Letters to the Editor category, Page 175

It must be obvious to all non-cognitive challenged citizens that the Biden administration is the most incompetent and destructive in our history. The policy choices made on serious matters have been horrendous. A few examples among many: the southern border debacle, destroying energy independence, economic policies that retard growth, the...

The proposed “Build Back Better” bill may be the most visionary piece of legislation in our lifetime. Issues addressed include: • reestablishing workers protections through labor law and promoting labor unions • adding dental, hearing and vision benefits through Medicare expansion • free preschool and community college • major investments...

I can’t understand how minority neighborhoods are being called underserved when clinics are set up in them and the residents don’t come. A recurring excuse is “they did not come for the vaccine because they don’t know what is in it.” Would they come if an ingredient list was published...

If people think the exodus from President G.W. Bush’s 20-year Afghanistan war is bad, wait until they see our exodus from Bush’s 18-year, multitrillion-dollar Iraq debacle. Everyone is pointing fingers. Why are not the real guilty parties (GWB and Cheney) put on the witness stand and answers demanded from them?...

President Biden supporters, from mainstream media to die-hard Democrats, and those who found some of Trump’s tweets upsetting, have betrayed our troops and allies around the world. All now share responsibility for the debacle and loss of life in Afghanistan. More lives will be lost because terrorists are now emboldened....

Poverty retreating; means to control covid; and infrastructure coming including connectivity, broadband and cell service (imagine, no more trips to McDonald’s or Walmart parking lots for internet); shots in the arm; cash in your pocket; and help for rural schools and hospitals. All through Democrats working for you, for all...

The election of 2020 was secure and verified. Masks and vaccinations save lives. Manmade climate change has happened. These three things are facts. There are no alternative facts or different opinions. They are undeniable facts. It is puzzling that our Republican leaders continue to deny these three facts. We can...

I felt it was necessary to respond to Robert Supansic’s letter “Critical race theory misconception” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) questioning the accuracy of my letter, “NEA’s critical race theory push” (July 30, tribLIVE). For starters, everything I wrote about centered around the National Education Association passing a resolution called New Business...

Speaking of an extended vacation from reality, I want to thank the author of the letter “Biden’s energy stance” (July 23, TribLIVE) for the reveal of where I can get “the real news.” Concerning his feigned umbrage at “Faux News” Tucker Carlson’s (silence?) on Alaska oil leases and the ConocoPhilips...

I read the hilarious and certainly socialist-biased letter by Frank Zalakar attacking my opinion on Jan. 6 and almost hurt myself because I was laughing so hard (“Partisan demands regarding Jan. 6,” July 31, TribLIVE). He questioned my motives and accused me of being partisan because I want to know...

A group of violent insurrectionists storms the Capitol building, attempting to destroy our votes and kill our elected representatives, and Sen. Jake Corman, along with the rest of the GOP, rewards them with a sham audit of the 2020 election. Supporters of this bogus investigation say, “let’s have this audit...

“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” — Gen. Douglas MacArthur Do you see how right he was yet ? Dave Cassidy Penn Township, Westmoreland County...

In responding to Kenneth Bach’s letter “Teachers’ politics have no place in schools” (Aug. 12, TribLIVE), I address two items. First, Bach references letter-writer Shaun Rinier’s assertion that the teaching of critical race theory is the result of political discussions within teachers unions (“Teaching critical race theory an issue for...

Sandy Kremer’s letter “Corporations, wealthy should pay fair share” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE) indicated that she believes wealthy individuals and large corporations do not pay their “fair share” of federal income tax. The June 13 Associated Press article, “The Tax Man Cometh,” which she cites, reports that “people earning between $2...

My daughter has been a nurse for about 20 years, and she and I have had discussions pro and con pertaining to vaccines for covid. I was pro, she was con. On Aug. 6, her ex-husband died from complications from covid. She and my grandson received their shots the next...

In response to the article “Nursing shortage spawns hefty sign-on bonuses in Western Pa.”: Do you think just maybe employers should stop requiring the jab as a requirement for employment? These nurses worked through the height of this pandemic and were hailed as heroes. Now their personal freedoms and choices...

I felt compelled to respond to Mary Beth Walling’s letter “Our race problems are real” (Aug. 22, TribLIVE). Walling indicates that she believes we are a racist country. She offers the way her Black friends are treated by merchants, banks and officials and that there are Confederate statues and flags...

As the president of a union that represents 35,000 workers, I was gratified that Antony Davies noted our members’ efforts to prevent privateers from taking over the PA Liquor Control Board (“Pa.’s alcohol monopoly — we told you so,” Aug. 15, TribLIVE). Davies, an economics professor, has worked for years...

It is really tricky trying to assign blame for the Afghanistan debacle. The current mess actually began in late 1979, when Brezhnev of the USSR invaded the country to prop up a puppet Marxist regime. In the ensuing years the U.S., principally under the Cold War policies of the Reagan...

Well, Jimmy Carter has been bumped up — he can thank Joe Biden, who now is clearly at the bottom for the last 70 years of American presidents. It took “less than eight months“ to create chaos at our southern borders, a poorly planned and dangerous exodus from Afghanistan, major...

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop’s article about Rev. George T. DeVille (“A higher calling: Catholic priest turns 90, continues to devote life in service to the church,” Aug. 22, TribLIVE) was a real treat. As a “cradle Catholic,” I have worked in several capacities as a volunteer and an employee of the...

The current administration seems to be overly concerned with militias around our country, deemed to be extremists. The majority of these small groups are peaceful people who are concerned about losing their freedoms. They exercise their rights under the Constitution to complain to each other and legally possess and use...

These are trying times for our country; lots of new, as well as continuing, challenges. Our communities deserve the best and most urgent action from our Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., leadership to address these challenges. Across the country, voters came out in record numbers to elect new leadership in Washington....

As a lifelong member of the Monroeville community, graduate of Gateway High School, parent of three Gateway graduates and grandmother of four potential Gateway graduates, I want to inform our community of the disturbing issue regarding the Gateway school board mask mandate for K-12 students. During the Aug. 17 school...

Say it ain’t so, Clueless Joe: The Taliban are now equipped with American M16 assault rifles! “I don’t know how that happened,” President Biden told George Stephanopolous in an ABC News interview Aug. 19, when asked if he didn’t think “this exit could’ve been handled better in any way.” Walt...