Opinion category, Page 708
Letter to the editor: To solve problems, we must follow Bible’s direction
Why can’t we respect the fact that everyone has an opinion, whether or not it is one we agree with? I refer in particular to letter-writer Al Duerig (“Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous,” Oct. 1, TribLIVE), who calls Trump supporters blind, stupid or rich. Why can’t you just state your case without...
Letter to the editor: Democrats are not socialists
With all due respect to my fellow Americans, most of us simply don’t know that a “liberal/progressive” is not the same thing as a “socialist.” A true “socialist” is someone who wants all of the businesses and workplaces to be owned and controlled by “the state” or “the government” or...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 14....
Editorial: Robocalls are unwanted intrusion
The phone rings. You know who it is. No, wait. You know what it is. It’s not a friend asking you to lunch. It’s not a neighbor asking to borrow your lawnmower. It’s probably not even your pharmacy reminding you that your prescription is ready. There is an ever-increasing likelihood...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s betrayal of Kurds latest indignity for suffering country
Back in 2011, the embers of the Syrian war sparked in the southwestern town of Daraa in a siege by the Assad regime’s Syrian Army that resulted in the deaths of up to 240 civilians, many of them children. Eight years later, you’re forgiven if you’ve forgotten why that war...
Colin Hanna: Private equity is good for Pa.
Recent attacks on private equity funds have unwisely focused on a retirement fund for Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees (PSERS). Those unfounded criticisms intentionally ignore important facts — including how private equity investment consistently delivers the strongest returns for Pennsylvania retirees’ pensions. Apparently, those who disparage PSERS investments place a higher...
Letter to the editor: Jane Fonda, unions
Two things in the Sept. 25 edition caught my eye. Kenneth Nath’s letter ”Can’t forgive Jane Fonda” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE) was spot on. About the only thing I can think of to do to Fonda is spit on her. While she was playing with the enemy’s guns, my friends were...
Letter to the editor: Reliable sources beneficial
Jesus did not establish a church? Letter-writer Al Duerig (“Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous,” Oct. 1, TribLIVE) is apparently unaware that many religious organizations consider Matthew 16:18 (“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”) to be their foundation. Of course, the prattle about emoluments, a hijacked judicial...
Letter to the editor: Trump is no savior
D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” was the most sacrilegious drivel I’ve read in 84 years of living. To admire and support President Trump is one thing; but to even remotely compare him to Christ is utterly ridiculous. Trump came to make America great again. America was already great, only...
George Will: Spiraling president adds self-impeachment to repertoire
WASHINGTON Donald Trump, an ongoing eruption of self-refuting statements (“I’m a very stable genius” with “a very good brain”), is adding self-impeachment to his repertoire. Spiraling downward in a tightening gyre, his increasingly unhinged public performances (Google the one with Finland’s dumbfounded president looking on) are as alarming as they...
Eric Failing: Working to end slavery of human trafficking
The history books tell us that slavery officially ended in the United States on Dec. 6, 1865, when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. However, the prevalence of human trafficking cases across the country tells us that slavery lives on. In fact, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Real value of loyalty lost on Trump
I am not an expert in foreign relations or diplomacy. But I do understand the nature and importance of loyalty. President Trump’s unilateral decision to abandon the Kurdish fighters in Syria is an invitation to Turkey to cross the border and annihilate the Kurds. This seems clueless. The Kurdish fighters...
James Simpson: Trump’s waffling on immigration could cost him in 2020
President Trump just announced a major immigration reform package that’s certain to disappoint his staunchest supporters. The plan, which was largely designed by the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would maintain the current, historically high level of legal immigration. That’s a reversal from Trump’s campaign-trail promise to scale back legal migration....
Editorial: Just what is sustainable?
Sustainable is a great new buzzword. It sounds great. Sustainable. It’s hard to argue with the idea of sustainability. Who doesn’t want something to keep going? The problem is that sustainable can mean two different — and closely related — things with one distinct difference. Sustainable can mean that something...
Alan Novak & T.J. Rooney: Pennsylvania’s unaffiliated voters deserve a voice
As the Pennsylvania General Assembly heads back to Harrisburg to take up the commonwealth’s business, a priority for their fall agenda should be passing Senate Bill 300. This proposal would enable Pennsylvania’s unaffiliated voters to have a voice in casting votes in either the Republican or Democrat ballot on primary...
Sounding off: GOP leaders put party ahead of country
In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. uring the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...
Letter to the editor: Pa. senators cowardly
President Trump has now crossed a major line and will cause Kurdish families to be massacred by the Turkish military. As he gloats over his decision, we prepare for gruesome TV footage. Our Pennslyvania senators now hide, instead of appearing in public to condemn the actions of the president. We...
Letter to the editor: Fanatics should respect Ellen’s freedom of speech
I heard about the Ellen DeGeneres’ “blunder” of sitting next to President George W. Bush at a football game as soon as I woke Monday morning. I came to the conclusion, as I sipped my coffee, that nothing is beyond the slander and backlash of extreme fanatics in this polarized...
Letter to the editor: America imploding on its own
Trying to obtain a reasonable and “accurate” account of news and current events nowadays is like going to the dentist, but without the benefit of Novocain. Truth and accuracy give way to opinion and bias; many times, opinions are disguised as fact in order to mislead the viewer/reader/listener. It’s pretty...
Letter to the editor: Walter Williams was right, people don’t care
”People don’t really care about you” (Oct. 4, TribLIVE) was one of Walter Williams’ better columns in our grimly amusing times. Slowly coming around to his thinking. Lance Kristan Champion...
Editorial: Is Marsy’s Law necessary?
Victims should not be forgotten in the criminal justice process. It is easy to reduce the court system to criminal and prosecutor — crime and punishment. Marsy’s Law is being proposed as an amendment to Pennsylvania’s constitution. It is a crime victims’ rights amendment that legislators and advocates say provides...
Walter Williams: So many environmental predictions grossly wrong
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has published a new paper, “Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions.” Keep in mind that many of the grossly wrong environmentalist predictions were made by respected scientists and government officials. My question for you is: If you were around at the time, how many...
John Stossel: Domestic & foreign wars
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party. She says the U.S. should talk to its enemies. She was criticized for meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. But Democrats were supposed to be the anti-war party. “They’re heavily influenced by a foreign policy establishment … whose whole...
Letter to the editor: GOP leaders put party ahead of country
In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. During the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Trump, Christ irreverent
This is my response (nonpartisan) to the letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) by D.A. Scandrol, who certainly has a right to his opinion. I found his letter the height, to say the least, of irreverence, as he compared President Trump’s “accomplishments” to our Creator, Lord and Savior, Jesus...
