Opinion category, Page 732
Letter to the editor: Media, Trump & double standards
Talk about a double standard! How come it’s OK for some Democratic congresswomen to say whatever derogatory things about the president they wish, but it’s not OK for the president to get angry and call them out for it? I understand the bitterness of current political discourse, but the readiness...
Letter to the editor: Party affiliation change brings freedom
Our family traveled to Deep Creek, Md., for Independence Day. Along with relaxation, I found personal freedom there. Between dinner and the fireworks, I went online and changed my party affiliation from Republican to none. I am now free to think, vote my conscience and stop fighting with people who...
Letter to the editor: Recalling unity of the Apollo moon landing
In 1963 in an interview with Life Magazine, Jackie Kennedy quoted a line from her late husband President Kennedy’s favorite musical: “… ‘Don’t let it be forgot that once there was a spot for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot’.” She concluded by saying it would never...
Donald Boudreaux: Chinese IP ‘theft’ doesn’t justify Trump’s tariffs
Among the most politically potent arguments for President Trump’s punitive tariffs on your, my and other Americans’ purchases of imports from China is the claim that these tariffs are a tool for reducing Chinese theft of Americans’ intellectual property (IP). While IP theft in China does occur, as my Mercatus...
Laurels & lances: Wishes, dangers and partners
Laurel: To a hero’s dream come true. Seven military or first-responder brides received a fairy godmother moment in Greensburg when they participated in a Brides Across America event that put Cinderella-fantasy wedding gowns onto women who have served their country or their community — or are marrying someone who has....
Lori Falce: Immigrants are like foster children
My grandma could have been a German spy. Or at least, people might have thought that. She was just a teenager when Pearl Harbor was bombed and the U.S. was thrown into the deep end of war. She was an all-American beauty with a Ginger Rogers smile. What she didn’t...
Letter to the editor: 100% renewable energy
Have you ever seen a starfish? I have, and I hope one day I can take my kids to the beach and they can see one, too. However, these fascinating creatures’ habitat is being threatened by climate change. Climate change is largely fueled by dirty polluters that consume an insane...
Letter to the editor: If America is mediocre, why welcome illegals?
My hometown in the late ’50s had a small grocery store and a tiny fruit and vegetable store. When apricots or avocados came in, word got out, as it was a big deal. I went to Giant Eagle to buy potatoes for potato salad. There were six varieties of potatoes,...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need to eat more meat
The “Eat your meat” article in the July 9 edition was truly tragic. In a country where more meat is consumed than anywhere on the planet, writing an article that prompts seniors (I am 71) to eat even more is ridiculous. It is a scientific fact that any diet sufficient...
Ira Bedzow & Stacy Gallin: Truth about Holocaust, Holocaust education
Principal William Latson of Spanish River Community High School in Palm Beach County, Fla. was removed from his position and reassigned to a different position in the Palm Beach County school district after refusing to admit that the Holocaust was a “factual, historical event.” It is not that he personally...
George Will: Apollo 11’s achievement still dazzles
WASHINGTON Thirty months after setting the goal of sending a mission 239,000 miles to the moon, and returning safely, President Kennedy cited a story the Irish author Frank O’Connor told about his boyhood. Facing the challenge of a high wall, O’Connor and his playmates tossed their caps over it. Said...
Editorial: Could Congress vote conscience over caucus?
“Our Independent Voice.” That’s how a Bucks County congressman’s official website describes him. It takes digging on Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s website to uncover his GOP affiliation. You can find that he’s a former FBI agent and an attorney, a CPA and an EMT. It shows he is on his second...
Letter to the editor: Penn Hills bailout costing taxpayers
The Penn Hills School District is in debt to the tune of approximately $175 million. Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office said that investigators found gross financial mismanagement. What is the district doing to erase this massive debt? The answer is to allow the government to bail it out using your...
Letter to the editor: Twin Lakes Heritage Festival the best
My wife and I were vendors at the 2019 Twin Lakes Heritage Festival and just wanted to drop a line to show our appreciation to the festival staff and volunteers. We attend many festivals through out the country and the Twin Lakes festival is without exception the most well organized,...
Letter to the editor: Put Americans first
I am so angry right now, I could spit. My 93-year-old mother, American born and raised, needs financial help to stay in her home until her time comes. My sister and I provide 24-hour care to her. I have tried to get financial aid from all the sources available to...
Timothy McMahon: Veterans’ GI Bill choices should not be limited
After four years of serving our country in the Air Force, I began a career as an educator in Pennsylvania. For 4½ decades, I have worked with students and employers all across Pennsylvania to give students in-demand skills and give employers career-ready graduates. At Triangle Tech, we have had the...
Pat Buchanan: Are Yanks, Brits going their separate ways?
When Sir Kim Darroch’s secret cable to London was leaked to the Daily Mail, wherein he called the Trump administration “dysfunctional … unpredictable … faction-riven … diplomatically clumsy and inept,” the odds on his survival as U.K. ambassador plummeted. When President Trump’s tweeted retort called Darroch “wacky,” a “stupid guy”...
Editorial: Medicaid waivers real roller coaster
It is easy to have a plan. It’s a little harder to assemble it. It is a lot harder to make it function the way it should. Kennywood can speak to that. The idea of the Steel Curtain roller coaster has been a hit from the beginning. It’s been months...
Letter to the editor: Electric furnaces & steel
The Bessemer process for making steel was invented in 1856 and was used by Andrew Carnegie in his Mon Valley operations. Today’s blast furnaces/coke batteries that are used in U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley operations are just an updated version of the Bessemer process and are thus archaic technology. Maybe U.S....
Letter to the editor: Dedicated police, emergency workers in Freeport
We cannot thank the Freeport police and emergency crews for their efforts on May 28, when a horrible storm caused the collapse of a portion of our basement wall, along with our basement steps, while my husband, Chuck, was on them. Fortunately he was not hurt, and the emergency crews...
Letter to the editor: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood
Summer can be a busy time full of fun activities and vacations, but the need for lifesaving blood transfusions never stops. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Right now, the American Red Cross is facing an emergency need for blood and urges eligible donors of...
Tom Purcell: It’s not a man purse!
Despite the accusations, I deny that I carry a man purse. According to the New York Post, the man purse, or “murse,” is the “new must-have accessory taking over designers’ spring 2020 men’s runways.” Murse designs include “cross-body satchels, fanny packs, top-handle totes and compact clutches” — whatever the heck...
Editorial: Trump can’t block out criticism
President Trump can’t block his opponents from his Twitter account. That’s not because of last week’s federal appeals court ruling that upheld a lower court’s decision calling the presidential blocks unconstitutional. Trump has just shy of 62 million followers on the social media platform. He has used it to reach...
Letter to the editor: Socialist Democrats’ freebies
In case you missed it, the recent Democratic debates confirmed that the Democratic Party is now officially the socialist Democratic Party … period. The old Democratic Party, which used to stand for the working class and families, is gone. The new socialist Democrats represent elitists and government. They believe they...
Letter to the editor: Crazy Trump world
Are we living in some crazy alternate world? In a time when Americans are so easily conned by a wannabe autocrat, Republicans follow lock-step President Trump’s behavior of lies. Republicans professed themselves as the “Christian group,” strong morality. Now these same folks support Trump’s racist and, yes, anti-Christian ideas. In...
