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Letter to the editor: Words from 1968 Kerner report ring true today
Many readers of the Trib are old enough to remember the Kerner report of 1968. This was the finding of a special commission appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to determine the reasons for the 1967 race riots in Detroit, Newark and other cities, and other riots going back to 1964,...
Letter to the editor: Divisiveness belongs to Democrats
Letter-writer Jim Hillebrecht (“We can’t take 4 more years of divisiveness”) is correct that every four years half of the country will be understandably upset by the results of a presidential election. And the election of Donald Trump was different because of the division and hatred. He’s wrong, however, to...
Letter to the editor: Voting, bearing arms in a free country
Every legal U.S. citizen should vote. Remember, elections are not beauty or personality contests. You are voting for the kind of country you will live in. I believe in the right to bear arms. I’m too old to defend myself and too slow to run away. My guns are my...
Aleppo road to close through October
Glenfield Road between Ferry Road and the I-79 southbound exit ramp in Aleppo Township will close starting at 7 a.m. Friday. The closure, which is expected to end in October 2020, is required for construction of a new retaining wall, drainage repairs, excavation, guardrail installation, paving and pavement markings, according...
Letter to the editor: Actions can offset world’s hate
I’m watching the news about all of these protest marchers around the country, and I assume these people believe they are doing something important. I doubt they are. But it’s not too late. If anyone would really like to offset the hate in our world, here’s how you do it:...
The Stroller, June 9, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Butch and the Road Runners to play Tarentum Park...
Tapas Talks donates to Sewickley Valley YMCA summer camp
A new Sewickley speaker series recently made a donation to the Sewickley Valley YMCA Summer Camp programs. Tapas Talks, a nonprofit, fulfilled one of it’s missions with the $600 donation by giving back to the community. The first two events — in October and January — drew 135 attendees and...
AG William Barr says Secret Service told Trump to go to White House bunker
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said that the U.S. Secret Service told Donald Trump to go to a secure part of the White House as large protests unfolded outside, contradicting the president’s account of what happened. “Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended that the president go...
Column: Roger Goodell’s mea culpa is a good start — and no moreVideo
Never thought we’d see the day when typing the words “Roger Goodell” and “daring” in the same sentence wasn’t the set-up for a punchline. But here we are. Four years after piling on a few dozen men who were already down — on one knee — the NFL commissioner posed...
Tailoring portfolios to coronavirus and recession
February through May, my firm has been recasting our clients’ portfolios to reflect a continuing coronavirus epidemic and a recession of unknown length. We maintain a Model Portfolio, and about three quarters of our client accounts track it pretty closely. Here are the stocks in it, all of which I...
Editorial: Progress is reason for Pride
In June 1969, a police raid on a gay bar in New York touched off a riot that made people stand up and proclaim their right to be themselves. Today, June is celebrated as Pride Month. It hasn’t been an easy rainbow-colored road, and the LGBTQ community isn’t exactly living...
Drilling in Haysville, Glen Osborne to cause temporary lane restrictions
Drilling operations on Route 65 in Glenfied, Haysville and Glen Osborne boroughs will cause temporary traffic changes. The work is scheduled to occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from PennDOT. Drilling will occur between I-79 and McKown Lane. Single-lane restrictions will occur on...
DA’s office drops charges filed against 39 Pittsburgh protesters
Criminal charges filed by Pittsburgh police against 39 people in connection with protests over the death of George Floyd will be withdrawn by prosecutors, officials said Monday. “We do not have the evidence in these cases to suitably conduct a preliminary hearing,” the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office said in...
Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found
SANTA FE, N.M. — A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt. Forrest Fenn, 89, told...
Review: ‘The King of Staten Island’ loses focus but captures Pete Davidson’s charismaVideo
Comedy impresario Judd Apatow has a penchant for a specific filmic formula: lightly biographical star-driven vehicles that are lengthy hangout movies with some flimsy conflict laid on top to keep things moving. The best of these capture the essence of a performer, like the Adam Sandler vehicle “Funny People,” while...
Trump uses ‘defund police’ as political weapon against Biden
President Donald Trump is seeking to tie Joe Biden to activists’ calls to “defund the police” in an attempt to paint his likely 2020 opponent as weak on crime and vilify Democrats pushing for police reform, even though Biden hasn’t embraced the slogan. Two weeks of protests over the death...
Unfiltered: Mark Madden, Tim Benz break down MLB’s reboot failure, Drew Brees, media coverage in covid-19 era
Madden and Benz Unfiltered returns this week, and the guys are catching up with the sports world. Mark Madden and Tim Benz discuss the stalled rebooting of the MLB season and whether fans even care at this point. They also discuss the NHL’s plan for pod cities to host playoff...
The Rev. Wayne Sautter: White people need to wake up
Watching recent events, I feel a need to express my view to someone. Let me offer some background. I am a white, 75-year-old retired pastor in the United Church of Christ. My father was a career policeman in Baltimore as I grew up. He was not a nice man and...
Sewickley council to meet Tuesday
The Sewickley Borough council agenda meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday will be held via Zoom. Those who want to address council are asked to state their name and address and keep their comments to under five minutes. To call in, dial 253-215-8782. To join the meeting, go to...
Could this MLB draft tip the scales overwhelmingly in favor of analytics?
Circumstances have forced this year’s baseball draft to become an exercise in profiling and evaluating athletes from a distance. The covid-19 pandemic prevented scouts from the Royals and other clubs from doing much of the in-person and interpersonal information gathering that typically helps drive decision-making processes. Reliance on quantitative data,...
Letter to the editor: Surprise medical bills unhealthy
The feel of a financial shakedown should not come from our medical providers, but that’s the effect of a surprise medical bill. A surprise medical bill is a financial burden that occurs when some part of our medical care is deemed out-of- network, which many times happens during emergency care. Surprise...
Letter to the editor: Why tax hike in West Leechburg?
As revealed in the article “Leechburg Area considers $15.3M budget with tax increase for West Leechburg residents” (May 18, TribLIVE), the Leechburg Area School Board has found yet another way to raise taxes on the residents of West Leechburg. They are, as usual, blaming the obscure State Tax Equalization Board...
Letter to the editor: Answers to important questions
Thought experiments such as the one Lori Falce references in her column “Trolleys, Star Trek and a pandemic” (May 21, TribLIVE) are very common in studies of ethics. Their purpose is to test and refine the intuitions and principles we use in ethical decision making by applying them to difficult...
Letter to the editor: Use positive actions to bring about change
OK, Pittsburghers, you’ve done it again. You use violent, unlawful protests to protest unlawful behavior that didn’t even happen in your city. What have you proven, what good have you done? Nothing and none, yet you have caused damage and unreasonable cost to your city. What was the looting supposed...
Editorial: Stainless steel cars are part of Alle-Kiski Valley
Steel. It’s what happens to iron with exposure to things like intense heat and pressure. When the earth does it to carbon, you get diamonds. When a whole industry in the greater Pittsburgh area does it, you get the building blocks of the nation. It’s a process that didn’t just...
