Opinion category, Page 695
Letter to the editor: Trump deserves respect
Whatever happened to respect? Whether we like President Trump or not, he’s still our president. Even our government officials do not respect their own. Nancy Pelosi, questioning Trump, points her finger at him and walks out. What does that tell America? Did her parents not teach her it’s not polite...
Letter to the editor: Proof of God’s existence
In response to the letter “Atheism & politics,” stating that “we live in the information age, and the more you know, the less religious you become”: Hopefully the quest for information continues with an open mind — as there is more than ample scientific evidence available now that fully supports...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Thankful for both entrepreneurs & laborers
During a 2012 campaign stop in Virginia, President Barack Obama caused a stir when he told business owners that they owed much of their success to other hardworking Americans who did all the other things necessary for businesses to thrive. “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you...
Walter Williams: Liberal agenda a threat to blacks
Former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said that racism in America is “foundational” and that people of color were under “mortal threat” from the “white supremacist in the White House.” Pete Buttigieg chimed in to explain that “systemic racism” will “be with us” no matter who is in the White House....
John Stossel: Thanks, private property!
Families argued this Thanksgiving. Such arguments have a long tradition. The Pilgrims had clashing ideas about how to organize their settlement in the New World. The resolution of that debate made the first Thanksgiving possible. The Pilgrims were religious, united by faith and a powerful desire to start anew, away...
Editorial: Harrisburg targets hunting changes
It used to be that the Saturday after Thanksgiving was about hunting for bargains or hunting for Christmas ornaments or maybe just hunting for the remote to watch college football. “Used to be” was last year. That changes this weekend. This year, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is also the first...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for right to disagree
Regarding George A. West’s letter “Trump & the Pharisees” (Nov. 22, TribLIVE): It’s great to live in a country where people are free to voice their opinions. It’s great to live in a country where people are free to voice their opinions without fear of reprisal. Let us all pray...
Letter to the editor: Shame on Comcast
Well, Comcast has done it again. As of Oct. 10, the Turner Classic Movies network is no longer available to Preferred Digital customers. In order to receive TCM, one must upgrade (at a cost of $9.99 per month) to its “Sports and Entertainment” package. Comcast never has a problem increasing...
Letter to the editor: Were Ike, Nixon ‘crazy socialists’?
According to President Trump and the national conservative news media, someone who simply supports a federal government social program that helps people, like Social Security and Medicare, is a “crazy socialist.” If we go by that definition, then that would make Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon “crazy socialists” because they...
Sounding off: Yovanovitch’s intimidation claim is laughable
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said during the impeachment hearings that she felt intimidated by President Trump’s tweet critiquing her performance as ambassador. As a retired Foreign Service employee, I find that unbelievable and laughable. Our ambassadors around the world are made of sterner stuff. Yovanovitch apparently is not. Irrelevant to impeachment,...
Jonah Goldberg: Opponents of ‘unfettered capitalism’ are fighting a phantom
Enemies of unfettered capitalism, unite! For as long as I can remember, people on the left have complained about “unfettered capitalism.” Moderate liberals do it, and of course flat-out Marxists do it. In his new book, “A Bit of Everything: Power, People, Profits and Progressive Capitalism for an Age of...
Lori Falce: My Black Friday not-shopping list
I have to plan ahead. I have to make lists and I have to plot ideas. I need to know the best way to go. I will avoid Black Friday the way survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland will avoid zombies. Because I’ve done Black Friday before, and sometimes the difference...
Laurels & lances: Filming, closing, giving and picking
Laurel: To not giving up. Aspinwall’s Philip Beard proves the old saying about good things coming to those who wait. Filming on a movie version of his 2004 novel “Dear Zoe” just wrapped last week after shooting around O’Hara, Squirrel Hill and Braddock. It may have taken 15 years to...
Letter to the editor: On impeachment, let system work
On impeachment, let our system do its job On the impeachment hearings: We need to let the system work. If President Trump, his staff or personal attorneys have done things they’re accused of, and if he violated his oath of office, they should be punished. We need to go by...
Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t media report on Biden blackmail?
Mainstream media claims no bias favoring Democrats. So where are the stories on Joe Biden’s public confession of the Obama administration’s blackmail of Ukraine? Isn’t it relevant given the current impeachment inquiry? Many believe corruption that bold by a wannabe American leader made it President Trump’s civic duty to ask...
Letter to the editor: Deal with it, Greensburg Salem teachers
Regarding the article “Greensburg Salem approves 5-year teachers contract” (Nov. 14, TribLIVE): First, we are lucky to have Robin Savage and Jeff Metrosky on the school board. I feel that they are the only two who stand up for us taxpayers. Election Day was a joke. Those of you who...
Earl Tilford: Professors teach, students learn
While all the rage in education, my hackles rise when an educator declares, “We learn from our students” or “Students should construct their own knowledge.” Granted, the 55 years since I was a freshman may explain my antediluvian notion that professors should teach because students need to learn. At 8...
Editorial: In celebration of gratitude
Thanksgiving. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines thanksgiving with a small T as “a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; the act of giving thanks; a prayer expressing gratitude.” We have the public celebrating down pat. Celebrating is an area in which Americans excel. We do love a party, and if...
Letter to the editor: Please help others this season
I experienced a disheartening sight around 5 p.m. Nov. 8 in Youngwood. A woman of advanced years was pushing a shopping cart full of groceries on busy North Third Street near Sheetz while the traffic was whipping by her. She was walking on the street, and she was trying to...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for freedoms
Thanksgiving is a commemoration of the harvest festival, which has certainly influenced millions of Americans who take pride in their history. Nonetheless, as an Ahmadi Muslim and an immigrant, I was raised to be thankful for everything good, no matter how trivial — all the goodies we have, the comfort...
Letter to the editor: Grateful on Thanksgiving
I am grateful for all that I have, what I don’t have and my struggles. Possessions are not important to me, people are. Thanksgiving is about being grateful and being selfless. It’s about lending a hand and giving to your fellow man who needs it. Recognizing that others need your...
Letter to the editor: Health insurance costs down
I’ve written letters in the past complaining that the cost of my health insurance keeps going up, and instead of fixing health care, all the politicians do is fight with each other. Well, good news! Even though the politicians are still fighting, the cost of my insurance has gone down...
Pat Buchanan: Is Macron right? Is NATO, 70, brain dead?
A week from now, the 29 member states of “the most successful alliance in history” will meet to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Yet all is not well within NATO. The gathering, on the outskirts of London, has been cut to two days. Why the shortened agenda? Among the reasons, apprehension...
Tom Charley: Philly-style tax could impact Western Pa.
I have been working in the grocery industry my entire life. I was born into it. I am fourth generation, and just had my first baby girl who could take it to the fifth generation. These days, I am concerned about the “soda tax” (“pop tax” for those of us...
Editorial: Is opioid settlement right move?
Gambling is coming to Westmoreland County. No, not just in the mini casino at the mall. It’s happening in the halls of government too. The Westmoreland County Commissioners decided Friday to roll the dice on a settlement in the federal opioid lawsuit. The proposed total of the litigation that involves...
