Opinion category, Page 760
Letter to the editor: Democratic insanity
I did not vote for candidate Trump in 2016, but I will vote for President Trump in 2020. I will do it because America needs a strong two-party system. The Democratic Party has been hijacked by wackos and radicals. The moderate members and “leadership” — Pelosi and Schumer — have...
Vince Mercuri: Healing body, mind & spirit
Over 150 years ago, the seeds of a philosophy of healing were planted. In 1865, three Franciscan Sisters came to Pittsburgh from Buffalo looking for funds for their ministry. They opened a 15-bed hospital in a frame house to aid German immigrants in Lawrenceville. Over the years, the hospital grew...
John Baer: Pa. lawmakers to child-sex-abuse survivors: Take a number, have a seat
The Pennsylvania legislature, once again, is poised to turn its back on who knows how many survivors of child sex abuse. Promises of action? Pledges to victims? Repeated assurances that those who were violated (and long-voiceless) might find some measure of justice? You tell me. The state is among the...
Pat Buchanan: Socialist America or Trump’s America?
In the new Democratic Party, where women and people of color are to lead, and the white men are to stand back, the presidential field has begun to sort itself out somewhat problematically. According to a Real Clear Politics average of five polls between mid-March and April 1, four white...
Editorial: Do Excela problems show changing hospital industry?
Are hospitals becoming the new malls? Just like retail has evolved, getting out of the big, glassy, glitzy shopping centers and into the phone in your pocket, it seems like medicine is likewise morphing into something else. And also like retail, it’s taking its toll on the old way of...
Letter to the editor: Political parties, Trump & Rose
A friend once said we have three political parties in this country: the liberal/socialist Democrats; the Republicans, who don’t know how to lead when they have congressional majorities; and President Donald Trump, the best of the three, a man who has done more good for our country in two years...
Letter to the editor: Why I don’t love Trump
This is in response to the letter “Why I love Trump”.Let’s call it “Why I don’t love Trump.” Will not release his taxes — Yes. Admiration for dictators — Yes. Constant tweets — Yes. Continued bashing of a real American hero, John McCain — Yes. By the way, in what...
Letter to the editor: Proud of Burrell hockey team
I am so proud of every member of the Burrell High School hockey team. I was hoping you could win just one game in the USA Hockey tournament, and you went to the national championship game against a team that you beat in the first preliminary game. You barely had...
Colin McNickle: Facts and fallacies on British Airways’ return to Pittsburgh
With much pomp and circumstance, British Airways last week resumed nonstop flights between Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and London’s Heathrow Airport after a 20-year absence. The new flights are being subsidized with $3 million in public money over the next two years. However, the rationales cited for restarting the service...
Tom Purcell: Hope ‘springs’ eternal for civil discourse
Spring has finally arrived in all its glory. In Pittsburgh, the weather has warmed, the trees are blossoming and the birds are singing cheerfully. Sure, we Pittsburghers get plenty of rain this time of year, but as English poet Thomas Tusser reminds us, “Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.”...
Editorial: UPMC, Highmark should consent to modification
It’s not that nothing can be done. When Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson issued his decision in Josh Shapiro’s plea for a stay of execution in the UPMC-Highmark consent decree, he didn’t throw the Pennsylvania attorney general a lifeline. Simpson’s ruling might be read as helpless when he says, “this...
Letter to the editor: Welfare in the U.S.
With all the discussion about illegal immigration, an observation occurred to me: People without jobs in other countries come to the U.S. to look for work. People without jobs in the U.S. go on welfare. Nick Kyriazi East Allegheny...
Letter to the editor: No bridges built in Catholic school merger
The news of merger between my daughter’s Catholic school, Holy Trinity in Robinson, and St. Malachy School in Kennedy, was hastily handed down without input from the faculty or even parents on Feb. 23 (“Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to close 2 schools, merge 2 others next school year,” Feb. 23,...
Letter to the editor: Boycott Sunoco for ethics breach
As a child, I was taught the “sticks and stones” slogan. As I grew, I was taught about freedom of speech. Now that I’m old, I realize that it seems either rule applies only sometimes. If Sunoco did not own the billboard on which gas station owner John Placek displayed...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 8....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 8.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 8....
Timothy L. O’Brien: I’ve seen Trump’s tax returns and you still haven’t
Remember back in early 2016 when Donald Trump, who was still regarded as something of a long shot for the presidency, promised he would disclose his tax returns publicly – just like every other candidate had done voluntarily since 1973? “I have big returns, as you know, and I have...
Editorial: PASSHE tuition decision is common sense
On Thursday, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education acknowledged something. It’s possible that things don’t always cost the same everywhere. PASSHE’s Board of Governors voted to let individual members of the state university system evaluate their own costs and set their own tuition. It might seem that maintaining control...
Letter to the editor: Capitalizing on Pittsburgh’s energy advantages
The article “Texas report: Pennsylvania 2nd only to us in natural gas production” (March 13, TribLIVE) pointed out that even though Texas is the United States’ de facto energy capital, Pennsylvania is a major player. Southwestern Pennsylvania has a legacy in energy looking back some 150 years and continues to...
Letter to the editor: Repair potholes
I read with interest the front-page article “Potholes prove costly for Pa. drivers” (March 18, TribLIVE). It clearly explains PennDOT’s understanding of the cause of those potholes. I wonder if PennDOT has given any consideration to repairing them instead of patchingend ital them. Patching is a temporary fix that annually...
Letter to the editor: Will-fully nasty
I, like many of my peers, revulse at George Will-fully nasty’s incessant mewling, carping and petty derogation of our president, who is fighting on all Americans’ behalf to improve the conditions in our country, against a hysterical, desperate gang of thugs unconstrained in their frenzy to regain power and fatten...
George Will: Waterways policy is crony capitalism disguised as patriotism
WASHINGTON The president has received from one of his employees, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, a report that probably tells Ross’ employer what he wants to hear: that imports of cars — “The Audis are coming! The Audis are coming!” — threaten “national security.” This report is required by our lackadaisical...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Braddock will never give up
Back in the days when the Edgar Thomson Works was booming, the road along the mill wall was jammed with workers’ cars during the change from second trick to the overnight shift. For half an hour or so, two-thirds of the work force filled the streets around the mill, jockeying...
S.E. Cupp: Dems overpromise, underdeliver on Trump
To call President Trump “Machiavellian” is to give him a little too much credit. Machiavelli had a keen awareness of history and could speak in complete sentences. But if Trump has figured out how to out-maneuver Democrats and his opponents, it’s only because they so easily fall for his traps...
Cal Thomas: Biden suffers political hit
Why does it seems like the political equivalent of a Mafia hit job on Joe Biden, who is being whacked before a much-anticipated announcement of his presidential plans? Most people who pay attention to such things have seen Biden’s hands-on approach when it comes to women. Not until recently, when...
