Opinion category, Page 715
Letter to the editor: Unions fight for workers’ benefits
Regarding the editorial “How 3 workers fought union coercion — and won” (Sept. 4, TribLIVE): I didn’t see anything about any one of them being willing to turn down any of the benefits that the union won for them, such as higher pay, time off, job security and pensions. Are...
Letter to the editor: Media insensitive during tragedy
I was angered at what I recently observed on a major TV network — a reporter interviewing a man whose family perished in the recent California boat explosion. The reporter showed up at his home, invading his privacy and sorrow by asking him what he would you say to his...
Letter to the editor: Let’s move on from Antonio Brown
And we’re surprised? We traded the best receiver in the NFL for Donte Moncreif. Obviously that did not literally happen; however, last year we had Antonio Brown, problems and receptions alike. This year we have Moncreif. I’d like to take the yinzer blinders off for a second and truly respect...
Letter to the editor: A plan for Democrats
President Trump’s planning isn’t all wrong, and if Hillary won the 2016 big roll of the dice, maybe Dems would be cheering her on for doing some of the same things. The plan to increase border security, beef up the nuke arsenal and reduce the scale of a standing army...
George Will: Hong Kong stands athwart an increasingly nasty regime
HONG KONG — Lee Cheuk-yan, unlike most Americans, remembers and reveres Lane Kirkland, a hero of the first Cold War. During 16 years as leader of the AFL-CIO, 1979-95, Kirkland gave crucial support, both material and moral, to Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement in Poland, where it was an...
Jonah Goldberg: White liberals have moved to left of black voters
“No Democrat is going to win the nomination for president of the United States without African-American support. Nor should they,” Kate Bedingfield, Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Bedingfield was pushing back on a single bad poll for Biden (from Monmouth University) that had the media and...
Editorial: Student sports more than athletics
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League is once again investigating allegations of slurs at a local sporting event. If it sounds familiar, it’s because the same thing happened a year ago. Connellsville students, fans and players were accused of hurling racial slurs against black Penn Hills players at a soccer...
Letter to the editor: Nameless evil on social media
In response to the threat posted on Twitter Sept. 3, where an unidentified person indicated he or she would commit a hate crime at an undisclosed Pittsburgh hospital on Sept. 4 (“Online threat made to Pittsburgh-area hospital not credible, traced to teen,” Sept. 3, TribLIVE), I have one simple question:...
Letter to the editor: Thinkspot could be dangerous
The recent news about the launch of Thinkspot, a new social media hub founded by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, left me troubled. I am worried that Thinkspot will become yet another platform for haters to post their vile bigotry and conspiracy theories, radicalizing each other and inciting violence. I...
Letter to the editor: Fracking in Allegheny Township
Huntley & Huntley is proposing to tap into public water lines and waste millions of gallons of purified public drinking water in order to frack the Porter well pad in Allegheny Township. Huntley & Huntley is poised to start work soon, amid a stifled lawsuit and ongoing public opposition. This...
Pat Buchanan: After John Bolton, Trump goals remain unrealized
The sudden and bitter departure of John Bolton from the White House was baked in the cake from the day he arrived there. For Bolton’s worldview, formed and fixed in a Cold War that ended in 1991, was irreconcilable with the policies Donald Trump promised in his 2016 campaign. Indeed,...
Colleen Cook: Tom Wolf’s attack on charter schools unfair
When I see Gov. Tom Wolf’s actions on charter schools, I cannot help but think of what would have happened to my family if we didn’t have school choice in Oklahoma. Legislators in Pennsylvania should know that my oldest son — a well-behaved honor-roll student — attempted to take his...
Editorial: Capitol capacity can’t contain protests
Pennsylvania invites its citizens to engage in lively and personal protest at the seat of government. As long as it’s done in small enough groups. As reported by PennLive.com, if you want to marshal your forces and show up at the state Capitol with a contingent of like-minded individuals to...
Letter to the editor: Corporate Transparency Act would harm small businesses
Legislation will soon be heard in Congress requiring all small business owners with fewer than 20 employees to file reports with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Corporate Transparency Act is meant to help law enforcement track down criminals who form small shell companies for illicit activities. A...
Letter to the editor: Vaping getting bad rap
I have been vaping for many years, and I know others who also vape. We have no breathing issues. But what’s interesting is the rash of illness since the legalizing of THC, and everyone is blaming regular vape juice. One theory is that legalized THC from approved dealers, mixed with...
Letter to the editor: White nationalism a non-issue
In response to the article “Former skinhead warns of resurgent hatred in Westmoreland County visit” (Aug. 29, TribLIVE), regarding Arno Michaelis’ involvement in white nationalism: The Westmoreland Diversity Coalition disrespected the local white community by bringing this non-issue to town. There have been very few hate crimes reported in the...
Tom Purcell: Our cursed 2020 campaign: ‘F-bombs’ away!
Some presidential candidates, past and present, sure have cursed up a storm. The Washington Examiner notes Julián Castro said the “BS” word on HBO, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan called on Republicans to “get their ‘s-word’ together,” Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard used the “b-word” to describe President Trump, and New York...
Jonah Goldberg: A theory on Trump’s GOP approval rating
Early one recent morning, Donald Trump tweeted: “94% Approval Rating in the Republican Party, a record. Thank you!” Where the president got this specific number remains a mystery. Recent polls by YouGov put his GOP approval roughly 10 points lower, and Gallup, which has tracked Trump’s popularity since he took...
Editorial: Companies play games with bankruptcy
Bankruptcy isn’t supposed to be child’s play, but too often companies big and small use it as a way to cheat at tag. Remember when you were a kid and someone wouldn’t play the game so much as game the rules? They would taunt “come and get me!” as they...
Letter to the editor: Jail for probation officer unjust
An egregious miscarriage of justice occurred Sept. 4 when Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani jailed Probation Officer Sheldon Arrington for contempt of court. Arrington did use his phone while waiting for a court hearing last year in this judge’s courtroom. While the merits of the “contempt” case are debatable, no...
Letter to the editor: Obituary for the Pittsburgh Steelers
After a long illness, the Steelers died Sept. 8 in New England. Once a revered NFL organization, a “cancer” — first diagnosed in January 2017 after a 36-17 playoff loss at New England — ravaged the Steelers’ legacy. Not the loss, but the way they lost, caused this cancer. Symptoms?...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 16
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Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 16
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S.E. Cupp: Attorney’s stunning plan to discredit Harvey Weinstein accusers
The right of every citizen to an attorney during a criminal prosecution is one of America’s most important democratic tenets, protected by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution. This holds for even the worst among us. Serial killers Ted Bundy and Charles Manson had attorneys. Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh...
Peter Morici: How to win trade war with China
According to the Trump administration, America is winning the trade war with China. The Middle Kingdom’s economic machine may be slowing, but President Xi Jinping is unlikely to sue for peace anytime soon — at least not on terms acceptable to American interests. China’s economic system is antithetical to American...
