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Jonah Goldberg: Missing-server conspiracy theories convenient smokescreen
The impeachment drama is already a three-ring circus, with a full complement of clowns to the left and the right. I want to focus on one detail that hasn’t gotten enough attention: the “missing” DNC server that President Trump believes might be in Ukraine. If you’ve paid any attention to...
Tom Purcell: Are costumes expression or offense?
Everything is offensive now — even Halloween. In Sandy Springs, Ga., a fellow’s humorous display featured a pumpkin man mooning the street. “His pants are halfway down, showing his backside which is made up of pumpkins,” reports CBS12.com. Neighbors complained to their homeowner’s association that the display was offensive, so...
Editorial: What we learn from sinkholes
Is there any better allegory for infrastructure than a sinkhole on a public street? It is a collapse of what was put in place for a specific function. There could be lots of reasons a sinkhole happens. It might be the weather, like the one along Route 30 where Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Stick with evidence on climate change
Regarding the letter “Greta Thunberg deserves Medal of Freedom” (Oct. 2, TribLIVE): Suggesting a medal for a 16-year-old for pushing her ideas is ludicrous. Where did Greta attain this knowledge that even scientists don’t all agree on? I believe we have climate change occurring. It has been happening for millions...
Letter to the editor: Trump keeping promise to troops
Three years ago, candidate Trump promised to get our troops out of the bellicose Middle East. Today President Trump, recognizing that a thousand of our troops have been caught between warring factions in Turkey and Syria, has moved to get them out of harm’s way. He is being accused of...
Letter to the editor: Catholic church must listen to the faithful
I’ve recently written disparaging remarks in letters and on social media regarding the closing of St. Raphael School in Morningside and how covertly it was done. I have been told to accept what I cannot change and/or to leave the “dying” Catholic faith and explore others. I’m not ready to...
Editorial: Follow the path to economic development
A trail can be more than just a track worn through the grass and the dirt by a thousand other travels. A trail can be something that gets you where you need to go — the breadcrumbs you follow to get home, the yellow brick road that takes you to...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 28
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 28....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 28
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 28....
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s race-baiting pays, as usual
Donald Trump has been president for nearly three years. He’s been on Twitter for more than 10. Yet the only thing more surprising than his increasingly awful, hideously unpresidential, deeply divisive tweets is that we still manage to be surprised by them. The latest, in which he called the impeachment...
Mark Hendrickson: Is the Federal Reserve apolitical?
President Trump has had (what else?) a publicly tempestuous relationship with the Federal Reserve System. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has adhered to the Fed’s official traditional position of being apolitical. Typical of Powell’s statements is the unequivocal assertion that “olitical considerations play no role whatsoever in our discussions or decisions...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Sheriff Jonathan Held
We had the opportunity to meet Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held a number of years ago at a “Refuse To Be A Victim” program put on by a local church. While he towered over us in height, he came across as a friendly, congenial law enforcement officer. We asked him...
Letter to the editor: Constitution & impeachment
It slays me to listen to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders refer to the Constitution in regards to these clownish impeachment hearings. Pelosi has characterized any defense by President Trump or his administration as “obstruction of justice.” Invoking attorney-client or executive privilege is not obstruction. White House Counsel...
Letter to the editor: What’s Obama’s take on Biden/Ukraine?
Obama broke the rule for ex-presidents to not criticize their successor. He has been uncharacteristically silent on the Joe Biden Ukrainian situation, and his buddies in the biased media have not pressed him on it. He was president at the time. Was he aware of it or not? Did he...
George Will: Weak political parties smooth the way for demagogues
WASHINGTON There are political moments, and this might be one, in which worse is better. Moments, that is, when a society’s per capita quantity of conspicuous stupidity is so high and public manners are so low that a critical mass of people are jolted into saying “enough, already.” Looking on...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Mulvaney, Taylor, Trump & the truth
In the old “cops and robbers” movies of the film noir era, they would usually have to sweat a guy or beat him with a rubber hose to get him to confess the way Mick Mulvaney willingly confessed at a recent White House press briefing. For weeks, Donald Trump had...
Dana Kellerman: Community seeks action on guns from legislators
One year ago a man armed with assault-style weapons and fueled by anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and white nationalist hatred attacked our synagogue. He murdered 11 innocent people and seriously injured two worshipers and four dedicated Pittsburgh police officers. Our community has been changed irrevocably. All of us have been harmed, though...
Sen. Kim Ward: It’s time to reform emissions testing
Millions of Pennsylvanians are paying for an outdated vehicle emissions testing program in counties that already meet federal air quality standards. As chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee, I believe the time to change that is long overdue. Pennsylvania’s federally sanctioned Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program requires...
Editorial: The lessons learned in mourning
How long should a death be mourned? Does it get measured in days or weeks or months? Is it a year or is it years? Judaism has several — the days between death and burial, the sitting of shiva for seven days after, the 30 days adjustment to the loss,...
Sounding off: Pittsburgh Pirates need an owner who cares
Pirates’ fans are fed up with the circus. Back in the Kevin McClatchy era, we were told the Pirates needed a new stadium to be competitive. Perhaps that’s true, but it won’t work unless we build a winning team. We need an owner who cares about our team and Pittsburgh....
Letter to the editor: Tree of Life death penalty
Leaders of Dor Hadash and New Light congregations who lost members in the Tree of Life massacre in October 2018 wrote to Attorney General William Barr weeks ago asking the U.S. Justice Department to avoid pursuing the death penalty. They asked instead that the Pittsburgh killer be incarcerated for the...
Letter to the editor: Educating public on fox hunting
Lynne Henry’s letter about the blessing of the hounds (“Strange way to treat God`s creatures,” Oct. 19, TribLIVE) is way off the mark. Obviously she knows very little about America’s oldest organized sport. I have been riding to the hounds for the past 16 years in over 350 hunts. It...
Letter to the editor: Columbus didn’t get there first
Just a couple of thoughts in response to Louis D’Emilio’s letter “Columbus Day feature biased” (Oct. 20, TribLIVE). In his praise of Columbus’ legacy, he states that “discovery is discovery.” If you go somewhere, and there are already people there, you didn’t discover that place. Perhaps Columbus was the first...
John Stossel: A better solution to student debt
Student loan debt keeps growing. There is a better solution than the ones politicians offer, which stick the taxpayer or the loan lenders with the whole bill. It’s called an income share agreement (ISA). Investors give money to a college, and the college then gives a free or partially free...
Walter Williams: William Barr was right about our moral decline
Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General William Barr told a University of Notre Dame Law School audience that attacks on religious liberty have contributed to a moral decline that’s in part manifested by increases in suicides, mental illness and drug addiction. Barr said that our moral decline is not random...
