Letters to the Editor category, Page 147

What is the most significant action the Biden administration could do to pressure Vladimir Putin without getting us involved in an unpopular war? If you said, “return to reinstating our own domestic oil production,” go to the head of the class. By reversing Biden’s executive orders that canceled plans for...

Letter-writer Joan Heinz’s reality seems to be whatever the triad of Donald Trump, Fox News and RT tell her it is (“Democrats, the party of lies.”) Her inability to see that Jan. 6 was a Trump coup attempt is not surprising. The Jan. 6 committee will soon televise hearings with...

I’m waking to the sober reality that our leadership in the world is waning. I’m an America-first person who has always believed in America’s greatness, but today I find myself in disbelief of our status in the world. Our collective failures at the hands of our president, the Democrats and...

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” said Republican patriotic icon President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987, standing at the Berlin Wall. By sorry contrast, ex-President Trump last week said Vladimir Putin made a “genius” decision when he recognized two pro-Kremlin breakaway states in eastern Ukraine and ordered Russian troops...

Are all you Donald Trump fans ready to admit that your guy is a traitor and a Putin puppet? He praises Putin’s unprovoked and lawless invasion of Ukraine and criticizes President Biden’s response. It could be seen to be giving aid and comfort to the enemy. And make no mistake,...

Mark Twain is credited with the quote “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” Putin says one reason for his invasion of Ukraine is to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. That statement operates on an Orwellian level as a vile and malignant lie. It is Putin who is following the Nazis’...

We are doing the same thing with Putin that we did with Germany and Japan and many other diplomatic failures over the years. I can still remember British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain holding a paper stating “peace for our time” in September 1938 after he gave Hitler what he wanted....

Journalists need to ask candidates two fundamental questions: 1. Was Joe Biden legitimately elected Nov. 3, 2020, in a free and fair election? 2. Were the events of Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol “legitimate political discourse,” or were they a violent insurrection aimed at preventing the peaceful transfer...

So, how dumb are we when we pull a book from the classrooms, and it flies off the shelves of Amazon and booksellers? What do we accomplish? The same scenario applies to Dr. Seuss. Seriously? Children are glued to their iPads and can pull up a host of unworthy materials...

I encourage the tax-paying citizens of Hempfield Township to contact the supervisors for a detailed explanation of the cost to taxpayers and what will be gained and lost, as I believe their plans are to move away from a volunteer fire department and establish a paid department. Public records report...

For those who do not know how other democracies treat voting laws, here are the facts. Forty-six of 47 European countries require government-issued photo ID to vote. The United Kingdom is the exception, but the British Parliament is considering a nationwide voter ID requirement, which will make photo ID a...

Recent trends of banking institutions and investment firms adopting ESG scoring should disturb small and medium-sized businesses and the public at large. ESG (environment, social, governance) scoring is a metric standard devised by the world’s largest banks and the World Economic Forum to determine how closely corporations are following the...

I was just thinkin’ … Do Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping want to die? Hell no! They are nonbelievers in an afterlife. They love exquisite food, top-shelf booze, fun times and, no doubt, women. Americans’ real concern should be very old men who are “believers” and can’t...

All my life I have seen, personally and by reading responsibly, how wrongly people of color are treated in this country, in spite of laws to the contrary. I am white, 89 years of age, but I can see, hear, and judge the hateful speech and actions of misguided white...

In August 2021, as we drove through the old stomping grounds of Brackenridge on our way to visit friends, we noticed the nice “Hometown Heroes” banners affixed to many telephone poles. This was very heartwarming, something our local military men and women deserve. Great job, Brackenridge! This made us explore...

Rather than blaming the amorphous “cancel culture” for undermining the message and mission of Christ, perhaps we Christians should do a little self-­reflection on how we, ourselves, cancel Christ on a regular basis. We cancel Christ when we demonize immigrants and refugees seeking safe asylum. We cancel Christ when we...

Driving at night is becoming so much more difficult because of vehicles being manufactured with LED headlights. When these lights are coming toward you, or if you are sitting at a stoplight with them facing you or behind you in your rearview mirror, you are blinded. Whoever came up with...

Negative tropes being used to critique President Biden’s decision to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Black woman, to the Supreme Court may be missing the point (“Biden demonstrating his racism again,” Feb. 19, TribLIVE). In these bitterly divisive times, when our self-serving legislative and executive branches are increasingly irrelevant, the...

There must be a reason the Founding Fathers did not place any mention of political parties in the Constitution. Perhaps it was just something that never came up in their discussions. Perhaps in their wisdom, they anticipated that something like a political party might grow too powerful and become a...

Letter-writer Oren Spiegler’s comments indicate to me that his brain is wired backwards (“Republicans, the party of lies,” Feb. 12, TribLIVE). The Party of Lies is the Democratic Party. The investigation of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is a farce. The Republicans chose Reps. Jim Jordon and Jim...

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. We realize that many small businesses have experienced challenges over the past two years. However, working with small business owners every day, I see that they are quick to recover, too, when they utilize the right tools. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s...

I worked as a planner in Florida for many years, where hurricanes caused major power outages. Although moving power lines underground couldn’t work everywhere (parts of Florida have very high groundwater areas that present challenges), even the small town of Winter Park (where Fred Rogers attended Rollins College) decided to...

Regarding the article “Norwin board pulls plug on CNN 10” (Feb. 14, TribLIVE): I am a 1969 graduate of Norwin High School. My parents taught there, and my dad was assistant superintendent. I thought the idea of public education was to obtain a well-rounded education. You are exposed to things...

Thanks for printing George Will’s column “Medical aid in dying should be our right” (Jan. 20), as well as the article “Easing pain at the end” in November 2016. I have spent many moments of my life speaking on my husband’s dead voice to have Pennsylvania pass such a law,...

Regarding your article “Focus of Pittsburgh’s proposed Mon-Oakland Connector project changes” (Feb. 11, TribLIVE): Although it is true that the project has “generated strong opposition” from transit advocacy groups “and from some Greenfield residents,” naming only these groups implies that only a handful of residents oppose the MOC roadway. Since...