Opinion category, Page 573
Editorial: Confusion over covid data inconsistency can cause harm
When writing and researching articles, reporters rely on two elements. There are the anecdotal incidents that occur. What a crime victim saw, what a politician said, the feelings of the crowd at a protest. Then there are the facts. It takes both of those things together to make up the...
Letter to the editor: Is Wolf trying to swing Pa.?
Gov. Tom Wolf won’t give us information to make our own decisions during the covid-19 pandemic. He just issues edicts. All we can see are totals for the county (Donegal to Arnold lumped together) or if we try hard, by ZIP code (15650 is over two townships). Wolf essentially says...
Tom Purcell: Traditional Halloween fun pales in face of 2020 reality
Halloween is a huge letdown this year. I love modern Halloween traditions. I love the sweet smell of autumn, the chilly air and the camaraderie of friends around a roaring campfire. I love hayrides, Honeycrisp apples and the clever, hilarious costumes my left-brained accountant and engineer friends come up with....
Jim Busch: Bigotry can be hard to maintain
The news today is full of stories about white supremacy groups like the Proud Boys and the Ku Klux Klan. These groups are increasingly common as racial tensions mount. I detest these groups and their evil ideology, but I can understand them because I am descended from a long line...
Letter to the editor: Biden can rid us of Trump’s horrors
We in the best country in the world are being crippled by lack of leadership. We have an opportunity to change our course of destruction. I believe one man, Joe Biden, will rid us of the horrors that President Trump has unleashed. Black men are being killed, without even a...
Letter to the editor: Abortion is only issue
The Democratic agenda endorses codifying Roe v. Wade into law, restoring federal funding for major abortion provider Planned Parenthood and abortion on demand, including late-term. Any person who has had sex education or biology classes should know life begins at conception. God’s commandment states “Thou shalt not kill.” God’s commands...
Letter to the editor: ‘Pro-life’ is not clear-cut
I appreciate the writer’s passion in the letter “Trump is right pro-life choice”. I did, though, feel surprised at the implications that the term “pro-life” is so clear-cut and that the decision for a so-called pro-life president is so obvious, as shown in the letter’s last line: “Very easy choice.”...
Letter to the editor: Vote him out, lock him up
Phase 1: Vote him out. A person who in my opinion is a lying megalomaniac con man cannot show weakness (masks), cowardice (bunker) or stupidity (injecting disinfectant ). But the one thing that he cannot do is lose. At anything, as in real estate (six bankruptcies). I predict President Trump...
Editorial: Tree of Life, two years later
The way the news comes in waves that crest and crash can mean that something huge and all-encompassing one minute can seem to become smaller and less important the further away it gets. But that isn’t true. An event that is important because of the pain it causes and the...
Letter to the editor: A vote for Biden a vote for Harris?
My opinion is that Joe Biden will not make it past his first year in office. You know this is a real possibility. If Biden is elected and can’t fulfill his duties, Kamala Harris becomes president. Let’s look at who Harris is and what she stands for. She is the...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 26
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 26....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 26
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 26....
S.E. Cupp: Biden will follow science — and that’s not the insult Trump thinks it is
He meant it as a threat. At a Nevada rally earlier this month, President Trump promised his supporters that if former Vice President Joe Biden is elected, “he’ll listen to the scientists.” It says a lot that Trump believed — and is likely correct — that his followers would disapprove...
Letter to the editor: Why I voted for Jo Jorgensen for president
Why did I vote for Libertarian Party candidate Jo Jorgensen, who teaches psychology at Clemson University, for president? Could not chose tweets from a twerp, or one who believes killing babies should be permitted. Lawrence E. Howard Jr. Plum...
Letter to the editor: Truth vs. fiction in presidential race
This information is given to me from the nearby churches for your voting preferences. It is their thoughts, not mine. I am only the messenger. This presidential race is really a contest between truth and fiction. More than in any other campaign, you need to familiarize yourself with reality and...
Letter to the editor: Vote on performance, not promises
Politicians are well known for making a whole shopping list of promises addressing what they will do to correct the many world and everyday life problems. But what is more important is: Can they or have they demonstrated they can perform in such a way to keep the promise? We...
Letter to the editor: How will Democrats pay for their ideas?
The only platform the Democratic Party runs on is they believe in issues that appear helpful, yet they have no idea how they will pay for it — universal health care, open borders and mandatory paid leave, just to name three. There is no way any candidate on any level...
Letter to the editor: Election choice — none of the above
As a consistently registered independent since 1967, it is extremely disheartening to witness how we have permitted the deterioration of our government and legal system. This is, arguably, one of the lowest periods in our country’s development: deceit, lies, fraud, illegal actions, etc. All talk show hosts and radio/ TV...
Letter to the editor: What the Republican Party believes
Apparently, the Republican Party: • Detests democracy, for in states where it controls the legislature (including Pennsylvania), it is considering voiding allocation of Electoral College votes according to the popular vote so instead to disenfranchise voters so that the legislature alone can select electors (as reported by Barton Gellman in...
Letter to the editor: Fettermans set good example
I was so sad to read of our lieutenant govenor’s wife, Gisele Fetterman, being verbally accosted while merely shopping (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). No one should be treated that badly. We in the Pittsburgh area especially appreciate how she and her husband John have worked hard to help those in need....
Letter to the editor: Where are the adults?
Peter, Paul & Mary had a hit with “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” in 1962. Today a new hit song might be “Where Have All the Adults Gone?” I have exercised my right to vote since I was 18. I knew the date of the election and voted, and...
Letter to the editor: Let’s talk politics
Don’t they say “never talk about religion or politics”? That adage has been around since before our Civil War, but shouldn’t it rather be the reverse ― that we should talk about politics? This has been a busy season for talking about all those things that go along with governing...
Editorial: Restaurant industry deserves real help from the state
Gov. Tom Wolf tried to give a gift to Pennsylvania bars and restaurants that serve alcohol last week. In a Thursday announcement held at LeMont Restaurant on Mt. Washington, the governor proposed giving the businesses — many of which have faced struggles because of the social distancing and restrictions during...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Defending our right to vote
In our history, the mix of guns and voting has only been associated with the goal of suppressing the votes of certain Americans. In the 1850s, the Know-Nothing Party, nativists who resented the Catholic immigrant population in Baltimore, used election violence to move the state’s electoral votes to Millard Fillmore....
Sounding off: Trump is easy to dislike
“I never met a man I didn’t like.” — Will Rogers Born in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), part Cherokee, the former cowpoke and humorist died in a plane crash in 1935; thus he never met Donald Trump. Trump is easy to dislike, and had the two met, I’m...
