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Letter to the editor: Raising taxes during pandemic is wrong
We’ve been struggling through this pandemic for months. Now we have over 40 million people out of work, and some may not go back to work. People are having a hard time feeding their families and paying bills. And through these hard times, school boards are raising taxes. Maybe they...
Trump again pushes unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as covid-19 treatment
WASHINGTON — A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back Tuesday, saying...
Letter to the editor: Don’t stop for the far-left plot
Stop signs should be voluntary. Blind obedience to stop signs is a sign of weakness and a lack of fortitude. It is unacceptable and un-American for the government to force me to stop when I don’t want to. I have perfectly good reasoning abilities and judgment. I don’t need the...
Letter to the editor: Today’s Liars Club taking us down
In my formative years, youth had good, clean rules to live by — rules that didn’t have to be written down to be remembered. We were guided by this question: Would what we did make our parents and others who we respected and loved proud of us? The boys in...
The Stroller, July 28, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Follow @VNDStroller on Twitter for a daily link to The Stroller. Festa Italiana planned at Mount St. Peter Church The annual Mount St. Peter Church Festa Italiana has been changed due to the covid-19 pandemic. Takeout Festa platters will be sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in a...
Timothy L. O’Brien: Sinclair pulls the plug on Fauci propaganda — this time
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of the largest television station operators in the country, with 191 stations in 89 markets broadcasting to 629 channels. For the most part, the company operates in small, conservative metropolitan locations. Most viewers aren’t likely to be aware of the Sinclair brand, because the...
Editorial: Tax credit grows Pennsylvania agriculture
Pennsylvania might have been made famous by coal and oil, iron and steel, but the industry that actually built the state was agriculture. Rolling hills and wide fields and their crops and livestock have been the powerhouse of the Keystone State since its Colonial days and remain a major building...
GOP coronavirus plan includes another $1,200 check, cuts unemployment benefit to $200Video
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans presented their $1 trillion plan to bolster the pandemic-ravaged U.S. economy in a series of bills that would trim extra unemployment benefits, send $1,200 payments to most Americans, and shield businesses, schools and other organizations from lawsuits stemming from covid-19 infections. The $1 trillion package was...
John Dorfman: Schwab and Lennar exemplify value plus growth
The philosopher’s stone was a myth. So was the fountain of youth. But here’s something that sounds unlikely, yet is feasible. You can get both value and growth in the stock market. Value investors seek bargains. Growth investors seek companies with fast-growing earnings. There’s an inherent tension there. Bargain-priced stocks...
Reagan Foundation distances itself from Trump campaign and the president isn’t pleased
Don’t win this for the Gipper, Mr. President. The Reagan Foundation is distancing itself from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. CNN reports that the organization representing the interests and legacy of late President Ronald Reagan reached out to Trump’s campaign last week to ask that that they stop hawking a...
`Music in the Streets’ returns to Irwin
Irwin’s “Music in the Streets” is returning to the borough’s downtown business district this week with performances by several singers. On Thursday, Former American Idol contestant Aubrey Burchell will perform at The Lamp Theatre courtyard from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Gail, Kevin & Company will perform on Fourth Street from...
Iran moves mock aircraft carrier to sea amid U.S. tensions
Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with the United States, satellite photographs released on Monday show, likely signalling the Islamic Republic soon plans to use it for live-fire drills. An image from Maxar Technologies taken Sunday shows an Iranian fast...
White House: ‘No risk of exposure’ to Trump as national security adviser tests positive for covid-19
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has tested positive for covid-19 days after attending a family function, White House officials said Monday. Robert O’Brien, Trump’s fourth national security adviser, is the highest-level U.S. government official known to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began....
Letter to the Editor: Politics at play in Ross board appointment
In response to comments by two Ross Commissioners that appeared in the July 21 Tribune-Review story “Ross commissioners fill vacant seat, draw ire from candidate” about their selection of a person to fill the 8th Ward commissioner vacancy, I feel compelled to set the record straight. All the Ross commissioners...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Sidney Crosby health, Penguins playoff hopes, moreVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to preview the NHL playoffs and more. Now that Major League Baseball has started without fans in the seats, Benz and Madden discuss how hockey will look without fans in the arena. Madden think baseball...
Matt Smith: Liability safe harbor needed for safe, sustainable reopening
Since the beginning of the covid-19 crisis, Pittsburghers from across the region — including our region’s manufacturers, hospitals, small businesses and nonprofits — continue to come together to look for ways to protect our neighbors, friends and families. In fact, many businesses and other organizations have altered their operations to...
Letter to the editor: How is Germany dealing with covid-19?
I recently read that there were 159 new cases of covid-19 in one recent day in Germany with a population of 80 million; there were 15,300 new cases in one day in Florida with a population of 21.5 million. That prompted me to check numbers in other states: Approximately 3,000...
Loved ‘The Kissing Booth’? Actor Joel Courtney promises ‘KB2’ is even betterVideo
Joel Courtney thinks “The Kissing Booth 2” is better than “The Kissing Booth.” “I just think that we really came into our characters in more of a powerful way in the second film, because we knew the characters, we already had history with these characters,” said the actor, who plays...
Letter to the editor: Fearing Trump’s leadership
George Will and I do not agree on much, but I’m in complete agreement with the comments in his July 16, 2020 opinion piece, “What national decline looks like.” Will states, “The nation’s floundering government is now administered by a gangster regime.” President Trump seems to require absolute loyalty, and...
Letter to the editor: We must work to end racial injustice
My parents raised me without prejudice. A female friend and former boss once told me, “You don’t see color.” Every life matters to God. Every life matters, but no lives matter unless Black lives matter. I pray the love of power can be transformed by the power of love. Seeing...
Letter to the editor: Thank you, President Trump
Thank you, President Trump. Because of you, my brother, a former Green Beret with posttraumatic stress disorder is alive and getting the long overdue treatment and compensation because of the Mission Act that you supported and the Veterans Affairs’ community care program. Because of you, my husband is alive and...
Letter to the editor: Let’s work toward green economy
In his opinion piece “To keep America competitive, we must prioritize infrastructure funding” (Triblive, July 18), PPG’s Brian Iams urges the United States to make renewing the country’s infrastructure a priority as our economy is rebuilt following the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. That suggestion is spot on. With so...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 27
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 27....
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 27
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 27....
The Stroller, July 27, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Follow @VNDStroller on Twitter for a daily link to The Stroller. TryLife Center accepting donations The TryLife Center in Lower Burrell is accepting donations of gently used children’s clothing in sizes newborn through 4T, maternity clothes, highchairs, pack n’ plays, walkers and infant seats. Other items needed include diapers, wipes...
