critical race theory misconception” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) questioning the accuracy of my letter, “NEA’s critical race theory push” (July 30, tribLIVE). For starters, everything I wrote about centered around the National Education Association passing a resolution called New Business...
Letter to the editor: Fake news on polar bears
Speaking of an extended vacation from reality, I want to thank the author of the letter “Biden’s energy stance” (July 23, TribLIVE) for the reveal of where I can get “the real news.” Concerning his feigned umbrage at “Faux News” Tucker Carlson’s (silence?) on Alaska oil leases and the ConocoPhilips...
Letter to the editor: Who’s the partisan?
I read the hilarious and certainly socialist-biased letter by Frank Zalakar attacking my opinion on Jan. 6 and almost hurt myself because I was laughing so hard (“Partisan demands regarding Jan. 6,” July 31, TribLIVE). He questioned my motives and accused me of being partisan because I want to know...
Editorial: Beware the regular flu while the novel coronavirus still circulates
There is a lot that should have been learned from the pandemic. How science can advance when government is a partner instead of a gatekeeper. How important transparent communication and trustworthy data are to a message’s acceptance. How much we depend on our least-paid workforce to get through our lives....
Letter to the editor: Integrity of Republican Party
A group of violent insurrectionists storms the Capitol building, attempting to destroy our votes and kill our elected representatives, and Sen. Jake Corman, along with the rest of the GOP, rewards them with a sham audit of the 2020 election. Supporters of this bogus investigation say, “let’s have this audit...
Rep. Emily Kinkead and Molly Parzen: Federal support needed for infrastructure and stormwater improvements
Recently our area was inundated with flooding due to stormwater. This, of course, is nothing new to us. Route 51 often turns into a river, the section of the Parkway known as “the bathtub” gets shut down, Union Avenue in Ross Township in my district turns into an impassable lake...
Laura Charos: With college, is it where you go or what you do?
Where you go to college seems to be the hype of today, with pressure placed on students to get into high-tier schools. Prestige is more important than ever to students and their parents, since many seem to believe it is the name of the school that will steer you toward...
Pete Saunders : The ‘best places to live’ may not be the best places to live
Newly released 2020 Census data give us a better sense of where Americans think the best places to live are. Cities such as Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and Las Vegas continue to be popular, maintaining the strong population growth that’s defined them for the last half-century. Others, such as Buffalo and...
Letter to the editor: MacArthur was right
“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” — Gen. Douglas MacArthur Do you see how right he was yet ? Dave Cassidy Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
