Opinion category, Page 637
Letter to the editor: ‘Conventional wisdom’ on covid-19
Often when a person disagrees with the “conventional wisdom” behind popular movements, he is deemed ignorant of the “science” involved. In my opinion, most conventional wisdom is highly questionable, if not pure fantasy. For example, climate change theorists who teach young girls like Greta Thunberg that the world will end...
Letter to the editor: Proud of Greensburg’s protest for justice
Sunday was a breath of fresh air. A protest was held in downtown Greensburg, and went as smoothly as anyone could have hoped for. It was a beautiful day to share in a plea for change, for justice. Peaceful, inclusive and understanding. Standing in the center of the city, listening...
Pat Buchanan: China’s leader takes up the U.S. challenge
Is the United States up for a second Cold War — this time with China? What makes the question newly relevant is Xi Jinping’s China suddenly appears eager for a showdown with the United States for long-term supremacy in the Asia-Pacific and the world. With the United States consumed by...
Editorial: President Trump takes aim at America’s core principles
The president’s primary job is to preserve, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Even when it is inconvenient. Even when people are using it to say the government is wrong. Especially when they are doing that. We know that, because the framers realized immediately they left important things out of...
Jennifer Smith: Addiction an epidemic within a pandemic
For decades, people battled addiction with a shadow cast over them as the treatment and recovery community made tremendous strides in bringing the disease into the light. They are some of the most courageous people that I have ever known. In 2018, the commonwealth saw an unprecedented 18% decrease in...
Frasat Ahmad: Seek justice for George Floyd the right way — vote
“Momma, Momma!” “I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” No innocent human being should have to die with these words on their lips. A police officer, tasked to protect George Floyd’s life, mercilessly crushed George’s neck for 9 long minutes. He has been charged with murder. Is George’s death an isolated...
Letter to the editor: Fighting surprise medical bills
I am writing to encourage my state representative, Mike Reese, to vote yes to House Bill 1862. This bill is to prevent surprise medical bills which can bankrupt families. Recently my 48-year-old son was diagnosed with colon cancer and had surgery to remove it. He has excellent medical coverage with...
Letter to the editor: Great turnout to honor vets in Lower Burrell
The officers, veteran members and managers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 92 in Lower Burrell are amazed and humbled by the number of people who turned out to place flags on the graves of veterans at Greenwood Cemetery on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Members, neighbors, parents and...
Letter to the editor: We can’t take 4 more years of divisiveness
The most critical issue facing us in the 2020 election isn’t immigration or health care. It is the need to heal the deep political fractures that have formed between us over time, but never more severely than during this last presidential term. Every four years, about half of the American...
Letter to the editor: Uprising may be painful new beginning
The National Guard was sent in to control the uprising in Minneapolis, and cities across the country have joined in the protest and uprising against racial injustice and the inhumane treatment of black citizens at the hands of white law enforcement officers. Yes, I am calling it an uprising, not...
Editorial: Pandemic responses are moving targets
What if everyone just acknowledged no one has been through this before? Oh sure, this isn’t the first pandemic that has happened in history. This isn’t the first time there have been quarantines. This isn’t the first time people have gotten sick or died, and it won’t be the last....
Tom Purcell: One disruptive hand ruins work made light by many
It was a perfect late-spring Saturday. Several members of my large extended family gathered at my parents’ house to trim hedges and plant flowers. The sun was out, the skies were brilliant blue and the temperature was perfect for yard work. A wonderful old saying, “many hands make light work,”...
Donnell Drinks: I cherish the right to vote
Voting in our democracy carries different meanings for different people. For some Americans, voting is a proud exercise of a franchise they have had since this nation’s founding. For others, voting represents the culmination of generations of struggle to secure that franchise. Whatever a person’s path, I believe voting in...
Letter to the editor: Voting in a proper manner
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Every time I hear a judicial person urging people to vote by mail, I think of this old warning. My father, husband, son and two grandsons served in the armed forces so my right to vote would be protected....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s leadership on coronavirus lacking
During the Revolutionary War, Civil War and World War II, three of our most significant conflicts, we were blessed with three great presidents. Historians rank Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin Roosevelt as our greatest presidents because of their outstanding leadership during the three greatest conflicts our nation has faced....
Letter to the editor: Trump is best leader in time of crisis
I grew up in New York not too far from a guy named Donald J. Trump. New Yorkers are different; a little crude, overly aggressive and extremely hungry to get ahead. Maybe it’s the cost of living or heavy traffic that makes us impatient. Only a New Yorker will truly...
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 1
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S.E. Cupp: Trump’s indecent attacks on the dead
“Punch up, not down.” Whether in comedy or politics, the consensus precept has provided helpful parameters in which to acceptably swing at rivals or targets. The idea is, pick on someone your own size. I can think of no better — meaning worse — example of punching down than one...
Chris Woods & Matt Yarnell: Badge bill would help protect health care workers
One change could help to keep health care workers safe Every day they risk their lives so that you and I can be safe. But are we doing enough to ensure nurses and other caregivers are safe and protected? Our health care workers have been holding Pennsylvania together during covid-19....
Josh Gray: Opposing PIAA’s wrestling weight class plan
We’re parents, coaches, former wrestlers, trainers, doctors and fans who oppose the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (PIAA) weight class reduction proposal. We’ve come together to protect Pennsylvania wrestling from reducing its participants and putting student athletes’ health at risk. Pennsylvania high school wrestling stands at a tipping point. The PIAA...
Letter to the editor: Mail-in voting problems
I am opposed to the mail-in vote movement. It fails the smell test. Follow the money to see who is paying for it. It does not provide a signed receipt. You know you sent the mail-in vote, but you do not know if it got to where it will be...
Letter to the editor: Politicians use crisis to push agendas
“Never let a crisis go to waste”: As we remain under Gov. Tom Wolf’s yellow restrictions with no defined path even under green to return Pennsylvania to pre-covid-19 conditions, Wolf seems to have adopted this mantra from Obama’s former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Before this pandemic, our country was...
Letter to the editor: On masks, noncompliance is selfish
Even during Pennsylvania’s red phase, what I witnessed in stores such as Walmart was incomprehensible. People would wear masks just to gain admittance, and then take them down to their necks. Only when ready to check out would many bother to put it back on. They were playing a dangerous...
Letter to the editor: No planes, blue skies
No child since us boomers has seen such azure skies as we currently have. Cut the wings off all the parked jetliners and use the cabins for homeless shelters! Don Miller Mt. Pleasant Township...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s covid-19 ‘accomplishments’
Recently I had the misfortune to witness a president bask in his own self-indulgent praise of his courageous response to our ongoing plague. Later I observed the following statistics: • The United States has 4.25% of the world’s population. • The U.S. has approximately 33% of the total worldwide coronavirus...
