Opinion category, Page 505
Letter to the editor: Norwin board needs advocates
We have an important election on May 18. I feel that we have no community representation on the Norwin school board, and our taxes have gone up 10 times in 10 years. What did we get for the highest annual budget in Norwin history of almost $75 million? Our children,...
Letter to the editor: Starr best in Allegheny Township
Before Allegheny Township residents are enticed to vote for James Morabito for supervisor, I would like to share some information. A township is kept rural by leaders refusing to upgrade infrastructure like sewers, water, roads, broadband, etc. Supervisor Kathy Starr has strived to keep all infrastructures in top-notch condition in...
Letter to the editor: Funari best for Murrysville Council
I cannot think of a better person to be elected to Murrysville Council than my neighbor, Brad Funari. Funari is the kind of neighbor everyone wishes they had. He is looking out for you even when you don’t realize it. Several years ago, I witnessed firsthand his financial aptitude, leadership...
Tom Purcell: Why it makes sense to play in the woods
The retired science teacher jumped up from his hiding spot in his garden and grabbed my arm before I could escape. It happened in the mid-1970s when I was playing a game we neighborhood kids invented called “Fugitive.” Each summer night 15 or 20 of us would participate. Whoever drew...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why can’t we have nice things?
Its Constitution fixed the value of African Americans at three-fifths that of other humans. Its bloodiest war was over whether they should be enslaved. It has no institution — not one — that is free of racial discrimination. Yet, we are supposed to take seriously those who now ask if...
Letter to the editor: ‘Move Over’ law will keep workers safe
We are finally moving toward keeping first responders and construction workers safe with the new “Move Over” law (”Pennsylvania’s ‘Move Over’ law now in effect for motorists,” April 27, TribLIVE). Many first responders and construction workers have been killed or injured by vehicles driving too close to where they are...
Letter to the editor: Dice for Murrysville council
While there are many quality candidates running for office in Murrysville this year, I would like to recommend the reelection of our council president, Dayne Dice. I met Dice during my time on council. I was impressed with his ability to listen to all sides and to take differing viewpoints...
Letter to the editor: Vote ‘yes’ on amendments to restore the people’s voice
On May 18, we will have two constitutional amendments on the ballot addressing emergency declarations and powers. These amendments, if passed, will right the wrong of the past year of an executive branch that has exceeded its bounds and would allow the Legislature to have a voice on an emergency...
Editorial: A winning location to heal veterans and commerce in Monroeville
It is great when one solution can be used to tackle two problems. It would be even better if that could be used as a model to solve even more problems. A 6.5-acre site near the Monroeville Mall will be the home of a new 64,000-square-foot outpatient clinic for the...
Letter to the editor: Kurimsky for Franklin Regional school board
My wife and I considered many areas to raise our children, and Murrysville topped our list, mainly because of our confidence in the Franklin Regional School District providing the best education for our children. It’s important our kids experience a community that promotes diversity and values inclusion. With so many...
Letter to the editor: Biden proving to be worst ever
I thought it was impossible to have in my lifetime a president who is even worse than Barack Obama. But in only three months. President Santa Claus has proven that he is that guy! Aside from screwing up the border hideously and, like Obama, running as a unifier and then...
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10...
S.E. Cupp: Enough of Andrew Cuomo’s gaslighting
Any New Yorker alive in the 1980s knows the reference “Teflon Don.” It was well-earned by Gambino family mob boss John Gotti, famously acquitted in three high-profile trials in that decade. The Teflon wore off, however, in 1992, when he was finally convicted of five murders, conspiracy to commit murder,...
Letter to the editor: 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...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating 150 years of the NRA
We are celebrating 150 years of America’s longest standing civil rights organization, the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA works on gun safety, police and civilian shooting club programs and has reached over 32 million young Americans. Here are quotes from three life member presidents: • “I believe the Second...
Letter to the editor: What citizens should do during traffic stops
There’s been a lot of talk concerning police reform needed, but what about citizen reform on traffic stops? A public service announcement is needed across the country detailing what police should (rightfully) expect from the citizen who has been pulled over on a traffic stop. Here’s what we need to...
Letter to the editor: If we believe, fight, we can get through pandemic
This year has been crazy for everyone. Coronavirus has taken a lot from every single person in some way, from teachers to students, big businesses to small businesses. Some have lost family members. All of us have had to miss family traditions and not attend events we have been waiting...
Letter to the editor: Could we outlaw people?
At this point, I don’t care which party you belong to or if you are an independent, nor do I care if you are for gun control or against it. How can you ignore the factual statistics of gun-related crimes in four of the largest U.S. cities: Los Angeles, New...
Editorial: For U.S. Steel, reckoning with Toomey’s questions is a start
In 2019, U.S. Steel’s announcement of a $1.2 billion investment in its Mon Valley Works brought questions and excitement — the good, anticipatory kind. Yes, there would be a new endless casting and rolling facility at the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock and a cogeneration facility at the Clairton Plant,...
Letter to the editor: DC statehood a bad idea
U.S. House Democrats recently voted again to give statehood to the District of Columbia so its residents can vote for members of Congress and the U.S. Senate. D.C. residents already vote for the president with three electoral votes. D.C. is only 69 square miles, much smaller than any current state....
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Broken promises in the Mon Valley
The big steelmakers have been breaking hearts and promises in the Mon Valley since Andrew Carnegie fired up his first Bessemer converter at Braddock’s Edgar Thomson Works in 1875. That’s why, last week, when U.S. Steel pulled the plug on its promise to modernize the mills in the Mon Valley,...
Kevin Kearns: Biden’s ‘Made in America’ must be mined in America
In his recent address to Congress, President Biden appears to have transformed himself into a champion of the “Made in America” cause. As he explained it, his jobs plan — which encompasses everything from rebuilding roads and bridges to accelerating the green energy revolution — will be guided by a...
Kiki Peppard: M is for May, Mom and maternal profiling
Years ago, my testimony at a Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Committee public hearing began with two simple questions. I asked everyone in the room to please raise their hand if they had a mother (alive or deceased). Of course, everyone raised their hands. My second question was, if we all...
Sounding off: Listen to experts, get vaccinated
Taking covid vaccines, with their rare risks, is much safer than the frequent risks of actually getting covid, according to the Centers for Disease Control, this nation’s best source of information about contagious diseases. Yet we often hear people say, “My fear of the vaccines is much greater than my...
