Opinion category, Page 629
Letter to the editor: Censorship and respect
No matter who you support politically, if we’re going to accuse one side of the political spectrum of spreading the virus for having a rally, or a peaceful protest, we’re censoring freedom of speech. We may not all agree on everything, but that is the beauty of this country, and...
Letter to the editor: Military leaders condemning Trump
Although those in military service must obey the (lawful) orders of their chain of command to include the president, they are not required to be loyal to the president. Their sworn oath is to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” I can understand why scores of retired...
Paul Kengor: Welcome back to normal
Looking back at my recent columns, I was taken aback at how many were about the pandemic that has controlled our lives since March. I’m not alone. This has been an ongoing focus and agony, as has the question for everyone: When will we get back to normal? That question...
Lori Falce: Adoption should be happily ever after
There is more than one way to create a family. None of them are easy. When I was little, I had a fairy-tale understanding of adoption. A woodcarver wanted a son so he carved Pinocchio. A swan egg ended up in a nest of ducklings. These things just happen. But...
Jonah Goldberg: Would we be better off with a President Pence in these turbulent times?
What would a President Pence do? It’s a question no one is asking, so I guess it falls to me. In January 2020 it was almost as if God, the universe or our Lizard People overlords were giving the Republicans one last chance to separate their fate from Trump’s. The...
Letter to the editor: Pa. requires masks in businesses
I agree with everything Kassie Thompson wrote in her letter “Stop being selfish and wear your mask” (June 17, TribLIVE). In addition, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines dated June 11, during the green phase, masks are required when entering a business. It seems that most businesses are not...
Letter to the editor: Concerned about Franklin Regional’s future
Concerned about Franklin Regional School District’s financial future? Yes! Are we to become another Penn Hills? For more than two years, the public has requested a 10-year cash flow plan that gives visibility to the district’s financial future. First, we stood at the meeting podium and made numerous requests with...
Letter to the editor: Ensuring police protect, serve equally
The letter “Murrysville police devoted, professional” (June 18, TribLIVE) illustrated a common but dangerous misconception of the Black Lives Matter protests. To say that it is “unfortunate” when people of any color die as a consequence of police action (and to emphasize that unlawful activities sometimes precipitate these incidents) not...
Letter to the editor: Where are logic, fairness for CNN viewers?
I want to congratulate CNN for convincing millions of viewers of a few issues. 1. According to their pals in New York and Virginia, it’s fine to terminate a baby’s life on his/her birthday. 2. All the violence and damage occurring during protests is OK. 3. Last month, it was...
Letter to the editor: What lives matter to Planned Parenthood?
It seems that after the death of George Floyd, everyone is trying to show they aren’t racist by embracing Black Lives Matter. Isn’t it ironic that Planned Parenthood has jumped on the bandwagon? Many believe that when Margaret Sanger founded this anti-life organization 100 years ago, she did so to...
Editorial: CMU should be able to handle a Richard Grenell
Politics is inherently a debate. Ideally, it is a tango of perspective and position, with one side advancing an idea and the other retreating until the music shifts and someone else takes the lead. And as everyone knows, it takes two to tango. College should be similar. You cannot go...
Chad Forcey: Energy conservation is conservative
In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the nation’s governors with a call to consider impending challenges: “The time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted … if we do not exercise that...
Letter to the editor: Daryl Metcalfe’s impeachment stunt
In an attempt to slow the spread of covid-19, Gov. Tom Wolf followed the CDC guidelines. Because of his actions, Pennsylvania is one of the few states where the number of new cases has been decreasing. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s push to impeach the governor (“Rep. Daryl Metcalfe reveals 5...
Letter to the editor: Dangerous propaganda
By enforcing the law, the police symbolize American values of establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility and defending the public from lawlessness. I believe the Marxist rebels who took over part of Seattle, and others like them across the country, hate America and hate the police; they are destroying our historical...
Letter to the editor: Liberals’ true colors
For quite some time I’ve been of the thought the political party labels Republican and Democrat are becoming outmoded, giving way to conservative and liberal. If you tell me you’re a Republican or Democrat, I will ask, liberal or conservative? Conservatives have all but vanished from the Democratic Party, leaving...
Letter to the editor: Republicans are divisive, too
Regarding Thomas Wagner’s letter “Divisiveness belongs to Democrats” (June 9, TribLIVE): Do you remember when Mitch McConnell swore to make Barack Obama a one-term president on the day he was sworn in? Or when former sheriff Joe Arpaio and Donald Trump started the birther theory, which later caused Obama to...
Letter to the editor: We’re stronger together
History and misplaced hate have kept us apart in America far too long. We have seen diversity in appearance and culture as a negative thing rather than as the sources of beauty and opportunity they make possible. This is a loss for African Americans, Native Americans and other groups that...
Pat Buchanan: How long will the vandals run amok?
The left’s war on America’s past crossed several new frontiers last week. Portland’s statue of George Washington, the father of his country and the first president of the United States, the greatest man of his age, was toppled and desecrated. In Portland also, a statue of Thomas Jefferson that stood...
Editorial: Covid-19 and cost of doing business
A price tag is more than just a number on a piece of paper. The cost of an item on a menu isn’t pulled out of a hat. At least, it isn’t if a business wants to stay in business. It’s a complicated dance of expenses and projected revenues, all...
Keith Williams: Unions want everyone to vote by mail, but won’t let their own members vote at all
In case you haven’t checked on labor unions in a while, you might still have an image of workers in squalid factories, forced to work night shifts or lose their job, who band together and strike for fair wages and safe conditions. But things have changed a bit since the...
Letter to the editor: Stores are trying to keep customers safe
I think it’s ludicrous to sue Giant Eagle or any other store or business over the objection to wearing a face mask (“32 lawsuits filed against Giant Eagle over pandemic mask policy.”) The company is only doing its job of protecting customers. A lot of people are going in, and...
Letter to the editor: Statues and righting wrongs
Touring Germany I saw no statues of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess or other Nazi criminals. In Italy I found none of Benito Mussolini. I doubt Cambodians honor Pol Pot in bronze or granite. And I was pleased watching on television as the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled....
Letter to the editor: Trump and Black Lives Matter
Black lives absolutely matter. So do police lives. So do all lives lost (17?) in the George Floyd riots. Logic tells us any interracial killing isn’t automatically racist. The same applies to cops killing unarmed suspects. Court-worthy proof or confession of racial bias is needed prior to making that claim....
Letter to the editor: Citizens have police officers’ backs
I am a 75-year-old, 20-year resident of Lower Burrell, and have lived in the Allegheny-Kiski Valley for 70 years. I pay my taxes every year and I vote every year to elect whoever I think will do the best job. That is why I feel every police force in our...
Letter to the editor: Preach against all sin
Regarding Keith G. Kondrich’s letter “Owning, confronting our racism” (May 19, TribLIVE): Our country is also the country where the highest crime rate against blacks (especially murder) is committed by other blacks. Witness Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, etc. Walter Williams has written about this issue quite often. The white (cop) against...
