Opinion category, Page 622
Editorial: Vaccine volunteers are heroic
In the search for a way out of the coronavirus pandemic, there is a lot of attention on the key players. There are the agencies: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Food and Drug Administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the...
Charles Dizard: Harrison’s Springhill Road pedestrian/bike lane will benefit community
Allegheny County is in the final public comment stage of the approved Springhill Road project that will reduce the four-lane road in Harrison Township to three lanes — one downhill lane and two uphill lanes. The fourth will be restricted to a safe distinct pedestrian and bicycle shared lane. Details...
Jamie White: How Boy Scouts of America can pick up the pieces
For the Boy Scouts of America, it won’t be a traditional summer filled with badges, campouts and jamborees, but one in which the organization fields hundreds, if not thousands, of sexual abuse claims. Under the shadow of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the organization has imposed a Nov. 16 deadline...
Letter to the editor: Condemning damage of past, present
We need to be cautious about looking at and condemning 18th-century culture with 21st-century eyes. Two hundred years from now, people may look back at us and condemn us for killing our unborn babies. Lynne Castle Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Black lives matter, all lives matter
Thanks for bring back Walter Williams’ column to your print edition. In my opinion, he is the best columnist to appear in the paper. Williams acknowledges that Black people need to take more responsibility for Black problems. I am an 80-year-old white male, and I believe that Black lives matter...
Letter to the editor: Government-controlled schools part of the problem
The new White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, is like an unstoppable cyborg from the future. This, along with “Russia, Russia, Russia,” failed impeachment, the end of the virus lockdown, massive city property destruction and the recovering economy make it tough to be a leftist these days. But not to...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners must be transparent on Westmoreland covid-19 funds
Westmoreland County will receive more than $31 million in federal covid-19 relief funds from the state (“Westmoreland to get millions through the CARES Act, but it won’t be enough,” June 1, TribLIVE). Residents from all over the county have a right to know what the commissioners’ spending plan is and...
Letter to the editor: Sacrifice or selfishness
From the time that America entered World War II until its end almost four years later, approximately 407,000 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice. They gave their lives in order to defeat the Axis enemies. While the fighting raged overseas, Americans back home also were asked to sacrifice. Cars and gasoline...
Pat Buchanan: Can Trump pull a Truman?
On July 22, 1988, after the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, the party nominee, Gov. Michael Dukakis, enjoyed a 17-point lead over the Republican candidate, Vice President George W. Bush. Five weeks later, on Labor Day, Dukakis was down eight points, the same margin by which he would lose the...
Editorial: Safe buses are back-to-school basics
Going back to school doesn’t start with sitting at a desk. It doesn’t start with putting things in a locker or even walking through the door. For many, it starts with stepping onto a school bus. According to the Safe Routes to School Partnership, 55% of American children get to...
Tommy Thompson: Washington wants to forfeit our best weapon against coronavirus
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and several senior House lawmakers recently announced a plan to impose price controls and seize patents on any covid-19 vaccines and treatments in development. They vowed to strike down any emergency stimulus packages excluding such measures. Those efforts aren’t just misguided — they pose a threat...
Marc Stier: Don’t undermine judicial independence in haste
The most important decision any political leader can make is about the constitutional structure of our government. Those decisions are best made calmly, deliberately and with a focus on the long-term good of our political community. Poor ones are most likely to be made in a rush, in anger and...
Letter to the editor: Trump and opponents on ideals vs. men
I might have just gained an insight into what divides America so much. If you read the reactions to President Trump’s speech at Mt. Rushmore, you’ll see The Wall Street Journal claim it was a great speech while others (New York Times, Washington Post and most cable news networks) saw...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s damaging statements on pandemic
When a president misstates something such as the number of people who attended his inauguration or how knowledgeable he is in a field about which he knows nothing, he is exposed as a liar but no physical harm is done to people. It is another matter when a leader makes...
Letter to the editor: How will Westmoreland CARES funding be spent?
Westmoreland County has been awarded $31.5 million in covid-19 CARES Act funds (“Westmoreland to get millions through the CARES Act, but it won’t be enough,” June 1, TribLIVE). How will that money be spent? County residents deserve the opportunity to voice their concerns. We demand oversight, transparency and a fair...
Letter to the editor: Judge by character, not color
I hold these truths to be self-evident: Black lives matter. Brown lives matter. White lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. If you disagree with any of those short but significant statements, you are prejudiced and thereby part of the disease and not the cure. Judge by character and...
Letter to the editor: Good to find Good Samaritans
One day recently my car sprung a leak in the radiator hose and left me stranded on Harrison City Road facing directly on Route 22. It was too dangerous to push the car across Route 22, so I stood outside the car directing traffic around it while waiting for AAA....
Tom Purcell: Amid pandemic, take pen in hand
I can’t recall the last time I wrote or received a handwritten letter — but it’s time to send such letters again. The reasons why the handwritten letter died are obvious: e-mail, text messaging and cellphones. With how quick those innovations make whipping off a note, why would anybody take...
Editorial: Veterans should be counted in census
“The term ‘veteran’ means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.” That is the definition under Title 38 United States Code, according to the Social Security Administration. A veteran is someone who stepped...
John Sparks: Espinoza v. Montana an important win for religious liberty
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies. Kendra Espinoza, a hard-working (three jobs) and determined single mom, decided to take her two daughters out of the local public schools and enroll them in Stillwater Christian...
Sally Pipes: We know how to safely reopen the country
More than eight in 10 Americans fear a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to recent polling from Ipsos. Some cities and states have halted efforts to reopen their economies, in response to rising case counts. But there’s no reason to be fearful. We now have enough information about...
Letter to the editor: Vote and prove Trump wrong
President Trump was a nasty naysayer Who said “Only I can do it, you haven’t a prayer.” His bullying words hurt me to the quick And made the country sick, sick, sick. But we went to work hard and long And when it’s over we’ll prove him wrong. Remember to...
Letter to the editor: Social distancing from the left
I am now on board with social distancing. I see the short- and longrange benefit. So to do my part I will distance myself for the rest of my life from the left. To be more specific, the Democrats, the left media and all career politicians. Wow, I feel so...
Letter to the editor: A Biden win would benefit Republicans
A Joe Biden victory is the best hope Republicans have. Because if Biden loses, President Trump will continue to drag down the party for four more years. Republicans are already in serious danger of losing more seats than anyone ever imagined because they have protected and enabled Trump. If the...
Letter to the editor: We didn’t ‘deploy’ Reschenthaler
I recently received correspondence soliciting financial support from our 14th District representative, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler. I don’t know whether to be angry or frightened or both by his campaign stationery. Both the return address on the envelope and masthead on his stationery show his military service, not an address as...
