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Kristen Laney O’Toole: My MS worsened while waiting for MRI authorization
I was living a healthy, active life as a communications consultant in Pittsburgh. That changed suddenly and dramatically in 2014 when I began experiencing back pain. As the pain intensified, I realized that something was seriously wrong. My doctor wanted to do an MRI to officially diagnose what he suspected...
Editorial: Metcalfe’s vaccine bill quarantines free speech
We can vaccinate against many things. We can take a shot to prevent smallpox, and that worked so well the disease only exists in little vials. We can inoculate ourselves against everything from the tetanus we could get from a bad cut to the chicken pox that spreads like fire...
Letter to the editor: Courthouse work ethics
The World War II generation truly was the “Greatest Generation.” They believed a good employee was synonymous with being a good citizen. That’s how I was taught. They sternly enforced guidelines for proper work ethics, such as earning your pay by working hard and putting in a full day’s work;...
Letter to the editor: Abortion holocaust
Since 1970 over 46 million abortions in the United States have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control. This does not include California, Maryland and New Hampshire, which decline to report abortion numbers to the CDC. Wake up, America. This is a holocaust happening right before our eyes. These...
Letter to the editor: Problems with Route 30
Since I have been traveling Route 30 for over 20 years to go to the VA hospital in Oakland, I would say that I can speak knowledgeably about the article “Irwin-area drivers are Pennsylvania’s worst, survey finds”. There are a few items that were not considered. If there was an...
Pat Buchanan: A nation at war with itself
President Trump has decided to cease cooperating with what he sees, not incorrectly, as a Beltway conspiracy that is out to destroy him. “We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” Trump said last week. “These aren’t, like, impartial people. The Democrats are out to win in 2020.” Thus the Treasury Department just...
Editorial: Every 2020 candidate should be in Pittsburgh
Everyone knew that Joe Biden was going to run for president again. His undeclared presence on every hypothetical ballot was an open assumption for months. Despite a Democratic field that contenders almost large enough to be a hockey roster, Biden consistently polled higher than even the buzziest newcomers. His declaration...
Colin McNickle: Hurdles for Pittsburgh property tax relief
Pittsburgh would be given the exclusive and explicit authority to enact a property tax relief program for longtime owner-occupants whose property values have risen because of gentrification under a bill pending in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. But should the measure be approved, myriad implementation questions, left to the city, remain...
Letter to the editor: 100% renewable energy is possible
My dad saved everything. When it came time to go through decades worth of what he’d collected, I held onto buttons of sentimental value, including some from World War II that read “Remember Pearl Harbor” and “Play Safe with Freedom.” Another button, “Join the Fight for Clean Water,” circa 1974,...
Letter to the editor: Franklin Regional’s, Penn Hills’ poor choices
A recent Trib editorial suggests, “DeLuca plan too late for Penn Hills, not for other districts” (April 19, TribLIVE). So where have Rep. Tony DeLuca, D-Allegheny, and Sen. Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, been over the last decade? In 2009, I spoke at a Penn Hills School Board meeting and cited...
Tom Purcell: Doggone discourse better focused on real problems
Boy, is our political discourse going to the dogs. The Washington Post reports Donald Trump is the first U.S. president in 100-plus years not to have a dog — though others, including Ronald Reagan, didn’t have dogs until their second terms. During a February rally, reports The Post, Trump said...
Charles Lane: ‘Jeopardy!’ has stopped being fun because James Holzhauer is a menaceVideo
Night after night for more than two weeks, “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer has crushed two opponents on the venerable game show like a pair of bugs. By the time you read this, his streak may have ended, but it doesn’t seem likely: As of Monday, he had won 18 games...
Editorial: Tree of Life to Poway, anti-Jewish hate crimes rising
It must be a terrifying time to be Jewish. When the places where you go to feel your faith most fully are the places where you are targeted with guns loaded with bullets and gunmen loaded with hatred, it must feel like being a deer in an open field. No...
Letter to the editor: William Barr cartoon offensive
I found your April 19 political cartoon offensive. The smear of Attorney General William Barr is dishonest. He has done an honest job handling the Mueller report. The Trib is getting more like the biased Washington Post every day. Joanne Baird Beaver...
Letter to the editor: Cal U’s softball rain delay
California University of Pennsylvania shares the disappointment of WPIAL officials, players and softball fans who hoped to see the 2019 softball championships played at Cal U (“WPIAL again forced to move softball championships,” April 12, TribLIVE.) A major renovation is underway at the University’s Lilley Field, and work won’t be...
Letter to the editor: America’s addiction to fossil fuels
We’vebeen reading about, and perhaps experiencing, the death and destruction being caused by the opioid crisis. But there is another, more widespread addiction crisis in this country that has the potential to affect every citizen (“Americans’ energy use surges despite climate change concern,” April 21, TribLIVE). In spite of growing...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 29
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 29....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 29
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 29....
Jennifer Rubin: Nancy Pelosi was right about impeachment
The Post-ABC News poll shows a clear majorities of Americans oppose impeachment (56 percent), disapprove of President Trump’s performance (54 percent), think Robert Mueller’s report did not exonerate Trump (53 percent) and think the president lied to the country about the events documented in the special counsel’s report (58 percent)....
Michelle Malkin: Beware Soros-funded hijacking of US Census
“Are you a U.S. citizen?” Only in self-defeating, sovereignty-eroding America is the idea of asking whether people living in America are American citizens for the American census a matter of controversy. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on...
Editorial: Dating violence demands awareness
Love is in the air. But sometimes love changes. Sometimes it was never love at all. Sometimes what seems like love is control. It’s possession. It’s dangerous. And sometimes we don’t know how to explain the difference to our kids. The blossoming days of spring are warming and waltzing toward...
Gary Cuccia: Look for dating violence warnings
I talked to my daughter, Demi, 16 minutes before she was murdered. I didn’t know she was in danger, and I don’t think she did either. Demi had just turned 16. She was a cheerleader at Gateway High School, and the light of my life. She was about a year...
Letter to the editor: Biased coverage of Mueller report
The lead Associated Press story “Mueller report: ‘This is the end of my presidency,’ Trump said after special counsel appointment” (April 18, TribLIVE) is highly misleading, biased and speculative. How does Robert Mueller’s probe, having failed to show collusion, become an obstruction of justice probe? Nowhere in the article is...
Letter to the editor: Conor Lamb another lemming
Democrats have become so lost and so committed to their hate for Donald Trump that they are now totally incapable of governing. Not one Democrat has stood up to say “Enough of this politics of personal destruction, let’s do our jobs.” Our newest Democratic congressman, Conor Lamb, who pledged to...
Letter to the editor: Talk to kids about alcohol
April, as Alcohol Responsibility Month, is a good time to talk to your child about underage drinking. But it should not be a one-time discussion. Research is clear that parents are the greatest influence over a youth’s decision regarding drinking or not drinking. Talking to your son or daughter early...
