Opinion category, Page 669
Letter to the editor: Where’s conscience on abortion bill?
“Shame, shame, shame,” Gomer Pyle would spurt when someone behaved inappropriately. It was fiction. It was funny. “How do you live with yourself?” the fireman asked George Constanza after George had run over women and children to escape an apartment fire. It was fiction. It was funny. “Shame, shame, shame....
Letter to the editor: We need politicians who will reform economic system
During this current presidential campaign, the economy and especially capitalism and socialism have been big issues. Destroy capitalism, because of corporate greed and the greed of CEOs! Adopt socialism, that will fix everything! In his book “Saving Capitalism,” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains that our government does control the...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ political suicide
I have written several letters in recent years explaining that the Democratic Party is committing political suicide by adopting a socialist/communist ideology and committing itself to those beliefs. The latest “debates” show they are in full “Thelma and Louise” mode. Until this year, the Dems have been able to hide...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 9
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 9....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 9
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 9....
Editorial: Levin Furniture buy was smart move
There is something deeply satisfying about a happy ending. What happened last week with Levin Furniture is that kind of story. True, a tale of last-minute redemption involving couches and glossy contemporary dining tables is probably not going to be a contender at the Oscars any time soon. (But, Tom...
S.E. Cupp: Voters, not establishment, standing in Sanders’ way
The socialist emperor of Vermont has no clothes. The feverish anti- establishment antipathy that’s helped fuel Bernie Sanders’ presidential ambitions over the past few years has relied on a belief that the system (what system? every system) has been rigged against him. From Wall Street to drug companies, from the Democratic...
Nathan Picarsic & Emily de La Bruyère: China, coronavirus & threat of integration
Last month, the Trump administration considered rescinding CFM International’s export license to China. A General Electric joint venture, CFM has provided the Chinese airline industry with engines since the 1980s. This decades-old partnership is a lucrative one: In 2017, China Eastern Airline’s orders from CFM totaled $3.2 billion. The partnership...
Letter to the editor: Founders warned us about all politicians
Every statement Bruce Braden wrote in his letter “Founders warned us about Donald Trump” (Feb. 20, TribLIVE) is true. The only problem is, every statement can and does apply to many of the Democrats in the House and Senate, as well as any of today’s politicians and those running for...
Letter to the editor: No thanks, Giant Eagle
I agree totally with letter- writer Mary Bach’s assessment that “It’s a sad day for longtime Giant Eagle customers” (“Giant Eagle’s double-coupon decision.”) I have limited my Giant Eagle shopping more and more because the stores stopped carrying Amazon gift cards and Giant Eagle made confusing, consumer-unfriendly changes to its...
Letter to the editor: Less judging, more love
Before you go to bed tonight, ask yourself the following questions: 1) If drug cartels controlled your community, what risks would you take to find safe haven for your children? 2) If you were diagnosed with lung cancer and did not have health insurance, how would you pay for chemotherapy?...
Letter to the editor: Think, verify before you post
With the rise of Facebook and Twitter, we have all become media outlets. With the click of a mouse we can share news links with our family and friends. When we share a story, we are applying our personal stamp of approval. Sometimes, we are saying we think something is...
Russell Redding: After $3 billion on horse racing, Pa. shifts priorities
A budget is really a list of priorities. In our own homes we spend the most money on necessities like housing, food and transportation, and we spend less on the special things that are still important to us, such as pets or vacations. It’s the same for the state budget:...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Shades of 1948 in Joe Biden’s comeback
Last Tuesday night, as many of us watched the Democratic Party primary election returns, we got a taste of how our parents must have felt in November 1948. They remembered President Harry S. Truman, grinning broadly, while holding aloft a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the erroneous headline...
Editorial: Senate expenses are public records
Nobody has a right to ask how you spent your money. As long as it’s your money. Once you start spending public money, all of that changes. The taxpayers get to know if someone they elected is charging them for nightly lobster and filet mignon dinners. They get to know...
Sounding off: Reducing litter, keeping America beautiful
Regarding the article “Study: Pa. roads average 1,030 litter items per mile”: I have done my best to keep a stretch of rural road near my home free of litter. I pick up beer and pop cans, cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and bags from convenience stores and fast-food restaurants. Trash...
Letter to the editor: Cost of gun-carrying permit makes no sense
It does not make sense that a law-abiding citizen has to pay to get a permit to carry a firearm to protect himself from a perp who does not have a permit and is out to harm him. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Elderly need property tax relief
Gary English was correct in his op-ed “Tax-shifting schemes won’t provide property tax relief” (Feb. 18, TribLIVE) criticizing the proposed Pennsylvania legislation House/Senate Bill 76. In order to maintain our failing school system, money has to come from someone. But not the elderly! As an “elder,” HB/SB 76 works for...
Letter to the editor: We need action on our littered world
In the coming months, visitors from all over the country will descend on the Laurel Highlands and visit amusement parks, state parks and historical sites. They will travel routes 30, 22, 981 and 982, to name a few. Among the sights they will see are our trashed highways littered with...
Letter to the editor: Residents’ concerns key for future of Shenango coke plant
Regarding the article “Residents urged to weigh in on future of Neville Island’s former Shenango coke plant” (Feb. 19, TribLIVE): It is great that the Shenango Reimagined Advisory Council has been at work on this issue for the past year, and recognizes the importance of including voices from the community...
John Stossel: ‘Stranger danger’ sometimes goes too far
South Carolina mom Debra Harrell worked at McDonald’s. She couldn’t afford day care for Regina, her 9-year-old daughter, so she took her to work. One day, Regina asked if she could just play in the neighborhood park instead. “I felt safe there,” she says, “because I was with my friends...
Walter Williams: Locusts & climate change in Africa
Here are a few headlines about an African tragedy: “Africa’s Worst Locust Plague in Decades Threatens Millions” (The Wall Street Journal), “‘Unprecedented’ Locust Invasion Approaches Full-Blown Crisis” (Scientific American), “Somalia Declares Locust Outbreak a ‘National Emergency’” (The National) and “UN Calls for International Action on East Africa Locust Outbreak” (Bloomberg...
Editorial: Pittsburgh should OK zoo accreditation
If Disney’s “The Lion King” has taught us anything, it’s that everything in the animal world is a vast circle of life. It’s a cycle of prey and predator, birth and death, eat or be eaten. Apparently it’s also about laws and leases, alligators and elephants and accreditation. It started...
Letter to the editor: Wolf favors funding Planned Parenthood — no surprise
Of course Gov. Tom Wolf wants to join other liberal states such as Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey in using taxpayer dollars to fund Planned Parenthood. These governors all have “Ds” after their names — and not surprising at all, since the Democratic Party favors funding Planned Parenthood. How sad!...
Letter to the editor: Billionaires should buy peace instead of elections
I see a lot on the news about Michael Bloomberg and Jeff Bezos spending gross amounts of money to fight climate change. You cannot beat Mother Nature (floods, earthquakes, droughts, etc.). In my opinion, they are buying elections of presidents, senators, governors and attorneys general to do their will and...
