Opinion category, Page 503
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 17
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 17....
Letter to the editor: Roads sacrificed for pricey garage?
Regarding the article “Debt-free: 30 years of saving pays for Loyalhanna Township’s new $1 million garage” (May 6, TribLIVE): Ken Walters, a 15-year supervisor, and Mary Trunzo, 33 years as secretary/treasurer and 20 years as supervisor, were instrumental in saving money for half or more of the 30 years, all...
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 17
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 17....
Colin McNickle: The trouble with Pittsburgh International Airport
Despite repeated efforts to generate higher passenger counts at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) through subsidies to both domestic and international flights, the airport has lagged well behind the average passenger increases at the nation’s top 50 airports, concludes an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “Between 2009 and...
S.E. Cupp: Tale of Liz Cheney, Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump
The woodshed: It’s a popular place in politics, meaning somewhere you metaphorically go when you’ve done something bad. Parties go there when they lose big elections. Presidential advisers are sent there when they mess up. In 2010, Gen. Stanley McChrystal was summoned to the woodshed by President Barack Obama over...
Letter to the editor: Lincoln’s Lyceum Address is enlightening
I’d like to encourage everyone who reads this to please look up on Google or YouTube the 1838 Lyceum Address by Abraham Lincoln. It was written 23 years before the Civil War. Similar to today, tensions were high, and there was much unease. Lincoln warned the nation of immense harm...
Letter to the editor: Biden as Santa Claus
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Just witness the gifts included in President Biden’s “bag of goodies” as presented in his address to the joint session of Congress last month — a $1.8 trillion ($1,800,000,000,000) “American Families Plan” of investment and tax credits over 10 years for families and...
Letter to the editor: Covid’s toll on our planet
With people being in isolation for much of the past year, different aspects of everyday life have been altered, and we have had to adapt to this new “normal.” Although some of these changes have made our lives better, have they benefited Earth? According to the Climate School at Columbia...
Editorial: Transparency in state spending is a constant process
In a functioning democracy, citizens need to be able to see certain facts about their elected officials in the glaring light of day. They need to know what government is spending money on. They need to know where the money is going. They need to know how much people are...
Letter to the editor: Telecommuting would benefit DC
One key lesson the pandemic taught us is that about one-third of the population can effectively work from home. Among the D.C. ruling class, the figure is far higher. So why not make it permanent, starting with Congress? The Capitol and hearing rooms could be turned into big-screen Microsoft Teams...
Letter to the editor: Make voice heard on redistricting
Redistricting will be upon us soon. We voters, once again, will be herded between legislative boundaries that remind one of cowboys riding drunken horses lurching side to side to keep their balance just so the most powerful can keep the power they have given themselves. This is the true way...
Gary Scott Smith: Biden’s faith shapes his politics
President Joe Biden’s omission of the word God from his National Day of Prayer proclamation May 6 has evoked a firestorm of protest. Christian Broadcasting Network commentator David Brody, evangelist Franklin Graham, Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Fox News and other politically conservative media outlets criticized Biden’s failure to mention...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Our best defense is to vote
Since at least 2016 and up until recently, it seemed like there was breaking political news every day, all day long. Maybe you checked your newsfeed first thing every morning or kept your favorite cable news channel on in the background all day long. It became too much, even for...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s talk about ‘Foxitis’
That, as you may recall, was the explanation attorney Joseph Hurley offered last week at a court hearing for his client, accused Capitol insurrectionist Anthony Antonio, who is facing five federal charges for his role in the attack. “You want war?” he reportedly yelled to police. “We got war! 1776...
Sounding off: Pittsburgh needs plastic bag ban
Pennsylvanians use almost 4.6 billion plastic bags every year, and each bag typically only has a lifespan of 20 to 30 minutes, or the time it takes to drive home from the store. It is high time for Pittsburgh to ban the use of single-use plastic bags or, at the...
Jonah Goldberg: Deterrence method for piracy might also discourage cyberattacks
The Colonial Pipeline, which provides roughly 45% of the East Coast’s oil, gas and jet fuel, was hacked last week by a group called DarkSide. The cyberattack forced the pipeline owners to shut down operations, leading to long gas lines in many American cities. The incident has sparked a long-overdue...
Letter to the editor: Mr. President, please help me, too
Mr. President, I am writing to you in the hopes that you can help me. I would like to send you my recent hospital and student loan bills. I am hoping that you can pay these for me, as it will go a long way in my achieving the American...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Liz Cheney
You go, Rep. Liz Cheney! For standing up to President Trump and calling out the “Big Lie” as Trump continues to claim he won the 2020 election. This Trump Republican Party is greatly flawed. Truth seems to mean absolutely nothing to them. They are crucifying fellow Republican Cheney for speaking...
Editorial: A positive step to encourage the vaccine resisters
In Ohio, the enticement to get the covid-19 vaccination is a chance at $1 million for adults or a college scholarship for a minor. In West Virginia, you can get a $100 savings bond. New York is giving baseball tickets. New Jersey will pour you a beer. But the Centers...
Letter to the editor: Credibility in policing
There is some truth to columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.’s remarks regarding credibility as a tool in policing (“Bryant’s is not an open-and-shut case,” April 27, TribLIVE). The problem is, Blacks need to erase a lot of bad memories. Critical race theory is also problematic. Further, the expanse of Black crime...
John Stossel: Welfare for the rich
Congress passed the $2.2 trillion Heroes Act. House Democrats said it gives money to “governments who desperately need funds.” But it also gives lots of money to people who don’t need funds. Maryland, which even The Washington Post admits is “flush with cash,” got enough extra money to pass a...
Mona Charen: After Cheney, the real steal is coming
Welcome to the funhouse world the Republican Party is building. Up is down. Black is white. Lies are truth. The great cause that Republicans are uniting around is “election integrity.” That’s rich. The reality is that somebody did attempt to steal the 2020 election — Donald Trump. During the days...
Tom Norquist: What we need right now is play
Each day for the last 365-plus days, most of us have woken up and read the latest expert-recommended tips about what we need to do to stay healthy and achieve happiness in what, for many, has been an incredibly grim year. We’ve learned, for example, that mask wearing and social...
Reps. Guy Reschenthaler and Mike Kelly: Parnell is the leader Pa. needs in Senate
In just over 100 days, the Biden administration and the Democrat-run House and Senate have put America on a path to ruin. From devastating policies leading to nationwide gas shortages, failing to reopen schools, an escalating crisis at the border, dramatically rising crime nationwide, and Big Tech and corporate America...
Letter to the editor: More spending won’t benefit economy
Nothing is going to bring back the hotel, travel, entertainment and sports industries until covid is behind us. So all the spending/stimulus isn’t going to get unemployment down, and the economy growing again. President Biden telling us more spending will work is either a lie, shows he is a fool...
