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Donald Boudreaux: James Buchanan, economist for the ages
One hundred years ago this month, James Buchanan was born on a Tennessee farm. No, not the 15th U.S. president. (That James Buchanan was from Pennsylvania.) The James Buchanan to whom I refer won the 1986 Nobel Prize in economics and taught for most of his career in Virginia, most...
Lori Falce: Bugs are little problem with big lesson
I sat at my desk, reading the story, feeling tiny pinpricks of dread running down my spine. It wasn’t a crime story — something bloody and unthinkable. It wasn’t the latest volley in the political war of words. It wasn’t a tragic human interest tale of heartbreak and loss. Nope....
Letter to the editor: America has done well by our planet
I have seen a lot of letters addressing climate change and how we need to save the planet, including letters on how to administer a carbon tax. This needs to be put in a perspective that does not hover on the brink of panic. The planet has been around for...
Letter to the editor: What will Dems try to pin on Trump next?
If you play pin the tail on the donkey, you eventually win. In America, the Democrats are trying to pin the tail on President Trump and have continually lost. Kids don’t play games they always lose. Democrats do. We’ve had Russians, collusion, obstruction, racist, climate denying, warmongering, Hitler, crazy, incompetent,...
Letter to the editor: NBC’s Jeffrey Epstein report biased
NBC’s “Dateline” on Sept. 20 had a story about several women accusing Jeffrey Epstein of sexual misconduct. Donald Trump was mentioned twice as a friend of Epstein. It also included a picture of Trump standing beside Epstein. Showing the network’s obvious bias, the reporter never mentioned Bill Clinton as a...
George Will: Korean Peninsula a dangerous neighborhood
SEOUL, South Korea In 1950, when Han Sung-joo was 10, shrapnel from an artillery shell lodged in his hip. This happened as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s troops, fresh from the bold Incheon landing, were retaking this city — it would be lost and retaken again — after North Korea’s June invasion....
Jonah Goldberg: Little doubt he did it, but should Trump be impeached?
Here’s a take no one will like: I’m confident he did it. I’m confident it’s impeachable. I’m just not so sure he should be impeached for it. Let’s start at the top. It’s obvious to me that President Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to launch a probe of former Vice...
Editorial: Pro pot? Pay attention to hemp pains
If you want an example of exactly why some changes can’t happen overnight, look to the hemp industry. Regardless of anyone’s position on the decriminalization of marijuana or the legalization of cannabis for medicinal use or the newest push for it to be permissible recreationally, it is hard to turn...
Letter to the editor: This deplorable won’t respond to nasty letter
Dear Mr. Plummer (“Further grouping the deplorables,” Sept. 23, TribLIVE): I can think of several smart or hateful words to say about about the Democrats, but I‘ll keep my thoughts to myself. You are one nasty person. Hannelore Miller Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Kids & climate change
School taxes in the U.S. are obscenely high, so we’d hope that the kids are getting a good education, learning some math, etc. But alas, recently they were allowed to cut classes to scream in the streets about “stopping climate change.” The goal of the movement: impose new taxes on...
Letter to the editor: Greta Thunberg deserves Medal of Freedom
In an enlightened administration, the remarkable 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg might be in line to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was initiated by President Kennedy to honor those who engage in significant public or private endeavors. The bestowing of such an award on one like Thunberg will...
Vince Mercuri: Forgiveness frees our souls
Over the years I have collected funeral cards as I grieved the loss of family and friends. In remembrance of them, I’ve noted a positive attribute or characteristic that they had displayed, and I use it as a means of reflection and growth on my personal journey. Three cards with...
Pat Buchanan: Biden impeachment’s first casualty
Even before seeing the transcript of the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy Pelosi threw the door wide open to impeachment by the Democratic House. Though the transcript did not remotely justify the advanced billing of a “quid pro quo,” Pelosi set in motion...
Editorial: Helping women helps us all
Women need a helping hand. It isn’t that women are more deserving of help than men. It isn’t that women are more likely to be in need of help than men. It isn’t that women can’t help themselves. It’s that women in need are likely to have so much on...
Letter to the editor: Why do liberals want more polluters in US?
If people are causing the global warming problem in the USA, why are the libs fighting to bring in more illegals to add to the pollution? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Unbelief in God is real threat
We need not fear “climate change,” but human unbelief in the sovereign God. As in Noah’s day, God flooded the earth but had Noah prepare an ark to save he and his family. Today’s ark is the church, all believers in Jesus Christ. Get on board, the weather is fine....
Letter to the editor: Heart of man must change
A young bank teller asked me, “What is the biggest change that you saw during your 90 years?” I replied, “The people.” The greatest generation were not angels, but divorce and drugs were practically nonexistent. People wore their Sunday best when going to church. X-rated movies were unheard of. In...
Letter to the editor: Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous
Since Jesus has been elevated to a position of inherent perfection and infinite goodness, unattainable by any mortal, I would have to regard D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) as pure blasphemy, not to mention inaccurate on almost every point. Mr. Scandrol, Jesus did not establish a...
Tom Purcell: ‘Fall back’ to putting life’s small joys ahead of politics
Autumn has arrived. I can’t think of a better time to put priorities back in order. You see, a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study finds that “the current U.S. political climate is literally making Americans physically sick, damaging friendships, and driving many people ‘crazy,’ ” according to studyfinds.org. Among the...
Jonah Goldberg: What do progressives have against vaporous substances?
In the classic 1979 comedy “The Jerk,” Steve Martin plays a very dumb guy who often misses the point. In one scene, while he’s working as a gas station attendant, an assassin tries to kill him with a high-powered rifle. When the bullets start whizzing past his head and popping...
Editorial: Pirates, politics and accountability
It may have been as much of a surprise to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ faithful fans as it was to their manager, Clint Hurdle when he was fired Sunday. The announcement came 90 minutes before the Bucs took the field for the PNC Park swan song of a season that was...
Letter to the editor: REAL ID real chance to do good
Oct. 1, 2020 is the date when you will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, photo ID card or another form of federally acceptable identification to board commercial domestic aircraft, access a military installation and/or get into federal buildings that require identification upon entry. This provides all Pennsylvanians who choose...
Letter to the editor: Trump not America’s savior
Never have I read or heard anything as blasphemous as D.A. Scandrol’s comparison of Jesus Christ and Donald Trump (“Trump as Messiah,” Sept. 20, TribLIVE). I can only assume he means what he said. If so, he apparently knows little about either Jesus or the president. Jesus was not a...
Letter to the editor: Enemies of the Second Amendment
So now we have an age-old gun manufacturer, Colt, capitulating to the leftist/socialist movement to chip away at the Second Amendment by stopping the sale of its AR-15 rifle to civilian customers (“Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market.”) This is typical of businesses folding to the pressures of...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 30
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 30....
