Opinion category, Page 597
Jonah Goldberg: GOP deal with Dems on court vacancy would make sense, but will never happen
I’ll confess: There was a time when I would have considered the question facing Republicans a no-brainer. Of course they should seize this opportunity to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a conservative. Moving the courts — especially the Supreme Court — rightward has been a conservative lodestar for...
Dana Siler and Mark Reynolds: Wildfires underscore urgency to rein in climate change
Gentle rain and a cool breeze encourage tomatoes to grow and grass to be lush and green here in Pittsburgh. It is hard to imagine that our friends, relatives and fellow Americans in California, Washington and Oregon are waking up to apocalyptic, orange skies, air so smoky that air quality...
Letter to the editor: Fears for Social Security, Medicare, government
If the Republican candidate is elected president, I believe Social Security will disappear and Medicare with it. I shed tears considering that if the Republican candidate is elected, the last shreds of a three-branch government that we know and believe in will continue to slip into an autocracy with martial...
Letter to the editor: Why the Republican rush to replace Ginsburg?
It appears to me that the unseemly rush to appoint a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it apparent that the Republican leadership has no confidence that President Trump is going to be reelected, and that there may even be a loss of Republican seats in both...
Letter to the editor: Democrats must be stopped
Letter-writer Diana Steck provided a list on “What it means to be a Democrat” (Aug. 30, TribLIVE). If she still believes these things, I think she is living in the past. I used to be a Democrat until the radical progressives hijacked the party and moved it so far to...
Letter to the editor: Steelers’ honoring of Rose offensive
The decision to “honor” Antwon Rose Jr. by displaying his name on Steelers helmets is unfortunate. Contrary to popular opinion, Rose was not shot after stealing a bag of pretzels from the corner grocery store. Immediately before the unfortunate police encounter, evidence suggests Rose was a participant in a botched...
Letter to the editor: Getting kids back to school, us back to life
This letter may be more about censorship of practicing doctors in America — hydroxychloroquine, for example — than going back to school. Hydroxychloroquine and other treatments are available. Covid-19 is not going away. Vaccines may not be a panacea. Look at flu vaccines. Are we going to let this virus...
Editorial: Frozen salaries could be start for Harrisburg cooperation
It often seems like no one in government can get on the same page. The president clashes with Congress. The Senate wars with the House of Representatives. The Republicans battle the Democrats. It all repeats at the state level. Every year, over and over, on issue after issue after issue....
Pat Buchanan: Last best chance to capture Supreme Court
President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are on the cusp of making history. With Trump having named two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, they have an opening to elevate a third justice to fill the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, thereby securing...
Dan Brouillette and Peter Navarro: Trump’s manufacturing, energy revival supports Pa. workers
Imagine a world in which millions of American energy and manufacturing jobs were sent overseas, all to help countries like Communist China prosper. Well, you don’t have to imagine that, you lived it. That was the grim reality Pennsylvanians faced before President Trump took office. Between 2000 and 2017, under...
Jonah Goldberg: Israel deals result of changing tides, but Trump still deserves credit
By any conventional or historical measure, the recent breakthrough between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is a good thing, and the Trump administration deserves its share of praise for it. The refusal of much of the media to take this moment seriously only lends credibility to President...
Letter to the editor: Do the math and open up Pa.
One recent day on the Pennsylvania Department of Health website, the total number of covid-19 cases in the state since April 1 was reported as 146,214. This number is an accumulation of every case reported since April 1. Not active cases today. Let’s do the math: total cases 146,214 x...
Letter to the editor: Loss of Ginsburg is tragic
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of three Jewish justices on the Supreme Court who modeled her life after the key tenet of her faith as found in the book of Deuteronomy: “Justice, justice, thou shalt pursue.” It was a most difficult path for her from the start of her career...
Letter to the editor: Fair and just government?
A plague descended upon the land (coronavirus). Much of the country shut down. In order to better provide milk and cheese for his family, John purchased five goats. Bill took his family to Disneyland. Incidentally, Bill paid for their vacation with a MasterCard. Some time later, a nice government agent...
Editorial: Open records aren’t for sale, Sen. Scarnati
There isn’t a price tag on the Bill of Rights. Speech, religion, assembly the right not to incriminate yourself, the right to a speedy trial — none of them is a quid pro quo. You don’t have to put up collateral to get them. Transparency works the same way. The...
Tom Purcell: Autumn’s beauty can restore the better angels of our nature
Autumn has arrived — and it couldn’t come soon enough. I love this time of year — the brilliant colors, the chilly air, the sweet yet tart taste of apple cider and the smell of oak burning in a fire pit. I love childhood memories of Devil’s Night mischief and...
Nancy Patton Mills: We need Joe Biden in the White House
It’s easy to rattle off all the promises that President Donald Trump has made to Western Pennsylvania. He promised to bring back manufacturing jobs. He promised to stand up to China and be tough on trade. He promised to stand up to a corrupt political system and fight for the...
Noah Feldman: Sedition laws are the last resort of weak governments
Attorney General William Barr can’t seem to get out of the headlines. Maybe he doesn’t want to. Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Barr suggested to federal prosecutors that they consider charging protesters with sedition — an archaic criminal charge that hasn’t been regularly used by federal...
Letter to the editor: Lock up local ‘alligators’
If Pennsylvania Trump supporters are truly interested in “draining the swamp,” they need to look no further than our version of the Everglades. How many more years will we continue to ignore the obvious evils and dangers presented by the ruthless alligators such as Jake Corman, Jennifer Kocher, Ray and...
Letter to the editor: Appreciating DMV’s role in organ donation
September is DMV Appreciation Month, and we encourage you to thank DMV employees for the lifesaving role they play in the lives of more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. They are, quite literally, the key to registering organ and tissue donors in Pennsylvania. Our DMV...
Letter to the editor: Democratic Party the enemy
Letters for and against Trump are myriad, but I see virtually no pro-Biden letters. That is understandable, since there is virtually nothing pro about Biden. To me, he’s a man of obvious cognitive impairment who has been a government parasite for over 47 years, accomplishing essentially nothing except the enrichment...
Letter to the editor: Wendy Bell is her hero
I’m a 96-year-old white female, and I’ve found a new hero, or several. First, it was Walter Williams, who never disappoints. Next is Wendy Bell. She said what so many believe, but have difficulty putting into words. Elizabeth Hayes Hempfield...
Editorial: No ‘total victory’ in ruling on Wolf’s pandemic orders
A legal ruling is seldom a total victory for one side or the other. It shouldn’t be. The court’s responsibility is to listen to both sides and come to a fair and equitable decision. That usually falls somewhere between the two ideas of what is right. The recent decision about...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to KDKA for removal of Wendy Bell
The best news of the month was the releasing of talk show host/commentator Wendy Bell from KDKA Radio (“Wendy Bell taken off the air by KDKA Radio,” Sept. 4, TribLIVE). She portrayed herself as a caring, kindly, knowledgeable person, but I think she is none of those and is a...
Letter to the editor: Some questions about Trump
Four more years of Donald J. Trump? Does he speak before he thinks? Does he find pleasure in imitating those he dislikes? Does he know little about the workings of our “checks and balances” system of government? Does he feel that “talent” supersedes experience when referring to the office of...
