Opinion category, Page 601
Letter to the editor: Transportation and Climate Initiative misguided
Sen. Kim Ward’s op-ed “Now is not time for more taxes on electric, gas consumers” (Aug. 29, TribLIVE) includes concerns about the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). TCI, being pushed hard by environmental groups, creates a cap-and-trade program in which companies that sell gasoline and on-road diesel fuel would pay...
Letter to the editor: Don’t base vote on prejudice
Lies and exaggerations from politicians abound. Shared hate is one factor. If you do not like some people, and a politician agrees with you, do you then vote based upon prejudice and hate? I believe we have seen the results of that for four years. The virus rages on. So...
Letter to the editor: Pick between democracy, autocracy with your vote
President Donald Trump seems to be counting on the fact that many Americans are too busy to bother paying attention to what is really happening in this country, hoping that you don’t realize or just don’t care that his agenda is to become a dictator. Just look around you and...
Letter to the editor: Religious leaders shouldn’t tell us how to vote
I must respond to Rev. Tony Joseph’s letter “Biden, Harris on abortion, marriage” (Aug. 28, TribLIVE), admonishing us that we shouldn’t support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris because they are pro-choice and support same-sex marriage. First of all, the reverend should remember the adage that just as the government mustn’t...
Letter to the editor: Rights, freedoms and masks
Much has been expressed recently concerning freedoms and rights, especially regarding masks. From my perspective, public safety concerns during an epidemic/pandemic will always trump individual freedoms and rights to the degree of the lethality of the epidemic/pandemic. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed up to 675,000 people in a U.S....
Letter to the editor: Protesters’ actions in Pittsburgh worrisome
Can I sit outside a restaurant in the ‘Burgh and enjoy dinner and/or a drink on Penn Avenue? Maybe not after seeing video on Fox News that showed protesters harassing restaurant patrons sitting near sidewalks and streets (“Pittsburgh police seek information about confrontations between protesters, public from weekend,” Sept. 7,...
Jonathan Nadle and John F. Rohe: Finding common ground on immigration
In a surprising development, the co-authors of this article have become friends. Surprising because Jonathan’s organization, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), decided last year to decline further funding from Colcom Foundation, John’s employer and a major funder. The decision was made over concerns about Colcom-funded groups that seek reduced...
Jonah Goldberg: In American politics today, the center is a lonely place to be
Who is a moderate now? Who’s a centrist? Until recently, the answer to such questions was primarily ideological. Centrists were middle-of-the-roaders who rejected the purity of the ideological left and right. I will confess: I used to have considerable scorn for such people. They often acted as if being in...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Remembering, not belittling, our heroes
In our house there is an American flag, now a tightly folded triangle, that once draped the casket of a Navy veteran who returned from World War II, broken but hopeful, yet not healthy enough to live more than a handful of years once back home. The flag was presented...
Editorial: Take steps to stop flu-covid season
Keep your distance. Wash your hands. Cover your mouth. Stay home if you are sick. These are the rules of the new world. The coronavirus world. They are the rules intended to keep covid-19 at bay and slow its march, minimizing a tidal-wave crash on hospitals and potential loss of...
Sounding off: Hypocrisy in what’s allowed, not allowed
There was a photo of families enjoying a musical performance at Townsend Park in Murrysville in the Aug. 6 edition of the Tribune-Review. The caption indicated the event was part of a series of live performances in the park. That would seem to indicate the event is sanctioned by community...
Letter to the editor: On Russian hacking and Hillary Clinton
Warning! Russia “hacked and stole” emails in 2016 and the “experts” claim they are still doing it. Oops, no. Basically an outside entity tricked people who want to run our country into giving them the keys to their email box. The entity read the mail and internal organization documents, then...
Letter to the editor: American privilege and better use of our time
I personally think that people paying exorbitant prices for sneakers and headphones need their heads examined, but I see many parents providing their children with such things, overpriced and unnecessary. It should be an embarrassment to our country that we are so overprivileged as to pay more for shoes than...
Letter to the editor: Wendy Bell and KDKA’s ‘values’
Apparently the owner of KDKA radio, Entercom Communications, does not endorse the same set of values that it attributes to its self-proclaimed “family members.” To wit, Entercom boasted that it is the “home to thousands of voices representing Americans of all races, ethnicities, gender identity, sexual orientation, beliefs...
Laurels & lances: Staff, sale, seats and schools
Laurel: To staffing up. Westmoreland County is making sure there will be plenty of people working on Election Day come November. The county is hiring up to 1,800 poll workers for its 307 precincts. While many people are expected to use mail-in ballots for the election to cut down on...
Editorial: As Pittsburgh faces 2021 budget crisis, speak up now
A government budget is not settled quickly. You can see this when Congress wars within its chambers over spending plans that push partisan politics to its limits. You see it in Harrisburg when the governor — not just Gov. Tom Wolf, but years of guys with the top job from...
Walter Williams: Recovering virtues of past can solve today’s problems
In matters of race and other social phenomena, there is a tendency to believe that what is seen today has always been. For Black people, the socioeconomic progress achieved during my lifetime, which started in 1936, exceeded anyone’s wildest dreams. In 1936, most Black people lived in gross material poverty...
John Stossel: China’s dark turn
“I’m more anti-China than you!” That’s a new theme of this election. Joe Biden says, “We will never again be at the mercy of China!” Donald Trump replies, “China would own our country if Joe Biden got elected!” It’s strange to hear competition, because just a few administrations ago, presidents...
Jonah Goldberg: Trump aside, Hispanic vote is not a given for Democrats
As ambivalent as I am about a Donald Trump victory — or, for that matter, a Joe Biden one — there is one scenario I would enjoy: What if Trump was reelected thanks to support from Hispanics? Now, I should say this is only a remote possibility. There’s zero indication...
Letter to the editor: Insurers should help in covid-19 battle
Thank you for highlighting in your business section the billions made by health insurers during the covid-19 shutdown. Insurance profits stand in stark contrast to the financial struggles of doctors. I implore insurers to use their powers to ease administrative burdens on those who provide direct care. Letting medical practices...
Letter to the editor: DISH customer missing Channel 11
I have a warning for anyone thinking of changing from cable to satellite for TV: Think twice about switching to Dish Network. I have Dish and can’t watch WPXI, Channel 11. Dish removed the station from its lineup in August because Dish and Cox Media Group, owner of WPXI, could...
Letter to the editor: Opinions on Democrats’ values
I think letter-writer Diana Steck (“What it means to be a Democrat,” Aug. 30, TribLIVE) needs a reality check. Here are my opinions on her points: 1. Protecting voting rights: Resist legitimizing IDs, support mail-in voting that will lead to voter fraud. 2. Ensuring health, safety and affordable health care:...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden’s plans on guns and rocks
Police officers have been under assault in Portland, Ore., and other cities, with protesters throwing rocks, Molotov cocktails and more at them. Now Joe Biden wants to regulate possession of assault weapons. Will he be regulating protesters’ rocks and Molotov cocktails? I have my doubts, since he hasn’t even brought...
Timothy L. O’Brien: Of course Trump couldn’t resist Bob Woodward
Maybe it’s all Senator Lindsey Graham’s fault. “It was Lindsey Graham who helped convince Donald Trump to talk to Bob Woodward,” Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson told his TV audience Wednesday night. “Lindsey Graham brokered that meeting. Lindsey Graham even sat in on the first interview between Bob Woodward and...
Lori Falce: The people we were on 9/11
Why aren’t we the people we were 19 years ago? On Sept. 11, 2001, we were broken and bleeding, grieving and groaning in pain. The terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center and shredded the Pentagon and cratered a field in Shanksville stole thousands of lives and left...
