Opinion category, Page 770
Letter to the editor: Bigoted letter
Letter-writer Robin Hammonds (“Time’s up for Trump,” Feb. 13, TribLIVE) managed — in three short paragraphs — to spout hatred, sexism, ageism, classism and racism toward rich, old, white men. Impressive, if it wasn’t so bigoted. I guess Democrats truly are the party of tolerance and inclusion. Thomas Wagner Murrysville...
Letter to the editor: We need a wall
Letter-writer Keith Vacula (“No walls,” Feb 17, TribLIVE) is sadly mistaken on there not being a wall between North and South Korea. They may not have a “wall,” but they have a mine field in a wide no-man zone. Also, the Vatican has a wall, as does Jerusalem. Tthe Roman...
Letter to the editor: Uncovering human trafficking
Regarding “Robert Kraft charges no reason for celebration” (Feb. 25, TribLIVE): Come on, what a shallow editorial. Kraft’s charges are all about human trafficking. He has had a girlfriend, Ricki Noel Lander, 39, since 2012, one year after his wife died. Kraft is worth $6 billion, so put that money...
Letter to the editor: Details on the Clintons
There is speculation that Hillary Clinton will run again for president. That would definitely liven up the contest. She has the strong support of her husband, and she has many loyal followers who suffered extreme mental anguish when she lost the last election. It would seem prudent and timely to...
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 4
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 4....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 4.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 4....
Michelle Malkin: I’ve been Silicon Valley sharia’d
Last month, the little birdies in Twitter’s legal department notified me that one of my tweets from 2015 is “in violation of Pakistan law.” It seems like ancient history, but Islamic supremacists never forget — or forgive. My innocuous tweet featured a compilation image of the 12 Muhammad cartoons published...
Aaron Bernstine: Pa. budget proposal hurts local environmental projects, bipartisan consensus
One of the things that gets forgotten in Harrisburg is how powerful it can be to work across the aisle to move Pennsylvania forward. While bipartisan agreement is rare right now, one of the few programs my colleagues on both sides of the aisle support are environmental funds that drive...
Editorial: Virtual infrastructure critical in Pennsylvania
Infrastructure. It’s not just for roads and bridges anymore. For years, when people talked about access and connection, it was about roads. We wanted our small towns to be able to reach our bigger towns, and our suburbs to be able to glide gracefully into our cities. We wanted to...
Letter to the editor: Greensburg needs competent planning director
An open letter to Greensburg’s city leaders: The planning director is a strategic position that is as critical to Greensburg’s future health as any in the city. It is my hope that City Council will conduct a thoughtful nationwide search for a great person to serve in that position (“Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Vaccines are safe?
I find it deplorable that some doctors refuse to see unvaccinated kids (“Doctors’ dilemma: To see or not to see unvaccinated kids,”). This discrimination is feeding into vilification and outright hate increasingly directed at vaccine-free children and their parents, many of whom do not vaccinate after diligent research convinced them...
Letter to the editor: Silence on scandal
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe goes on “60 Minutes” and admits that the FBI and DOJ conspired to try and remove a duly elected, sitting American president. McCabe tries to limit these actions to the two agencies, but logic suggests they got their orders from higher-ups. This could be...
Tori Koerbler: A plan to pay teachers what they’re worth
When I was in fifth grade, the kickball game at recess was the best part of the school day. My teacher, Mr. Mettler, would lace up his white New Balance sneakers, take the ball from the closet and get the game going in the school yard. He could have taken...
Thomas Mullane: Indoctrination in higher education
During a career teaching social sciences — anthropology, psychology and sociology — at local colleges and universities in the Pittsburgh area, I have made it clear to students that what I was teaching was not my personal view. My aim was to introduce students to critical thinking, theories of history...
Editorial: Methodists might lose people with LGBTQ decision
Homosexuality will not go away by voting it off the island. This week, the United Methodist Church took a vote on whether or not it would permit a church in Pittsburgh or Poughkeepsie, Portland, Ore., or Paris to celebrate a same-sex wedding or hire a minister who is openly gay....
Leter to the editor: Highmark-UPMC battle
The real problem with the Highmark-UPMC negotations is that each of the insurers own hospitals. They are competitive and want to dominate that field at our expense. Pennsylvania should pass a law stating that companies that want to provide insurance in this state must agree to accept others’ insurance at...
Letter to the editor: Socialism vs. democratic socialism
It is about time that the American people were educated and informed about what true “socialism” is and is not. The fact is that in true socialism, “the means of production” are owned and controlled by all of the people. In other words, in true socialism all of the workplaces...
Letter to the editor: Illegal immigrants & votes
Regarding liberal support of illegal immigration: With their support of the LGBTQ community and abortion on demand, this is where their future voters are coming from. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: End Sunday hunting ban
Pennsylvania Grange president Wayne Campbell’s op-ed “Keep Sunday hunting ban” (Feb. 23, TribLIVE) 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...
Letter to the editor: Keep up pressure on abusers
Kudos, praises and thanks to Richard Serbin for taking such a bold step to shine additional spotlight on the Catholic Church and its decades of cover-up (“Vatican should chip in for clergy abuse survivors,”). Of course, no need to stop there. Sadly, virtually every other religion, truth be told, will...
Letter to the editor: ‘No wall’ is no deal
Such a deal, as the Jewish sometimes sarcastically say, and such a deal the border deal isn’t that President Trump and those who stand with him don’t like and think a lousy deal. Of course, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with her poisoned apples of impeachment and “no wall” for Trump,...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Courts keep Trump in check
Since 1803, February has come and gone with hardly any mention of Marbury v. Madison, which was decided by the Supreme Court 216 years ago. The principle of judicial review was established then, and without that, American history and these last two years would have been very different. The case...
Editorial: Why do civil suits mean cops can’t be charged?
A civil suit is not the same thing as a criminal case, and the two should never be confused or conflated. O.J. Simpson, for example, is not a convicted murderer because, regardless of the decision in a civil case that he was responsible for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole...
Letter to the editor: Cursive & printing
In his column “Time to embrace cursive again” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE), Tom Purcell writes: “Because ink dripped when the quill was lifted from the paper, it made sense to connect letters in words together in one flowing line — and the art of cursive writing began.” No; quill pens were...
Letter to the editor: Mexico paying for wall?
During the presidential campaign we were all assured by Donald Trump that Mexico would fund the wall. So I wrote to Sen. Pat Toomey with this simple question: “What is the audit trail that the public can use to verify that all funding for the new border wall has come...
