Opinion category, Page 49
Jonah Goldberg: Maybe the latest Democratic disarray means they’re coming to their senses
Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, resigned from their positions on the Democratic National Committee. This could be great news. I don’t really know, because the actual reasons remain murky. “While...
William M. Cotter: Pushing public notices to government websites is a bad move
Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate risks allowing local governments to operate in the shadows, leaving taxpayers unaware of decisions affecting their pocketbooks, their communities and their quality of life. State Senate Bill 194, sponsored by Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Adams/Franklin, would allow school districts and municipal and county governments the option...
Jasmine Thompson: To be seen, heard and loved — the power of Black educators
During sessions of “The Girls Room,” which I established during my first teaching job as a safe space for high school Black girls to be seen and celebrated, we read novels like “The Skin I’m In” by Sharon Flake, talked about our goals, walked into womanhood together and discussed the...
Michel Lee Garrett: Gender-affirming care saved my life. Anti-trans policies would end it.
My life pre-transition was defined by deep depression. A profound emptiness, wrongness and passive suicidality suffused every day. I saw therapists. I saw psychiatrists. I took anti-depressants. I still hated myself. I still wanted to die. Only in my late 20s, when I finally opened up to my therapist and...
Athan Koutsiouroumbas: Can Amazon survive Pa.’s red tape?
Pennsylvania just caught the attention of the world’s most powerful company. Amazon recently announced it will invest at least $20 billion to build multiple high-tech cloud computing and AI innovation campuses across the commonwealth. The projects are expected to create 1,250 high-paying jobs — likely just the beginning of a...
Christopher Nicholas: Are Pa. partisans flipping sides on Fetterman?
Are the party positions on always-newsy senior U.S. Sen. John Fetterman flipping here in Pennsylvania? Fetterman continues to dominate the state’s “political attention” economy, as he has for a long time. Earlier this month in Boston, he and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick participated in a debate sponsored by the Edward...
Letter to the editor: Protests don’t look peaceful
Are throwing concrete pieces, frozen water bottles and high-grade firecrackers peaceful protests? Yes, the protesters, whom I think were paid, are at it again, déjà vu from 2020. How can the liberal woke media call this peaceful? Are they blind? Of course not; they reject having our country return to...
Letter to the editor: Who benefits from abortion carnage?
Each person on Earth has physical characteristics which are unique to him or her. No two people are alike, and any human being that is killed before being born can never be replaced. At fertilization, the second the male sperm fertilizes the woman’s egg there is a spark. First discovered...
Editorial: Don’t let government hide in the shadows
Government should never happen in the dark. We elect our leaders to represent our best interests, to craft laws that protect our communities and to spend our money wisely. All of that has to happen in the sunshine of the public eye for it to be trustworthy. And yet, too...
Letter to the editor: Sick leave expansion is anti-business
The expansion of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act is both short-sighted and anti- business (“Pittsburgh City Council expands paid sick leave requirements for businesses,” June 11, TribLive). The decision to enforce the costlier ordinance came with very little, if any, input from the business community. Not only will small businesses be...
Kate Harper and Conor Lamb: Four-letter word missing from the One Big Beautiful Bill: JOBS
In the hazy fog of hyperpartisan Washington, it’s easy to miss what is directly in front of you. That has never been truer than in the current debate over the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which passed the U.S. House and now awaits action in the Senate. The “OBBB” is a...
Cal Thomas: Hit ’em hard and again
After Israel took out at least two of Iran’s top scientists behind the development of nuclear weapons (and promised to kill more), my high school fight song came to mind. At football games after a touchdown we sang, “Hit ’em hard and hit ’em again. Show ’em now that we’re...
Letter to the editor: We must stand up to evil
There’s so much that can be said about what our country is facing, what we are going through, and yet it really comes down to this: “The only thing necessary for evil to thrive is for good men to stand by and do nothing.” Joni Campbell Harrison...
Letter to the editor: Losing our freedoms under Trump
My father fought in World War II, and one of the lessons I heard growing up was “I may not like what you have to say, but I will fight for your right to say it.” Apparently that American ideal of free speech is disappearing under President Trump’s administration. He...
Editorial: People must be free to speak up safely
On Saturday, Americans exercised their right to gather and their right to speak up. Across the country, No Kings protests blossomed, timed to coincide with the Washington military parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and President Donald Trump’s birthday. Organizers put the number of protests at more...
Letter to the editor: Mistrust of mainstream media
Do you believe the United States economy was better under President Biden or President Trump? Do you believe Trump is a criminal, a dictator, or do you believe that Biden was incompetent and the worst president in our country’s 279-year history? Unfortunately our beliefs most likely depend on which media...
Tom Gilbert: Pa. communities win when we invest in outdoor recreation
Anyone who doubts the economic importance of outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania should visit rural Huntingdon County, home of Raystown Lake. Thousands visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-operated recreation area each year to boat, fish and camp, leaving behind tens of millions of dollars spent at local businesses. Or rather,...
Colin McNickle: Again, PRT, first help thyself
As state budget negotiations come down to the June 30 wire and transit agencies across the commonwealth continue to lobby for the most taxpayer bailout money they can secure, we’ve repeatedly heard, and read, that Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) can’t cut its way out of its latest fiscal “crisis.” But...
Letter to the editor: Insurrection Act for protests?
Am I the only one who finds it strange that President Trump is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act on demonstrations against his immigration deportations? Where was he on Jan. 6 when there was a true insurrection against the Capitol? Oh, I forgot — that was a day of love...
Letter to the editor: We must privatize public education
At one time public schools and teachers were in the business of caring about and educating students. Then the teachers’ unions came along. Now I think the public education system is all about teachers making as much money as they possibly can while doing as little for it as they...
Editorial: Republicans may find they need to get behind the ACA
House Republicans’ reconciliation bill seeks to pay for $5 trillion of tax cuts by slashing health care spending, potentially leaving millions of Americans uninsured. The job of averting this self-inflicted disaster now falls to the Senate. The legislation seeks to cut $793 billion from Medicaid, the health program for the...
Letter to the editor: Cellphone law only works if we’re all visible
June 5 was the first day the Paul Miller’s Law went into effect to alleviate the usage in most capacities of cellphones or internet service while driving. While this is a much needed law to prevent accidents, I do feel there is a major hurdle that will prevent the likelihood...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 16
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 16....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 16
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Letter to the editor: In praise of civil servants
Within two hours of discovering a bat in our children’s bedroom, my wife and I spoke on the phone with a dispatcher and medical professional at the Department of Health, someone from the Pennsylvania Game Commission and our local game warden. The warden came out at midnight to remove the...
