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Editorial: Working together in new year
January is that time of year when you might think about starting over. It’s not just about resolutions. Everything about the new year speaks of starting over. You have a new insurance deductible. Your vacation days reset. It’s the perfect opportunity to set goals and try to make new habits,...
Letter to the editor: Anonymous’ ‘A Warning’ a must-read
I would suggest that every person of voting age in America read “A Warning” by Anonymous. This was written by an insider in the White House. I don’t care if you are anti-Trump or pro-Trump. You need to read this book. You don’t even have to buy it; you can...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 13
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 13....
Letter to the editor: Democrats know they can’t win in 2020
Let’s impeach “the (expletive).” Another ridiculous statement from the mouth of a prominent leader of the socialist Democrats. Allow me to attempt to understand the effort to impeach and remove President Trump. I cannot! This fairy tale is being led by Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler — the...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 13
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 13....
S.E. Cupp: Posturing to protect our culture, destroying theirs
One morning, back in August 2017, the gang on “Fox & Friends,” President Trump’s favorite news program, was in the midst of a feverish MAGA panic over nothing less than “the eradication of history,” as Laura Ingraham called it. It was just days after the Charlottesville, Va., protests, a violent...
Letter to the editor: The Bloomberg factor
If you haven’t seen a political ad promoting mega-billionaire Michael Bloomberg yet, just hold on — you will. Bloomberg suddenly prefers to be called “Mike,” I guess to appeal to the working class. Reminds us oldsters of the 1970s comedy character Raymond J. Johnson Jr., best known for Miller Lite...
Letter to the editor: Jesus wouldn’t have a shot for president
I was thinking that if Jesus Christ returned and wanted to run for president, he could never get the Democratic nomination, with his anti-abortion stance and his constant harping on acknowledging and depending on (shudder) God. And if he ran as a Republican, he would lose, about 10 seconds after...
Letter to the editor: Russia & China missile threats
President Trump is correct in withdrawing from the intermediate range missile treaty with Russia enacted 30 years ago, because Russia broke the treaty with its missile development. Another problem with the treaty was it did not prevent non-treaty countries from developing intermediate range missiles; and China has developed and deployed...
James Thrasher: Can the self-destructing Antonio Brown be saved?
When you think life revolves around you, then destruction is waiting at your doorstep. In a recent YouTube video, NFL star Antonio Brown passionately reached out to share his self-absorbed life. The video captured how he views himself. “I get mad at it, but I love it — the game...
Zachary Barber: Pollution is U.S. Steel’s gift to Pittsburgh
There’s always something special in the air over the holiday season. This year, unfortunately, that something was a foul-smelling haze of dangerous industrial pollution. Even in an area known for dirty air, things have been especially bad lately. On Dec. 20, while most of us were doing our last-minute holiday...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Is this the right time for war?
When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary in Sarajevo in 1914, the Serbian nationalist had no idea that his singular act would eventually consume the world. But sometimes assassinations do not end with the end of one life. If Princip thought that the archduke’s death would simply rid...
William McCloskey: Specter of Westinghouse haunts the ‘Castle’
There’s a grand ghost story unfolding with the spirit of old George Westinghouse arising in the little town of Wilmerding as its principal landmark stirs back to life after decades in limbo. “The Castle,” as it’s been known locally for generations, soon will be reanimated as a specialty hotel of...
Editorial: Turnpike crash showed hospital skill
One car slams into another at an intersection. It might be no one’s fault. Slick roads. A blown tire. Something goes wrong, and now there are people that need help. This scenario has people brought to emergency rooms everywhere every day. It can mean sudden, serious injuries that focus the...
Sounding off: Nancy Pelosi’s clever nonaction
I believe Nancy Pelosi has no intentions of sending the House’s Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for trial. Not now that it’s 2020, or ever, for that matter. She has never had any such intentions. She explains that she is “convinced” Trump will not get a “fair” trial but...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ hate
I was taken aback by Edward A. Svitek’s letter “Morals, decency & Trump” (Dec. 27, TribLIVE) mentioning my letter “Tired of Democrats’ letters” (Dec 4, TribLIVE). I was raised to not hate anybody, even my critics. I asked the paper to limit the number of letters because we are talking...
Letter to the editor: A more compassionate Republican Party
As a new “liberal/progressive” Republican, I believe that the national Republican Party must change and evolve in fundamental and significant ways if it is to be at all competitive with the national Democratic Party beginning in 2042-44, when over 50% of the U.S. is predicted to be “non-white.” The national...
John Stossel: Congressional grandstanding
Congressional hearings were created to educate lawmakers so they have knowledge before they pass bills or impeach a president. Not today. Today, hardly any education happens. During the President Trump impeachment “testimony,” legislators tried to score points. At least five times, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., shut down criticism by shouting,...
Walter Williams: The new racism
A voter may dislike a black, homosexual or female candidate, but it’s not likely that he would openly admit it. However, diversity-crazed leftist/progressive Democrats have openly condemned the physical characteristics of some of their 2020 presidential candidates. Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading the polls despite...
Editorial: Donation is gift of life
The math surrounding organ transplant is amazing. In 1953, there had never been a successful transplant of one person’s organ into another person’s body. Today, 67 years later, it happens every day. According to the World Health Organization, about 100,800 people have the life-saving procedure annually. About 70% of those...
Letter to the editor: School buses & traffic
After reading James Sikorski’s letter concerning busing issues (“Illegal school-bus passing,” Jan. 3, TribLIVE), I was pleased to see I’m not the only one concerned about this problem. 1) I have never received a citation for passing a school bus. 2) The situations the operators put other drivers in is...
Letter to the editor: Caring for those with no choice in abortion debate
Regarding Al Duerig’s letter “Abortion least of evils?” (Dec. 22, TribLIVE): Nowhere in my letter (“Wolf’s veto of abortion ban,” Dec. 9, TribLIVE) did I say I was a prophet of God. What I said was all humans are made in the image of God. You may not believe in...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court should stop impeachment
The express political impeachment was on all the channels and in all the papers. Christmas vacation was more important for Nancy Pelosi than passing on her official paperwork to the Senate, another blatant political delay tactic. With the delay, the Democrats could now raise more political questions they missed or...
Paul Kengor: Michael Bloomberg & the Primanti’s vote
I was sitting in Primanti’s at Market Square with my 12-year-old son after escaping “The Nutcracker” at the Benedum. Almost as eye-opening as the Arabian Dance (I said almost) was a political ad on the large TV screen. Rudely interrupting the Pittsburgh ambience was a New Yorker, Michael Bloomberg, who...
Lori Falce: The political peril of buzzwords
I kept a little running tally in the corner of my notebook while the meeting went on. Interspersed with the critical business of running a university, the Penn State trustees and administrators would drop certain words so often I started to wonder if there was a cash prize or a...
