Opinion category, Page 786
Letter to the editor: Socialists & the presidency
I agree with The New York Times’ warning to Nancy Pelosi not to give too much power to the newly elected House Democrats who call themselves “Democratic socialists.” They will be a minority of the Democrats in the House. I don’t enjoy being unkind or insulting toward anyone, even the...
Letter to the editor: Laurels for holiday generosity
I would like to add three “Laurels” to your “Laurels and Lances” list: To members of the Highlands High School Gold Club, who served a beautiful, delicious Thanksgiving dinner to area seniors. The musical groups were wonderful also. If parents ever wonder what their children are learning in school, don’t...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 7
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 7....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 7
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 7....
Michelle Malkin: Dems should say Cpl. Ronil Singh’s name
In the still of the last night of 2018, the silence of California Dems chilled the air and airwaves. Border wall opponent Sen. Kamala Harris tweeted three times between Christmas and New Year’s Eve bemoaning the plight of illegal immigrants and their children. But, not a peep was heard from...
Editorial: Bringing malls back to life
In 1989, malls were the place to be. They weren’t just stores. They were entertainment and food courts and social scenes. They were the place to be for kids after school. They were where retirees gathered to walk in the morning. They were there for a quick lunch or a...
Letter to the editor: Address gun issue now
As the new year opens afresh, ask yourself: What must change in 2019? A new legislative session is about to commence in Pennsylvania. Our representatives will start the new session by acting for us — “We the people” — and voting accordingly. If not, democracy is extinct in our land...
Letter to the editor: Bad information can be dangerous
Bad info dangerous Lack of correct knowledge can produce dangerous consequences. Examples are change history, personal attacks without facts, make decisions using untrue information or change outcomes with false information. History can teach what works and what fails, so using incorrect history or lack of history knowledge can cause failures....
Letter to the editor: Reporting on sheriff questionable
What is the motivation for the Tribune-Review having four articles in eight days about Republican Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held facing another trial for charges regarding questionable campaign actions? Why did the Tribune-Review find it necessary to report that the sheriff’s sons, who are minors and living with his former...
Gary Scott Smith: Pittsburgh a city of faith
While Pittsburgh is known for its steel industry, sports teams, ethnic diversity, and recent physical makeover and cultural renaissance, it is much less recognized as one of the nation’s most religious metropolitan areas or for its fruitful faith heritage. The Pittsburgh area has hundreds of thriving congregations and parachurch ministries....
George Will: Today’s Germany is best Germany world has seen
BERLIN In one of contemporary history’s intriguing caroms, European politics just now is a story of how one decision by a pastor’s dutiful daughter has made life miserable for a vicar’s dutiful daughter. Two of the world’s most important conservative parties are involved in an unintended tutorial on a cardinal...
Steven R. Howell: Will Mexico actually pay for the wall?
How will President Trump get Mexico to pay for the wall? Hammering on the “caravan” of migrants headed from Central America to the United States via Mexico was a central theme for Trump prior to the midterm election. However, maybe it wasn’t just a fear-mongering political ploy to boost turnout...
Letter to the editor: Church will prevail
What to think of Bob Rocker’s letter “Priests are the ones who should have been confessing” (Sept. 21, TribLIVE)? Like Rocker, all Catholics are angry, frustrated and feel betrayed by the scandal that has befallen our church. However, unlike Rocker, the vast majority of Catholics don’t think cutting and running...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Truth & politics
When Harry S. Truman was president, he displayed a painted glass sign on his desk. On one side were the words “I’m From Missouri.” On the other side, it said “The Buck Stops Here!” A friend of Truman’s spotted the sign when visiting a federal reformatory in Oklahoma, and he...
Dale Kotowski: We all depend on clean water
Here in Western Pennsylvania, it can feel miraculous that wild trout have persisted through all that has been thrown at them: clear-cut logging, coal mining, oil and gas drilling. And yet an hour’s drive east from Pittsburgh, trout anglers like me face a bounty of choices. Mill Creek, Indian Creek...
Editorial: Shutdown could hit Pa. in tax season
In a press conference Friday, President Trump confirmed that he told Democrats in a negotiation earlier in the day that he would be willing to keep the lights out and the employees off the clock in federal offices for months or years to get the border wall that is the...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Kennywood
The Kennywood Park management, staff and employees should be commended for another outstanding Festival of Lights Christmas event that we were so glad to attend. The park decorations, tied in with professional stage acts and choral music, provided an enjoyable atmosphere. We will be sure to attend next year’s event...
Letter to the editor: New year, same soup?
On New Year’s Day, members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly were sworn in and seated. There were a few more women, some younger members, some more progressive Democrats and more moderate Republicans — but will there really be any change? Will any one of them, or any bloc of them,...
John Stossel: Sweden isn’t socialist
For years, I’ve heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn’t have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did. But that’s not what Swedish historian Johan Norberg says in a new documentary and Stossel TV video. “Sweden is...
Walter Williams: The worst enemy of black people
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. Born in 1925, he met his death at the hands of an assassin in 1965. Malcolm X was a courageous advocate for black civil rights, but unlike Martin Luther King, he was not that forgiving of whites for their crimes...
Editorial: Replacing hate with tolerance
Hate. When hate is written in capital letters and bold font, we recognize it for what it is. It looks like blood on the walls of a synagogue or a black boy beaten to unrecognizability before being dumped in a river. It sounds like ugly words that leave you shocked...
Letter to the editor: North Side must do better
I was born and raised on the North Side, but left in 2006 with the Army to come to Hawaii. However, I frequently visit home, and it seems the same problems exist today as they did before I moved. The people of City Council District 1 must do better in...
Letter to the editor: EPA prioritizing money over children’s health?
The letter by Stephanie Catarino Wissman of the Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania (“Committed to methane reduction,” Dec. 6, TribLIVE) attempts to discount the testimony of letter-writer Lois Bower-Bjornson (“EPA rollbacks dangerous,”Nov. 16, TribLIVE), who wrote, “My 12-year-old son has nosebleeds if the windows are open at night. My 9-year-old...
Letter to the editor: Immigration win-win-win
A simple, straightforward, common-sense solution to the immigration problem facing our nation: Government enacts a program whereby each bleeding heart liberal has an opportunity to sponsor an immigrant or immigrant family. Bleeding heart liberal assumes total responsibility for immigrant’s food, clothing, housing, education, health care and all incidentals. 1. Immigrant...
Donald Boudreaux: Progressives are unrealistic
Progressives take pride in their reliance on science. They insist that society should be governed according to objectively discovered facts rather than ruled by superstitions, dogmas and baseless fears and fantasies. I believe that progressives are correct — which is why I’m no progressive. Progressives’ agenda is inconsistent with their...
