Letters to the Editor category, Page 116

Regarding Cliff Long’s letter “We should eliminate mail-in voting” (Aug. 16, TribLIVE): Do you use a wheelchair, rollator or even a cane to get around? If not, count your blessings. Are you able to stand in line for long periods of time? Are you able to go up and down...

Now that President Biden has pushed college loan forgiveness, let’s think for a minute about jobs that do not require college. Not everyone wants or needs college. Right now we need plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics, construction workers, heavy equipment operators, etc. — workers educated in trade schools. We hear Biden...

Letter-writer Peter Busowski (“Media biased against Republican candidates,” Aug. 26, TribLIVE) says that Sen. Doug Mastriano doesn’t talk to the media because the media are biased. He says that alternatives exist that give “conservatives unfiltered access to target audiences.” Aren’t all voters a candidate’s “target audience”? We non-conservatives vote, too,...

On Aug. 24 at 3:37 a.m., the electric power meter on my garage blew up. Fortunately, the explosion was loud enough to wake me so that I could call for help. The structure would have burned to the ground if I was a sound sleeper. A few minutes before my...

I hear the push is on to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles and move to all electric because of climate concerns. Guess I’d better hurry to buy my new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It gets around 13 mpg, has an 807 horsepower engine and does 202 miles per hour. I’ll smoke the...

On Aug. 12, the Democrats in the House of Representatives agreed with their Senate partners and passed a reconciliation bill filled with money for the EPA, climate, health care and pharma, with $80 billion going to the IRS . It is clear to me that enormous manpower added to the...

In my day, kids were told to go out and play, and we went. Usually empty-handed or maybe with a ball, hoping some other kid would bring a bat and when the other kids showed up, we’d play ball. There were no overweight kids in the neighborhood because we were...

During the covid-19 pandemic, how many businesses shut down, never to open again, because of Gov. Tom Wolf’s decisions? I wanted to buy a truck, but could not go to a dealership because they had to shut down. It would have been me and one salesman. Down the street were...

Our overpaid, underworked Republican state politicians are proposing amendments to the state Constitution that would deny taxpayer-funded abortion and any other rights related to abortion and deny citizens the right to choose who they want to run for lieutenant governor. And the big one is that they want all electors...

Regarding the letter “Oz’s dual citizenship a concern” (Aug. 21, TribLIVE): A man is born in the United States, grows up here, is educated here and makes his career here. He is American in both form and substance. Is he any less American because he holds citizenship elsewhere? If so,...

“E finita la cuccagna!” (no more free lunch), a quote attributable to former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, must be unfamiliar to letter-writer Dianna J. Rumbaugh (“We need Wolf’s stimulus checks,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE), who advocates another $2,000 from the government printing press. Are you financially better off today...

As the world crumbles under our feet with unprecedented droughts — which by the way means not only will there be no water to drink, but also no water for crops and livestock, raising the price of groceries even more — it is time we start to look at the...

After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, many in the Democratic Party called for “defunding the police.” They believed cities could create nonviolent solutions to social problems. This proposed solution was rejected by many cities. The Republican response was not to recognize the need to address the racial inequality....

Wow! Isn’t the raid of Mar-a-Lago the seventh investigation of Donald Trump? Apparently they really don’t want him to win in 2024. What is the deep state, Washington elite swamp so afraid of? Susan Stiles North Huntingdon...

Vote to make Pa. more welcoming I am a local physician who has been practicing in Greensburg and Latrobe since 2009. I would like to point out that some of my physician colleagues are not white. Some are not Christian. Some are immigrants. And they are the kindest, most caring...

I just wanted to send my congratulations to the cast and crew of the Geyer Performing Arts Center’s production of “American Idiot “ last weekend. How refreshing it was to see 20 young people with such talent and enthusiasm. How lucky we are to have a theater group of this...

Americans want the truth. With numerous information sources, this isn’t an easy task. Prior to making major decisions, purchases or voting, check many information outlets and get options from relatives and friends. We can vote out of office elected official(s) who fail to act for the benefit of all Americans....

During a recent news conference Attorney General Merrick Garland talked about “applying the law evenly.” Perhaps he is suffering from Biden syndrome. Does he not remember that Hillary Clinton destroyed thousands of emails she was told to retain? Does he not remember the emails between Lisa Paige and Peter Strzok?...

In “Doug Mastriano brings gubernatorial campaign to Westmoreland County” (Aug. 12, TribLIVE), the reporter grumbles at the Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate’s refusal to make himself available for interviews. This is part of a growing nationwide boycott among some in the GOP in response to biased coverage by left-leaning news organizations. With...

Your article, “Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation” (Aug. 16, TribLIVE), was good to see. I cannot stress enough how much investing in Pennsylvania’s future is aligned with fighting climate change. As someone working with businesses and educating future decision-makers, I know how important all efforts to reduce...

Hey America, how are ya feeling today? How’s your pocketbook doing? If you say good, I think you’re lying. I’m wondering how people on fixed incomes who voted for Joe Biden are feeling. Every day, he and his administration dream up more ways to take your money. First it was...

The hypocrisy of the GOP is astonishing. They talked about Hillary Clinton’s emails ad nauseum. Chants of “lock her up” are still echoed at rallies. The emails discussed innocuous matters already available in the public domain. In other words, the emails contained information that was classified, but the public knew...

It is wonderful that the drug manufacturers will pay $26 billion for a national settlement as a result of the opioid epidemic, but in my opinion, this money will do nothing to combat addiction. When will we address the real cause of this epidemic? I’m sure these addicts are not...

I must disagree with letter-writer Dr. Marti Haykin’s logic (“Vote to make Pa. more welcoming,” Aug. 21, TribLIVE). In a free society, people choose where they want to live for various reasons. No one has forced anyone to move in or out of Westmoreland County, and thankfully we’re not planning...

Pennsylvania Rep. Eric Nelson’s piece “Pennsylvania is Exhibit A for why election integrity matters” (Aug. 11, TribLIVE) repackages voter suppression as ‘election integrity’ in a coordinated Republican disinformation campaign. See the same talking points from Sen. Kim Ward (“A step toward election integrity in Pa.,” July 24, TribLIVE) Coincidence? Nelson...