Letters to the Editor category, Page 189

In his letter “How about we all make our own mask decisions?” (May 23, TribLIVE), George Silowash said he believed state mask mandates have taken our rights away. I wonder if he feels as strongly about these changes to state election laws being pushed by Republican state Rep. Seth Grove:...

I am disabled. And this past year, I watched my able-bodied friends struggle with postponing and downsizing weddings, while living with the reality that I can never ,marry without risking loss of life-sustaining health care. Marriage should be an equal option for all, including disabled people. As long as we...

Contrary to statements made by some of our current political leaders, white slavery predates Black slavery in America. The white slaves not indentured, who began to arrive here in 1618, included hundreds of children who had been rounded up from the streets of London. Other slaves came from the ranks...

Thought experiment for Gene Barr, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, who, according to the article “Is extra $300 in federal unemployment assistance stopping people from applying for jobs?” thinks we should take “that extra $300 (per week of unemployment benefit) and offer it to jobless workers...

There are people who live in the real world (conservatives) and people who live in a fantasy world (liberals). Now that Democrats control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, their No. 1 goal seems to be taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves, their loved...

As a soon-to-be college graduate, I know that my generation sees environmental issues as important because we know our future is at stake. Addressing climate change cannot be postponed any longer, especially in Pennsylvania, the fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter in the nation. To address climate change, Pennsylvania should join...

In this letter I use two portmanteau words. A portmanteau is a word blended from two distinct words, such as crack and addict to form craddict, and dead and derriere to form deadierre. I, and many of my fellow Americans, are fed up with the anarchy that prevails in many...

George Floyd’s death led to conviction of his killer. Daunte Wright’s life was taken by a police officer who has been charged with manslaughter, but not murder. Adam Toledo’s killer has not been charged with anything. This 13-year-old boy was shot and killed March 29 by a Chicago police officer...

Well, I thought I said everything about how I feel about President Biden, but it never stops with him. I guess he’s trying very hard to turn America into a communist country with all his hypocrisy. I don’t think any previous president has made such progress in destroying people’s lives...

Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently stated, “There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump Party.” So what exactly is a Trump Party? Well, since former President Trump “hijacked” the party, here’s what I think it stands for: Pushing the “big lie” that the election was stolen,...

There were tributes to George Floyd all over the country, including an invitation from President Biden for his family to visit the White House. I haven’t heard anything about a tribute to officer Brian Shaw, the New Kensington police officer gunned down in 2017. Small tributes, yes. Not to mention...

It’s pathetic! Many of the Trib’s letter-writers must just turn on CNN, or similar cesspools of false information and incitement, and hit the “record” button on the side of their brains, then later plunk their sorry butts down at their little keyboards and hit the “play” button. They all spew...

Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from her Republican leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 12 because she had the courage and integrity to criticize President Trump. She said he is a danger to our democracy. There is a sickness in the Republican Party, and its name...

So many letters about mail-in ballots. If we are unable to get to a voting place, we request mail-in ballots. This a fact, and it won’t change. We go to the grocery store, drug store, gas stations, liquor store, mall and other stores, so we can go to vote —...

Now you have gone and done it! I’d like to thank my fellow Americans for electing a president who is rapidly destroying our country. In a little more than 100 days, Joe Biden’s policies have created the greatest border crisis in American history, destruction of energy independence, upheaval in our...

Pennsylvania legislators have a strong sense of entitlement. The recent article “From frames to furniture to food, here’s how Pa. lawmakers spent millions of taxpayer dollars” (May 12, TribLIVE) shows how generously the state taxpayer supports the perquisites of legislators in running their offices. If that isn’t bad enough, legislators...

Because our call to address danger at Torrance State Hospital has been ignored by management, we feel compelled to go public about a series of assaults against forensic security employees being committed by a prisoner. The assaults began in March and have occurred as recent as May 14 when a...

Why can’t our know-it-all leaders run our government like most of us run our households? You don’t put yourself so far in debt that you never can pay it back. What happens when 100% of your income is taken in taxes? Are we then living in slavery? We have more...

Honestly, why are so many Trump idol worshippers so snide, aggrieved and misinformed? I don’t get it. I voted for Joseph R. Biden principally because Donald Trump made such a dishonest hash of American diplomacy. It was bad enough when Trump fawned over Vladimir Putin even after American intelligence agencies...

Thomas Jefferson: “I, however place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and Public Debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral...

In his column “Broken promises in the Mon Valley” (May 8, TribLIVE), Joseph Sabino Mistick says U.S. Steel should “stop stringing us along” with “hemming and hawing and double-speak that is used for corporate bad news.” He says nobody should have been surprised when the plug was pulled on its...

The American Lung Association recently released its 2021 State of the Air report. Allegheny County once again received failing grades in every category, giving it some of the worst air quality in the nation. This means more people will likely suffer health problems or die early. Some surrounding counties, Westmoreland...

Sunrise Energy LLC in 2019 contracted with the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County to purchase renewable energy produced at a 12-acre industrial solar farm in Hunker, now owned by SolRiver LLC of Denver, Colo. Hempfield Township seemed mostly concerned with stormwater runoff, and thus issued a special use permit for...

I was impressed by Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column “Small wonder the church is shrinking” (April 6, TribLIVE). He stated that for the first time since Gallup has been tracking religious membership in America since 1937, it has dropped below half. In 1937, 73% of us belonged to a house of...

More than 200 years ago, our ancestors fought a revolution over taxation without representation; they fought a revolution for the right to create a democracy, and as a result, the United States of America was born. But to this day, the residents of Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital, are denied...