Letters to the Editor category, Page 122

The Jan. 6 committee is really strange. I think they are trying to make President Donald Trump look bad so he can’t run for president in 2024. Everyone knew there could be trouble at the rally because of intelligence and the large crowd size. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund pleaded...

It seems fashionable to blame a former president for this country’s current woes, so I blame Harry Truman. “Truman?” you might say, but let me defend my position for a moment. If not for Truman, we might not have nuclear threats. When he gave the go-ahead to bomb Japan (twice!),...

A few years ago, my dear friend was shot and killed. I still feel the pain of that loss as gun violence ravages our communities. This ongoing carnage has raised concerns at community action group Voice of Westmoreland. We cannot stand by while our loved ones are gunned down in...

In response to George O. Curry’s letter “Trump won’t make America great again” (July 12, TribLIVE). Mr. Curry, the real joke is that somebody wants to pin the rampant inflation our people are experiencing on President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden, through executive order, restricted nearly every aspect of the...

They called it “massive resistance.” That, some of you may recall, was what Virginia dubbed its campaign of defiance of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation. The Virginia crusade was just part of a drive by conservatives all over the South to...

I could not help but notice the gas price difference recently between Sam’s Club and all other stations along Route 30 from Jeannette through Latrobe. For the past few weeks, Sam’s was selling gas for $4.45 to $4.55 while everyone else was at $4.75 to $4.89. I am the last...

With reference to Simon P. Solar’s letter “DeSantis endangering lives” (July 11, TribLIVE): According to information found at www.worldometers.info, Pennsylvania has the distinction of the highest covid mortality rate in the entire country, whereas Florida’s is the same as the national one. It would also seem that stricter adherence to...

This letter is to acknowledge the “going the extra mile” efforts of Westmoreland County Coroner Timothy Carson, his staff and their many partners who sponsored and supported Operation Dignity on July 15 at Hempfield Park and the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. The selection of the title given to the...

The covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing inflation reminded us of the interconnected nature of global markets; one action a continent away can have effects on jobs, prices and shipping here. For this reason, foreign aid is more important than ever, especially for Pennsylvanians. Foreign aid can be broad in its...

My family recently attended two outstanding CLO productions, “Jersey Boys” and “Godspell,” on June 11 and July 16, respectively, at the Benedum. Unfortunately, excessive parking rates and traffic jams due to bridge closures have dampened our enthusiasm for future weekend shows. The “Jersey Boys” show coincided with the Three Rivers...

It’s a little creepy to see photographs of Gov. Tom Wolf and his pals all dressed up to tell people how they plan to kill babies. That is such a dark, ugly deed. For more than 40 years, the grassroots pro-life groups in Southwestern Pennsylvania have been working with pregnancy...

The radical left (the New Democratic Party) seems to want to destroy the American economy along with the standard of living of the majority of Americans through their climate change agenda. The biggest proponents of this hysteria (John Kerry, Al Gore, Joe Biden ) and other wealthy elites own multiple...

As a student at Hillsdale College, I understand the importance of a quality education. I’ve seen the decaying public school system and higher education’s abandonment of American values and classical learning. I’ve witnessed attempts to indoctrinate students with far-left ideologies. I’ve seen students, who desperately want to learn, locked out...

Donald Trump is many things: Former president, sore loser, con man, seditionist? Add RINO to the list, as in Republican In Name Only. Consider that before he ran for president in 2016, Trump’s political leanings were ambiguous at best. Trump seized on the right wing because he saw it as...

Natural gas development is safe, well-regulated and generates significant benefits for Pennsylvanians, as the record at Allegheny County’s Deer Lakes Park proves. Rather than deprive citizens of the public benefit future development could bring, Allegheny County Council should have respected County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto to maintain status quo and...

I want to thank the editorial board for addressing the Westmoreland County commissioners’ baseless plan for an opaque monthly rollout of rescue plan money (“Why the cliffhanger American Rescue Plan announcement?” July 14, TribLIVE). The commissioners were giddy to vote for their spending plan July 14. They sighed in relief...

What’s being lost in all the vitriol following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is a growing awareness that the original 1973 opinion was deeply flawed. In Roe, an activist Warren court created a Maginot Line in the sand that, far from settling a dispute, divided the nation....

In a recent letter, Simon P. Solar warned of the dangerous Gov. Ron DeSantis who deviated from CDC guidance on covid-19 (“DeSantis endangering lives,” July 11, TribLIVE). Apparently, Solar is unaware that the vast majority of the people fleeing to a thriving Florida from blue states don’t agree. While DeSantis...

Many Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers seem to care more about appeasing a minority of their base than protecting their own constituents’ lives. Republicans have persistently blocked and obstructed any legislation or even debate on gun safety bills in Harrisburg. Afraid of a small but vocal portion of their party, they pander...

The George D. Stuart Bridge was completed in 1952. No one calls it anything but the Tarentum Bridge. In various locations are signs directing unfamiliar truckers and motorists to the C.L. Schmitt Bridge, raising the question as to how to get to the New Ken Bridge. Please, sign makers in...

Missing the real Republican Party As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see...

Lay a gun on a table. Leave it there for a year. How many people did this gun kill? Guns do not kill people. Guns are not the problem in our society. Watch the news every day. What is being done about all the murders? Nothing, it seems to me....

There is a dirty secret about 401(k)s. As pensions, they are a mess. Companies love them because they vastly reduced company pension contributions while increasing the amount workers had to pay in. Workers were lured into them because 401(k)s allowed withdrawals. But pensions should not be treated as savings accounts;...

The letter from Nicholas S. Haden (“Republicans need to pull together and fight,” July 15, TribLIVE) sounds like a call to arms for Republicans. Considering their party leader could be nearing an indictment for seditious conspiracy, I guess I should consider buying a gun to protect for the coming civil...

I think letter-writer Dave Fredley must live under a rock or a log (“Jan. 6 committee, what a show,” July 14, TribLIVE). You seem to be a denier,just as President Trump is. All of the damaging testimony that has been given has come from relatives, friends and trusted advisors of...