Letters to the Editor category, Page 135

I don’t believe there is such a thing as childhood transsexuality before puberty. Anyone who uses chemical or surgical methods to change a child’s sex should be prosecuted for child abuse and charged as a pedophile. God makes no mistakes. William Bowen Rostraver...

Regarding the article “GOP senatorial candidate Mehmet Oz to tour Central Westmoreland tech center” (May 4, TribLIVE): I’m glad Oz is showing interest in the importance of supporting tech training. Over the past few decades, the emphasis on college has led to an almost complete disappearance of tech job candidates....

It never ceases to amaze me how fast activists can form to protest. I realize that some protesters are paid, and will travel all over to join a protest. Some people may disagree with this statement. However, my late Asperger college graduate grandson, having a challenging time finding a job,...

I wish our national liberal media would report more truthfully about what is happening in Ukraine. I find their coverage very one-sided, and I don’t believe them. When two countries war against each other, both tell their citizens that God is on their side. Both believe they have a justifiable...

Letter-writer Jeanne Snyder (“Can killers be reformed, forgiven?”), responding to the letter “If we respect life, we must end death penalty,” is correct in describing murder as barbaric. If there was any evidence that the death penalty would somehow solve this problem, that would be wishful thinking at best. Maybe...

BREAKING NEWS: Leaked emails from the Supreme Court have revealed the following draft: Individuals containing a uterus will now be referred to solely as “birthing vessels.” Also, since the Constitution doesn’t mention “women’s rights,” they technically don’t have any, so we had to refer to the Bible. Specifically, Leviticus 15:19-33:...

Are we still living in the United States of America, or have President Biden’s progressives converted our country into a totalitarian state? So, we need not think or draw our own conclusions about matters that fall under the authority of the Disinformation Governance Board (aka the Ministry of Truth). How...

In response to the article “New housing development approved in Hempfield” (May 1, TribLIVE): While it is true that Hempfield is approving a record number of housing developments, it is also true that there aren’t a large number of houses selling. This could be because we are bringing in outside...

I was moved by Lori Falce’s column “What I needed when I was bullied” (May 6, TribLIVE). She needed adults to step in and stop the bullies. Is it that adults don’t know how to stop them? (Kids just have a pecking order.) Or did the adults think that some...

I continue to see intermittent “advertising” pitches touting how well President Biden’s economic plan is working for us Pennsylvanians. If achieving near record inflation for all goods and services, rising interest rates on personal debt, and a lower and weaker financial market is the plan, it’s working. Well, as a...

Regarding the article “Survey: 93% of Pittsburgh hospital workers are thinking about leaving profession” (April 25, TribLIVE): The pandemic has exposed many vulnerabilities within health care, one most significantly being the reluctance to improve the circumstances in which the health care workers practice. Sadly, often the misconception is that health...

On April 8, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., during his news conference regarding gun violence, proclaimed that “no amendment to the Constitution is absolute,” and remarked that gun violence is a public health issue. Earlier this year, Biden proposed $5 billion in funding for the Department of Justice and...

I read with some enjoyment the letter from Brian Luce (“Don’t let your rights be taken away.”) Clearly, he was joking by regurgitating the talking points of Joy Reid and other “journalists” on CNN, MSNBC and other left-leaning “news” shows. I laughed at “My body, my choice.” After all, I...

The pre-election ads are flooding our mailboxes, and much of it has left me wondering. Why won’t candidates state only what their plans are to better our economy, our society, our educational and health care systems? Tell us what you expect to accomplish in creating jobs, decreasing the welfare state,...

I’ve written about this before, but I don’t think it can be overstated the amount of damage the Biden/Harris administration, aided and abetted by the Democrats in Congress, is doing to this nation with its border policy. I believe they look at illegal immigrants as a massive new group of...

We will never know just how many American lives were unnecessarily lost to covid-19. What was gained by not acknowledging or addressing the scientific data and early warnings? Who benefited from spreading misinformation about mask wearing, how the virus is spread, calling it a hoax or saying it was just...

I find the logic of those in the pro-life movement misguided and hypocritical. These conservatives seem to care so much about unborn human life. They most likely apply the same loving principles to living, breathing human beings. I can imagine they care deeply about a pregnant Mexican mother crossing the...

I read the letter “If we respect life, we must end death penalty” (April 25, TribLIVE), about the man on South Carolina’s death row to be executed by firing squad. This is why we are having all these shootings; this is what needs to be done. I bet the person...

Every day across Pennsylvania, nurses make it possible for students with mental and physical health challenges to succeed at school and for patients everywhere to get the care they need. During National Nurses Week May 6-12, take a moment to say thank you to the certified school nurses, registered nurses...

For roughly 230 years, our country has relished free speech. Then the Democratic leadership started with their lies. The liberal press and media have chimed in with them. In my lifetime, I never expected the major news channels to go along with the concept of disinformation instead of providing the...

The Supreme Court seems about to overturn Roe v. Wade. Just when you think the whole world is going to hell, something important, beautiful and wonderful happens. God is real, present, aware and involved. And he never loses in the long run. P.S.: Thank you, President Trump. Richard J. Krauland...

“My body, my choice!” is the sentiment Republicans and conservatives shouted when they were asked to wear a mask in public. Yet when a woman wants to assert dominion over her own reproductive rights with the same chant, Republicans and conservatives tell her “NO!” Which is why it is absolutely...

I think that both Eddie Zipperer (“Point: The legislative filibuster is destroying Congress,” April 23, TribLIVE) and James Wallner (“Counterpoint: The filibuster is not the problem,” April 23, TribLIVE) completely missed the point. There is no doubt that we live in a politically divided country. That division is reflected in...

If letter-writer Tom McCarey (“Radar about revenue, not safety,” May 4, TribLIVE) thinks speed is not a problem, I would ask him to drive on Route 28 any time of the day or night and again be able to make that statement. I can see his little town, maybe with...

Once again, one must point out that critical race theory is not being taught in any public school in the United States. Nor was it ever intended to be. The real attack is on the normal process of updating American history, something which every country engages in. Beginning in the...