Opinion category, Page 593
Letter to the editor: Our health care system and covid-19
A front-page story in the Sept. 21 Tribune-Review with the headline “Sweden spared virus surge, but many questions remain” caught my interest. It seems Sweden has not shut down schools, bars, restaurants, hair salons, gyms and other businesses, yet its average covid-19 death rate per capita is about the same...
Letter to the editor: Trump sign thieves need help
To the person or persons who removed my Trump signs recently: While I was away caring for an ailing relative, two Trump signs and (sadly) a “We Support our Police” sign were removed from the front of my property. Have you by your actions illustrated the difference between Trump supporters...
Letter to the editor: Greatest generation not expendable
All of what I find as President Trump’s disgusting behaviors have been exposed through recent books, cable news and even this very opinion page of the Trib — beyond his lack of caring and intelligence and constant stoking of division. In my opinion, covid-19 has been one of the most...
Letter to the editor: Stakes are high in this election
The consequences of the upcoming election may be more far-reaching than anyone could imagine. If the Democratic Party wins, the rules for future elections could be changed dramatically. Some Democrats have been pushing for voting rights to be extended to convicted felons and illegal immigrants and lowering the voting age...
Letter to the editor: Trump can save us from destruction
A number of America’s cities, which have been run by Democrats for decades, are being wrecked by anarchists while those responsible for law and order do nothing to stop it. Some administrations direct the police to stand by and watch, further encouraging the destruction. Looting and burning are rampant, monuments...
Letter to the editor: Importance of local elections
With all the attention that is given to the presidential election every four years, we seem to forget about the importance of the local and state elections. These elections provide us with representation in Harrisburg. The decisions made in Harrisburg affect our lives on a daily basis. There is no...
Letter to the editor: Mail-in voting? No thanks.
My grandparents came across the North Atlantic to vote. They lost their first child after two weeks in a lifeboat and then raised six other children. John Derda, my grandpap, worked in the coal mines in Herminie. No thanks. I’ll walk to the polls for them. Then thank everybody working...
Letter to the editor: IRS must end backlog, get refunds to citizens
For many reasons, tens of millions of taxpayers file their federal income tax returns the old-fashioned way, on paper. Based on my own research and inquiries to our representatives in Washington, there are literally many millions of these paper returns stored in trailers outside of the IRS processing centers and...
Letter to the editor: Catholic Church’s abortion stance
I was born and grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Catholic schools there, first grade through college, and though I left the city for good in 1968, I still keep up with the news there. I was extremely disappointed to read about Bishop David Zubik’s letter to his flock relative...
Letter to the editor: Political choice is a good thing
When viewing history, it is important to use a “wide-angle lens.” No political party has a monopoly on virtue. The last segregated units within the armed forces were disbanded in 1954 under President Eisenhower. But the process began with Executive Order 9981 under President Truman. The vote by congressional Republicans...
Letter to the editor: Blaming RBG for liberals’ unhappiness with Supreme Court plan
I remember when, during one of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s illnesses, Democrats under President Obama urged her to retire so he could appoint a liberal to take her place while they had all three branches of government, and she refused. The liberals should blame this on her for not retiring when...
Letter to the editor: A vote for Biden is a vote against freedom
We are at a critical point in the fight for the heart and soul of this country. There is a lot at stake in this upcoming election. Maybe more than you can appreciate. If you vote for Joe Biden, I think you will be voting for the loss of your...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Painting fences and finding respite from politics
I painted my fence last week. It’s not a big deal to people who do that kind of work every day, but some of us got away from working with our hands, and fence painting revives those old memories without the likelihood of pulling a muscle or falling off a...
Editorial: UPMC says covid-19 vaccine will take longer. That’s normal.
We need a vaccine for covid-19. But we need a vaccine that will work. Maybe it would be something that would be done annually like the flu shot, tweaked every year to address new strains. Maybe it would be like a tetanus shot that would work for a certain number...
Sounding off: Columbus statue should stay
As a retired history professor and Pittsburgh resident, I oppose the effort to remove the Columbus statue in Schenley Park. No statue that has had a prominent public place for more than 60 years should be removed without careful and lengthy consideration. Years of vandalism against the statue should certainly...
Colin McNickle: Common-sense pension reforms still prudent
A large majority of municipal pension plans in Allegheny County are in good shape. But the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused tremendous economic damage, could challenge those plans’ health and deepen the woes of plans already struggling, concludes an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “With the fiscal...
Letter to the editor: Our government must protect us from covid-19
There are 208,000 Americans dead and counting. Why are we allowing this to happen? Why have we become immune to our country’s men and women needlessly dying? This did not need to happen and does not need to continue. Demand that our government protect us. Stop playing politics with our...
Letter to the editor: Where’s Hunter Biden?
Hey Joe Biden — where ya hiding Hunter? Didn’t you claim you had two sons? Cheryl Koloshinsky Latrobe...
Letter to the editor: Do your homework and use your vote wisely
Every time I see someone write about term limits, I go crazy. We have term limits: It’s called “our vote.” The problem is, we don’t do our homework — look up the candidate’s voting record since he or she got elected. We Americans are getting so lazy it’s ridiculous. We...
Walter Williams: Supreme Court and rules of the game
The United States Constitution’s Article 2, Sec. 2, cl. 2, provides that the president of the United States “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the...
John Stossel: Media bias is clear
“A pioneer devoted to equality.” That was The Washington Post’s headline about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But when Justice Antonin Scalia died, the headline was, “Supreme Court conservative dismayed liberals.” When the founder of ISIS was killed, the headline was: “Austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies.” But when...
Editorial: Trump’s diagnosis shows covid-19 is nonpartisan
President Trump now is one of the 7.2 million Americans who have tested positive for covid-19. Everyone should be able to put themselves in these shoes. Maybe everyone doesn’t have a grandma in a nursing home or a husband working in a hospital. Maybe everyone doesn’t work frontline in a...
Jonah Goldberg: Trump isn’t unpatriotic because of tax avoidance — just a lousy businessman
What shall we make of the president’s tax situation? If The New York Times’ accounting is correct, Trump has paid little (or nothing) in income taxes for a long time. In both 2016 and 2017, he paid $750 to Uncle Sam. In 10 of the last 15 years, he paid...
Carolyn Lee: Manufacturers are Pittsburgh’s future
An artist from Pittsburgh created the famous image of Rosie the Riveter back in the 1940s. During World War II, Rosie inspired countless women to do their part to help the war effort by working in manufacturing, building the munitions and supplies our troops needed for victory. With the spread...
Letter to the editor: Vonnegut predicted current state of politics
In a 2006 Rolling Stone interview, Kurt Vonnegut, author of such classics as “Slaughterhouse-Five,” described how he he missed the days when leaders like FDR, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. stood up for the downtrodden in our country. The interview cited a line from his 1981 college...
