Opinion category, Page 734
Letter to the editor: Why are emissions requirements different?
Where I live, in Westmoreland County, we are required to get emissions testing. But across from me, 50 to 100 feet across the Kiski River, Apollo residents are not. So our air is polluted and theirs is not? You know PennDOT will not give this up, fair or not. A...
Letter to the editor: Process to get Real ID inadequate
It’s hard to believe transportation officials have visited a Department of Motor Vehicles office to try to get a Real ID. If they had, they would not be surprised that so many Pennsylvanians have not yet been issued one. In one week I made three attempts to get a Real...
Lori Falce: Schools teach facts despite beliefs
I don’t believe in math. People insist to me that math is a real thing. I don’t buy it. I think math is a conspiracy — a plot against those of us who live our lives in sentences strung out of words rather than equations and numbers. I didn’t get...
Laurels & lances: Airports, jobs, penguins and dogs
Laurel: To a high-flying honor. Pittsburgh International Airport has been named the seventh-best airport in the country, according to Travel & Leisure magazine, a publication that obviously knows a little something about arrivals and departures. That’s a pretty nice ranking for an airport that isn’t a major hub. And hey,...
Letter to the editor: Brentwood July 4 parade spectacular
Kudos to the Brentwood Fourth of July Committee for the spectacular parade on July 4. It truly consisted of something for everyone and a combination of fun (the Columbus Brothers’ and “Totally ’80s” floats) and more meaningful appearances (such as the vintage military vehicles and the personnel who marched). It...
Letter to the editor: Remembering Frank Furko, Pudgie Wudgie
Frank Furko has passed over the Rainbow Bridge to reunite with his beloved famous cat Pudgie Wudgie (“Plum’s Frank Furko, best remembered as Pudgie Wudgie’s owner, dead at 85,” June 21, TribLIVE). What a beautiful reunion that is. Being a cat lover myself, I read all of the articles about...
Letter to the editor: Curing America’s insanity
The movie “Avatar” has so many wonderful life lessons. For example, Mo’at, the spiritual leader, said to Jake Sully, “We will see if your insanity can be cured” and “It’s hard to fill a cup that is already full.” Both statements hit me hard, given the atmosphere of hate and...
Letter to the editor: We need clean air in Pittsburgh
Our community wants and needs clean air. Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Erika Strassburger held a listening session on air quality in Pittsburgh June 26 in East Liberty. I was impressed with the meeting and proud of my fellow Pittsburghers for speaking out about their knowledge of and experience with our poor...
Paul Kengor: When even knitting becomes political
“I went to a quilt guild meeting today and discovered that even quilting has been politicized.” That’s an email I received from a friend last October. “It’s purely political,” she continued. “The state quilt guild was touting a traveling quilt show called ‘Threads of Resistance.’ I’ll let you guess what...
George Will: A story of family communism
WASHINGTON In this moment of dueling political hysterias (“The fascists are at the gates!” “The socialists are within the gates!”), it is reassuring to remember that America has quickly recovered from some previous plunges into overheated anxiety. David Maraniss understands this. He is a Washington Post editor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Cal Thomas: Justin Amash not a ‘total loser’
Rep. Justin Amash has left the Republican Party and will now represent Michigan’s third congressional district as an independent. In a Washington Post op-ed, he wrote: “I’ve become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what I see from it. The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat to...
Editorial: No thin line between self-defense and recklessness
Let’s talk about gun control. No, not the government controlling the weapon you have a constitutional right to own. We need to talk about the obligation to control the weapon and yourself when it is in your possession. The recent shooting at the North Versailles Walmart illustrates the importance of...
Letter to the editor: Fairness in assessment appeals
In 2018, many people bought homes in Allegheny County. Many of these new homeowners are now receiving notices from taxing bodies informing them that they are being considered for the Newcomer’s Tax. The tax is a penalty for buying a home with a bad assessment. This results in 35% to...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to county for Crawford Run Road repairs
I would like to thank Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Council District 7 Representative Nicholas Futules and Allegheny County workers for a job well done. The job they did on getting the potholes on Crawford Run Road repatched shows county taxpayers our tax dollars at work. This quality...
Letter to the editor: Charter school changed life
I was 18 years old when I had my daughter, but that wasn’t going to prevent me from getting my diploma. I made it a top priority and I swore to myself that neither I nor my child would ever become a statistic. But I could only accomplish this goal...
Peter Morici: Trump must have health-care solutions to win again
President Trump’s continued focus on immigration may play well to his base, but to win the swing voters and cobble together a majority of electoral votes, he must address our broken health care system — it ranks first among issues with voters. Affordability is key — Americans pay 75% more...
Editorial: Perot paved political pathways
Ross Perot wasn’t a guy who did things first. He was a guy who saw a way to do them a little bit better. Perot, who died Tuesday, wasn’t the first person to make money in Texas. He was one of the first to drill into technology instead of oil....
Letter to the editor: Noncitizens & making our laws
Should noncitizens have say in making our laws? Counting illegals could add more representatives to the House; do you want noncitizens having a say in the laws that you have to live under? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: How to prevail over Trump
Flattering Trump If I were advising Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, I would tell him that he is on the wrong track if he wishes to prevail over Donald Trump and the United States. Although a case can be made in his accusing the American administration of mental retardation,...
Letter to the editor: Hate of Trump indefensible
Recent letters have proclaimed the legitimacy of hating President Trump. Webster defines hatred as prejudicial hostility, with such synonyms as loathe, detest, abhor and abominate. Claims implying that many loyal supporters of our duly elected president are “moonshine-swilling hillbillies” who will probably lose their immortal souls (i.e., go to hell)...
Pat Buchanan: Is Putin right? Has liberalism lost the world?
“The liberal idea has become obsolete. … (Liberals) cannot simply dictate anything to anyone as they have been attempting to do over the recent decades.” Such was the confident claim of Vladimir Putin to the Financial Times on the eve of a G-20 gathering that appeared to validate his thesis....
Tom Purcell: Humor cure for what ails America
It’s never too late for a good belly laugh. July 1 was, unofficially, International Joke Day. The origins of the day are unclear, but whoever started it was on to something — because our country sure could use a good belly laugh about now. Which reminds me of the man...
Cal Thomas: Censoring the census
The notion of history repeating itself is usually viewed as a negative statement, but some history is worth repeating because we might learn and be guided by it. In last month’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court rejecting the Trump administration’s claim that adding a question about whether a person...
Editorial: Title IX scored USWNT victory
You can’t watch a glacier move. You can’t watch the continents shift. You can’t watch a redwood grow. The big things take a long time to come to fruition. But that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. The law can be like that, too. Something can be voted on and passed...
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 8....
