Opinion category, Page 768
Letter to the editor: Wall argument baseless
Hannelore Miller’s letter (“We need a wall,” March 4, TribLIVE) is baseless. The worst attack in the U.S. came from legally admitted student visa holders. The wall will imprison Americans who have the right to cross, as well as hinder wildlife in the area. More clueless solutions from the Republicans....
Letter to the editor: Vaccine controversy
In reply to letter-writer Hank Baughman (“Vaccines are safe?,” March 3, TribLIVE): Yes, there is a National Child Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) that was passed in 1998 largely because in the 1970s and ’80s there was controversy concerning the DPT (diptheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine. There were anecdotal reports that the...
Letter to the editor: Racism & victims
As a boy, I adored Roberto Clemente. Not just because he ran like he was on fire and threw like no one will again. He was the ultimate athlete/philanthropist, literally giving his life to help the oppressed. As an adult, I hope to someday vote for Condoleezza Rice for president....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 11
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 11....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 11.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 11....
Michelle Malkin: Vaccine skeptics under siege
Watch out. Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley have locked their sights on the next targets of a frightening free speech-squelching purge: independent citizens who dare to raise questions online about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. I’m vaccinated. My children are up to date. There’s no dispute that vaccines have...
Editorial: Is daylight saving time that big a deal?
Daylight saving time is upon us again. So are complaints about the hour that gets lost when clocks jump ahead an hour. The grumbling is as sure a sign of spring as the first robin and more reliable than that rodent in Punxsutawney. We wonder why we do it. What...
Letter to the editor: Assist in rehabilitation
Having lived on both sides of our criminal justice system, through my own incarceration to now assisting re-entrants back into society as the founder of Breaking the Chainz Inc., I’ve seen multiple stumbling blocks to success: access to safe housing, family reunification, job readiness, substance abuse treatment, anger management, financial...
Letter to the editor: Sunday hunting
I would like to clarify a few things for Wayne Campbell (“Keep Sunday hunting ban,” Feb. 23, TribLIVE). He thinks the public should have had more time to discuss lifting the ban on Sunday hunting, but this argument has been around for years. He doesn’t reveal that Pennsylvania legislators have...
George Will: Democratic candidates channeling late-night infomercials
WASHINGTON A four-word phrase common on late-night television, exclaimed by announcers giddy about their offers: “Buy this kitchen knife that is so sharp it can slice and dice diamonds, and we’ll throw in a nonstick frying pan that can double as a satellite dish. BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! If you...
Joyce Terhaar: Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into decline
It is a story of corruption that will stay secret, politicians who will need fewer votes to win, even dangerous communicable diseases that will spread faster as our best scientists struggle to fight them. The story is the slow and painful demise of local newspapers, a story whose ending is...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Response to murders a departure from America’s values
From the beginning, the Founders of this nation understood that all eyes would be on America, and they made it clear in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that they cared about what the world would think of us. “When in the course of human events it becomes...
Rob Shearer: How government can help Pennsylvania prosper
As Pennsylvania employers and business owners, we regularly think long term. Whether expanding our companies, hiring new workers, planning capital investments or responding to economic downturns, we base decisions not simply on immediate benefits or drawbacks but on long-term results. This isn’t always easy, but it’s necessary. After all, others’...
Editorial: Nursing homes need answer to flat funding
Getting older isn’t cheap. The cost of taking care of the elderly just keeps rising, but not at the same speed the state is willing to pay for it. This week, the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, which represents about 500 Pennsylvania nursing home operators, expressed concerns about the increase in...
Letter to the editor: Let’s eliminate unproductives
I most enthusiastically applaud Al Duerig’s acknowledgment of the problem of overpopulation (“Overpopulation will destroy earth,” Feb. 27, TribLIVE). I do think he is proposing a solution at the wrong end of the problem. Eliminating the unborn or newly born is not really most efficient. The ultimate approach is to...
Letter to the editor: Not vaccinating endangers others
People who refuse to vaccinate their children are violating the law. This is a law that is taught in high school, but not in law school. It was made in 1666 by Sir Isaac Newton: “For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.” If you do not vaccinate...
Letter to the editor: Balance of media needed
The letter “Can we survive 2 more years of Trump?” (Feb. 19, TribLIVE) was illuminating. After calling advisers to President Trump “classless” and “know-nothing,” the writer only lists what he judges as Trump’s failures. Then, this revealing quote: “This reality is known to anyone who reads or watches news other...
Letter to the editor: Keep Sundays safe
As a horseback-riding enthusiast, I fear that hunting on Sundays would greatly limit the time that non-hunters would be able to enjoy the woods. We currently ride nearly every Sunday in the state parks. It is the one day during hunting season that we know we can enjoy our horses...
Letter to the editor: Go vegan for Lent
March 6 marked the beginning of Lent, the period before Easter, when devout Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. The call to abstain from eating animals is as traditional as Genesis 1:29, yet as current as the teaching of evangelical...
Editorial: Campaign finance ethics should be transparent
Can we ever really be too ethical? Especially when it comes to running for office? Can we be too transparent about where the money for our campaigns comes from? Can we be too honest about where it is going? Campaign finance regulations tell us all of that. They provide a...
Sounding off: End Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban
Pennsylvania Grange president Wayne Campbell’s op-ed (“Keep Sunday hunting ban”) is missing existing perspective/data. Yes, hunter numbers will likely decline over time. The Pennsylvania Game Commission agrees culture shifts are significantly to blame. Campbell ignores the fact that hunters cite lack of free time as the overwhelming reason they stop...
Walter Williams: Our planet is not fragile
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claims that “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” The people at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agree, saying that to avoid some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions...
John Stossel: Higher-ed hoaxers
If you are an American college professor, the way you get a raise or tenure is by getting papers published in “academic journals.” The stupidity of these journals says a lot about what’s taught at colleges today. Recently, three people sent in intentionally ridiculous “research” to prominent journals of women...
Letter to the editor: Trump alpha dog
Eureka! I’ve figured out why the mainstream media and the D.C. political establishment detest President Trump: He’s an alpha dog and they aren’t. Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: White American male will stand tall
I’m a longtime fan of Walter Williams. I think his columns are well written, and I like the way he expresses his points of view on current issues and his common-sense analysis of those issues. He is a keen observer of the human condition. I respect his opinions and often...
