Opinion category, Page 606
Editorial: Utility bills will come due
How long can you put off bad news without making it worse? Pennsylvania utility customers will have to find out eventually. In March, the Public Utility Commission put a moratorium on shutoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. It made sense at the time. Gov. Tom Wolf was instituting lockdowns at...
Sen. Kim Ward: Now is not time for more taxes on electric, gas consumers
Without any input or authorization from elected Pennsylvania House and Senate members, Gov. Tom Wolf effectively shut down the Pennsylvania economy. His unilateral, one-size-fits-all lockdown decree has forced Pennsylvanians to suffer exponentially worse than citizens of other states that have adhered to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) protocols. As a...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Trump, too, owns what happens on his watch
It was a classic example of Donald Trump at his pugnacious best. During a back-and-forth with Jeb Bush over the Iraq War, Trump bashed Jeb and President George W. Bush by going where no other candidate dared to go in the 2016 Republican presidential primary debates. “The World Trade Center...
Editorial: Wolf, GOP need to make election decisions
It’s time to get down to business. In two months, Pennsylvanians will cast their votes for who they want to be mayor and state representative, attorney general and congressman and the top office of all, president of the United States. It may seem like it’s been sneaking up on us,...
Sounding off: Wolf and Levine should be prosecuted
Regarding the article “Brighton Rehab residents, families outraged by lax oversight during outbreak”: This was what I hope is a first on this subject. Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine seem to have ignored problems since elected and appointed. When covid-19 started and other states increased...
Letter to the editor: Democrats left her behind
I was a loyal Democrat when the party espoused the worker, the sanctity of life, patriotism and the Constitution. Regretfully, the party left me when it evolved into supporting public funded abortion, removing God from civic space, turning a blind eye to looting and rioting and disrespecting the national anthem....
Letter to the editor: Trump supporters own his actions
President Trump, how to support thee. Let me count the ways. 1. Support the deaths of over 170,000 Americans due to lying and not listening to the experts about covid-19. 2. Support endangering our children by forcing them back to school without getting the virus under control. 3. Support Vladimir...
Letter to the editor: Beekeepers care about their bees
Amy Elizabeth’s letter about honeybees is a misleading, at best, picture of beekeeping (“Be a ‘honey’ to the bees,” Aug. 15, TribLIVE). Historically, honeybees and their hives were an important part of American life. Honey was used as a sweetener and medicine. Wax from the hive was used in candles...
Walter Williams: Why social justice warriors battle ‘institutional racism’
Institutional racism and systemic racism are terms bandied about these days without much clarity. Being 84 years of age, I have seen and lived through what might be called institutional racism or systemic racism. Both operate under the assumption that one race is superior to another. It involves the practice...
John Stossel: Tallying Trump’s spending
Last week, I tallied Joe Biden’s spending plans. This week, President Trump’s. Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first? When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised “big league” spending cuts. Once in office, he again said he’d cut the budget, adding, “There’s a lot of fat in there.” There...
Harold Johnson: Public servants and misdirected loyalty
When is it acceptable for people engaged in “public trust” to place loyalty to each other over loyalty to those they serve? The correct answer is never, because it breeds corruption and undermines trust. The fact is clear: No matter the endeavor of public trust ventured, all realize that, because...
Letter to the editor: Listen to the medical experts
Regarding Russell Fenton’s letter “We must keep Trump to keep our freedom”: B-a-a-a-a! I am a proud member of the “Sheep Party.” I am happy that I am intelligent enough to listen to scientists and medical experts. Perhaps Fenton is a member of the “Lemming Party” that follows President Trump...
Lori Falce: Too much time on election clock?
Elections are often talked about in sporting terms. It’s a race. It’s a game. Who is ahead? By how many points? Play offense. Play defense. Home field advantage. Score big. But maybe the biggest similarity between picking our leaders and playing ball is in the timing. When my family watches...
Letter to the editor: Trump the one to fix USPS
Letter-writer Paul Carrick (“Trump and the post office’s problems,” Aug. 24, TribLIVE) is correct in saying that President Trump only wants to fix the United States Postal Service, and I can testify to how broke it is. When I operated a local contracted post office for seven years (sometimes called...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Harris on abortion, marriage
God tells us, “Judgment is mine says the Lord!” He is talking about the judgment at death when the soul is either saved or damned. We must make judgments every day when we associate with new people that we don’t yet have an opinion of. In November, we will cast...
Letter to the editor: Sports and the covid-19 numbers
IF the covid-19 situation and numbers are as bad as we are led to believe 24/7 on most news stations, why would anyone consider starting national, college and high school sports? All that “contact,” plus traveling, when we’ve been told repeatedly to stay home. Just a thought: Check the numbers....
Letter to the editor: Press must help us meet in middle
A Distinction. — We hold that whenever a publication confines the bulk of its views to any particular line of thought, class of views, or side of a mooted question, it becomes to that extent a class publication, and inasmuch ceases to be a newspaper. — Code of Ethics, Kansas...
Jonah Goldberg: Trump campaign shouldn’t take solace from Bush-Dukakis race
In July 1988, Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis enjoyed a 17-point lead against Vice President George H.W. Bush in a Gallup poll. But Bush went on to crush Dukakis, taking 40 states and winning by seven percentage points. He did so by running an aggressive — critics would say demagogic...
Letter to the editor: What Trump is all about
I can’t believe the number of Trump supporters who have no idea what this president is all about after 3½ years of what seems like more lies than all the U.S. presidents combined. I look at what he does and not what he tells us, because in most cases, they...
Letter to the editor: Wayman should resign from Norwin board
I find the posts Robert Wayman made on his social media an utter disgrace, and I would implore that the Norwin School Board strongly suggest that he resign immediately (“Norwin director ripped over controversial posts; some call for resignation,” Aug. 3, TribLIVE). A person who makes such comments as he...
Editorial: College quarantine behavior no surprise
College is not just a place to learn. It’s also a place to show how you’ve applied what you’ve learned. If it wasn’t, colleges wouldn’t ask for high school transcripts and class rankings and test scores. No 16-year-olds would take AP chemistry. Eighth grade math class wouldn’t matter. But it...
Letter to the editor: Money for big business, not for unemployed?
I watched Austan Goolsbee, President Obama’s economic adviser, talk on MSNBC about the stalemate over the second stimulus package. I know, President Trump and his minions call MSNBC fake news, even though it relies on facts and not something someone pulled out of thin air and posted on the internet....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s flaws better than Dems’ shackles
I didn’t vote for President Trump when he won. I will now, when all polls say he’ll lose. I don’t want “fundamental transformation” of history’s fairest government. Or “Democratic socialism” that only puts lipstick on Marxism. Or $93 trillion Green New Deals (GND) that enslave generations of taxpayers. The GND’s...
Evan Davis: Time to end illegal sports betting in U.S.
In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), thereby allowing states to pass laws that legalize and regulate sports betting within their borders. Since that time, nearly half of the states across the country have legalized...
Letter to the editor: Past poll workers want to return
I read with interest the article “Poll worker needs ranked critical in Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette counties” (Aug. 13, TribLIVE). My sister and I worked the June 2 election and have yet to receive a call about coming back in November. Before a “drastic shortage” is a headline in the paper,...
