Opinion category, Page 586
Letter to the editor: ‘Suckers and losers’ plot to divide followers?
I don’t believe the reports about President Trump calling service members “suckers” and “losers.” Granted, he has put his foot in his mouth many times, but he is not that stupid to say that about our members of the military, even if he might think it. He wouldn’t say things...
Letter to the editor: Bill Marx will represent all of us
I am a “no party affiliated” registered voter in Westmoreland County. While I do lean to the left of the aisle, I have voted for Republicans before — Tim Krieger, Bob Regola and even Justin Walsh once. But I cannot bring myself to vote for Guy Reschenthaler as representative for...
Letter to the editor: RGGI will help Pa. in post-coal world
Unfortunately, lawmakers and fossil-fuel interests can still somehow frame environmental progress as being anti-jobs. Consider the article “Union members join industry groups to rally against state caps on power plant emissions” (Aug. 26, TribLIVE), which aired a one-sided, flawed argument against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a proven market-based...
Editorial: Pipeline protection needs common sense update
There is a difference between security and secrecy. Security is making sure that dangerous things are protected. Secrecy is making sure things — dangerous or otherwise — are hidden. Those might seem related, but they aren’t the same. A $5.1 billion pipeline that transmits millions of gallons of natural gas...
Letter to the editor: Daryl Metcalfe all that’s wrong with politics
With mail-in ballots being sent out to voters this month, it’s not too soon to suggest that Daryl Metcalfe, who has been “representing” District 12 in Harrisburg, is the best example I can think of someone who personifies what’s wrong with politics in the United States today. If you live...
Letter to the editor: Barrett is a great example of Christianity
I’ve watched the entire confirmation hearing that the article “Barrett tells doubtful Dems she’d keep open mind on court” discusses, and I am struck by one surprising realization. Judge Amy Coney Barrett appears to be a straightforward, kind, faithful, gracious, good, intelligent, hardworking person, a mother of seven who has...
Tom Purcell: You know politics stinks when stink bugs are an escape
I’d rather focus on stink bugs. The political season is at a fever pitch. Anger at those who disagree with others’ political views, the result of increasing polarization, is rampant. I don’t have the stomach for what our politics and public discourse have become. So, I focus on stink bugs....
John Sparks: Amy Coney Barrett and the Purdue sexual assault case
Liberal/progressive organizations like Public Justice are portraying President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, as soft on and complicit with campus sexual abusers. Public Justice has zeroed in on decision written by Barrett for a three-judge panel a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, Doe v....
Walt Rowen: Small business to Washington — focus on us, not Supreme Court
The slow pace of bureaucracy is a running joke in America. It’s surprising, then, how quickly the Senate has advanced the confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Less than a month after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation...
Letter to the editor: Trump and coronavirus
President Trump’s new slogan could be “Keep America Dying.” Trump not only lied about covid-19, he knew in February how dangerous it was and intentionally kept it from the American people. More than 218,000 Americans have died. It seems to me Trump wanted this virus to spread. Why? Maybe he...
Letter to the editor: Trump never called heroes ‘suckers,’ ‘losers’
Longtime Democratic politician Don Walko wrote a letter bad-mouthing President Trump (“Backing Biden for president,” Sept. 24, TribLIVE). Kenneth Powell wrote a letter about several true American heroes (“Military heroes not losers, suckers,” Sept. 28, TribLIVE). The letters said “according to reports” and Trump “supposedly said” deceased veterans are “suckers”...
Letter to the editor: Plant-based diet can help with covid-19
As we enter cold and flu season on top of continued covid-19 risks, Plant-Based Pittsburgh reminds everyone about the importance of nutrition in strengthening our immune systems and supporting overall health. Mortality data shows that over 90% of the people who have died from covid-19 suffered from preexisting medical conditions,...
Letter to the editor: Lessons in ‘classless’ from Trump
Such a shame that the leader of our country (not the free world — I say that’s Angela Merkel; among our allies Xi and Putin are more trusted!) got booed at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral. Seems that the Dems aren’t very good at classless. For the best classless, the greatest...
Letter to the editor: Christians have no choice but to vote Republican
I was raised as a “blue collar” Democrat. My parents were both children of immigrants. They have both gone to Christ’s kingdom, but if they were alive today, they would both be staunch Republicans, as it would be the only political party they would even still recognize. The Democratic Party...
Letter to the editor: Our changing planet
Many scientists from many countries have many ideas as to the present-day climate change. As I was recently reading the papers and listening to the TV news, I was bewildered as to why the California wildfires did not penetrate into Canada or Mexico. Looking at the maps, there are no...
Editorial: Registered to vote? Today’s the day
This is your last chance. If you want to vote in the November general election, Monday is the last day to register. Pennsylvania is not one of the handful of states that allow you to just decide that you want to participate in your government with five minutes to spare...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 19....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 19
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S.E. Cupp: Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination may supercharge Democratic turnout
After the Senate’s hearing to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the timing of her nomination — just a week and a day after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and weeks before a presidential election — has enraged Democrats in Congress and many Democratic voters....
Sheldon Jacobson: If playing Big Ten football makes good ‘cents,’ then not playing other sports makes no sense
It took a month, but the Big Ten finally realized the error of its ways and announced that fall football is back on. Next weekend, the Big Ten will join the ACC, SEC and Big 12 among the power conferences who looked at the full gamut of risks and rewards...
Bob Inglis: Christian conservatives should not let abortion, socialism scare us off Biden
President Donald Trump claims to be the choice of Christian conservatives, but is he really what we want? Very few of us would want our children to grow up to be like him. We cringe at what he says and tweets, remembering that “Out of the overflow of the heart,...
Letter to the editor: Let’s stop rewriting history
Mayor Peduto, this cancel culture is getting way out of hand, and your covering up of the Christopher Columbus statue continues to cower to the vocal minority and borders on embarrassing and hysterical (“Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto recommends removal of Columbus statue from Scheney Park,”). Where and when does this stop?...
Letter to the editor: Distasteful vote may be the right one
This Nov. 3 will present a difficult choice for many folks. And it’s an election that promises to be for all the marbles. The radical left and one-world co-conspirators within the Democratic Party are using every trick in the book, including what I see as blatant video falsification, to prop...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland ballot delays unacceptable
I am appalled and outraged by the procrastination and delay of the officials of the Westmoreland County Board of Elections in ensuring that the voters of Westmoreland County who have registered to vote by mail receive their ballots in an appropriate and timely fashion (“Westmoreland County confirms that mail-in ballots...
Letter to the editor: Be careful what you wish for with Trump
You who display Trump signs might want to be careful what you wish for. We are in a pandemic, and many are out of work and in fear of losing their homes. Congress and President Trump should be passing a covid-19 relief package, but instead they are intent on jamming...
