Opinion category, Page 477
Letter to the editor: Worried for future of Dormont Pool
In the article “ ‘Dormont called’: Pittsburgh residents may be able to use Dormont’s pool soon” (July 27, TribLIVE), Dormont manager Ben Estell states, “We’re extremely flexible. We’re trying to help out the city.” He goes on to say, “We certainly welcome the opportunity to help our neighbors.” If that...
Editorial: Harrisburg can easily clean up murky expenses
Be the change you want to see. It’s good advice — even if it is frequently misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi. The idea is that if something is worth changing, don’t wait for someone else to lead the charge. Pick up the cause and start changing it yourself. It might be...
Letter to the editor: Teachers’ politics have no place in schools
What’s funny to me about Penn-Trafford Education Association president Shaun Rinier’s letter “Teaching critical race theory an issue for local districts, not NEA” (July 19, TribLIVE) was his concern about the National Education Association supporting CRT and that they were not concerned with their conservative members’ position. My question to...
Letter to the editor: Democrats are not ‘socialists’
Today’s “conservative Republicans” have done a masterful job of brainwashing and hoodwinking many Americans into believing that the national Democrats are now some kind of “socialists.” We now have a No. 1 bestseller on the nonfiction list titled “American Marxism” (written by Mark Levin) with a picture of a hammer...
Letter to the editor: Mitigating methane
Over a 20-year period, the greenhouse gas methane will rise in potency 87 times as compared with carbon dioxide. Both the state and federal governments are considering methane leakage pollution standards that could reduce potential methane pollution 65% by 2025. For this to become effective, both D.C. and Harrisburg governments...
Editorial: The scourge of fake covid vaccine cards
A new crop of businesses has been born out of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s not a surprise. We have already seen industrious entrepreneurs take up the challenge with mask-making, cleaning services, delivery driving and creating festive yard displays to take the place of birthday parties and other celebrations that weren’t...
Letter to the editor: Don’t blame media for world views
Regarding Michael Bitterice’s letter “Media not fair and objective” (July 26, TribLIVE):I despise mainstream media. I prefer to gather my news from various sources, and even that can be a stretch. But at the end of the day, it’s up to you. It’s what dwells in your heart that shapes...
Pat Buchanan: Is America becoming a failed state?
Suddenly, Sunday, a riveting report came over cable news: The U.S. embassy was urging all Americans to “leave Afghanistan as soon as possible.” Message: Get out while you can. Adding urgency was news that three northern provincial capitals, including Kunduz city, had fallen to the Taliban, making it five provincial...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s talk about the things they will not learn
Let’s talk about the things they will not learn. “They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards to restrict the teaching of African American history. To the contrary, a number of states — Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and more — have...
Letter to the editor: Are vaccines useless?
For months, the Biden administration and the CDC have been urging and pushing everyone to receive a vaccine to protect against what I call “China plague.” About two months ago, the CDC director said vaccinated people can remove the mask. You are protected. Now the director has performed a 180,...
Letter to the editor: Battling critical race theory
Critical race theory is nothing more than a theory, and not all theories are based on facts. In my opinion, it is Marxism, and the National Education Association wants to brainwash your kids with lies. America does not have a systemic racism problem. However, this is what the radical Democrats/socialists...
Editorial: Tarentum’s borrowing looks like strategic investment
Tarentum Council is taking advantage of low interest rates to refinance debt and possibly borrow more money. With the interest rates at sub-basement levels, this isn’t surprising. It’s an opportunity many municipalities, school districts, counties and more doubtless will jump to pursue. Like refinancing your home loan to lower your...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland commissioners can improve lives
Westmoreland County is on the cusp of generational change thanks to $105 million in American Rescue Plan funds (“Westmoreland residents seek input on spending $105M in pandemic funds,” July 31, TribLIVE). The opportunity to improve the lives of county residents is unprecedented. Funds directed to those in rural and underserved...
Tom Purcell: Pets can solve our national empathy shortage
My Lab puppy, Thurber, makes me laugh out loud every day. The writing life requires you to sit still for long periods of time, but those days are long gone. As I write this column — attempt to write it, that is — my 7½-month-old buddy keeps dropping his ball...
Sam DeMarco: The Shell cracker plant is a boon for business
Denial takes many forms, and while we often are exhorted to “trust science,” some dismiss the science of economics when it doesn’t suit their political agenda. That’s what we’re finding out about the natural gas industry in general and the nearly completed ethane “cracker” plant that is about to trigger...
Letter to the editor: Why the emphasis on covid vaccines?
It seems that the reason emphasis is placed on getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a concern for life. We agree that life should be valued, as it’s a gift from God. What is puzzling is why abortion is supported. Why is the violence and murder in our streets not addressed...
Editorial: The answers the 9/11 families deserve
For most Americans, Sept. 11, 2001, is a date that calls us back to where we were at that time all those years ago. It is something we remember when the topic arises and a memory we are able to tuck away sorrowfully like a sad relic of a lost...
Letter to the editor: Getting Pa. back on track for renewable future
As the wildfires raging out west caused haze to increase around Pittsburgh, one of Pennsylvania’s key programs for renewable energy adoption came to a screeching halt. Since 2004, Pennsylvania’s renewable energy requirements have increased each year, meaning more of our electricity was coming from sources not contributing to climate change....
Letter to the editor: Stand up to the socialists
Wake up, America. Riots, burning, looting, killing, cities in turmoil, schools teaching our children to hate America, getting more money to stay at home rather than work, businesses hurting and closing, the economy in bad shape. This is all out of the Bill Ayers playbook. Citizens protest, and want government...
Letter to the editor: Leslie Rossi a humble American
The writer of the letter “Time to repurpose the Trump House” (July 25, TribLIVE) needlessly bashes Republican Rep. Leslie Rossi and clearly employs a common Marxist tactic of waging class warfare. This is an unfair attack. If he knew Rossi, he’d know she grew up in a middle-class family, her...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 9
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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 9
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Editorial: Time for to push harder for vaccines in state prisons
When it comes to encouraging people to do something they may or may not want to do, there are two time-tested methods: the carrot and the stick. The covid-19 vaccine is seeing both come into play. The carrots have been everywhere for months. A vaccine card can be the way...
Gov. Jim Justice: ARC and West Virginia — partners in a state of improvement
This commentary is part of a series from governors of the 13 states in the Appalachian Regional Commission. ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. For every home improvement project, big or small, you need the...
Mona Charen: Vaccinate the world. Now.
About six weeks ago, I wrote a piece urging that the United States take the lead in vaccinating the world. The case for doing so is even more compelling now. Yes, we’ve been scratching and clawing at one another domestically over vaccine hesitancy, vaccine disinformation, vaccine mandates, masks, schools and...
