Letters to the Editor category, Page 202

During covid we have been told to follow the science, data and facts for making decisions. I guess such thoughts have been tossed when looking at recent proposed gun control leglislation from Congress. Universal background checks, magazine capacity limits, “assault weapons” bans have all been done before. The past data...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s idea to form a commission to solve the problem of paying for our roads could be a workable solution (”Gov. Wolf seeks to phase out Pennsylvania’s gas tax,” March 12, TribLIVE). Here’s an idea for the commission: Instead of proposing a new tax, Wolf’s favorite idea, how...

Here’s a novel idea for everyone who thinks Joe Biden’s election to the presidency was fraudulent, and especially for those who continue to display Trump signs and flags to disagree with the election results: When your stimulus checks arrive, don’t accept them. Return them to the U.S. Treasury Department, since...

We all know Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog. Lesser known, there are many sage woodchucks all over the region, spanning all areas of expertise. Henrietta Woodchuck lives in the vacant lot behind the house here in Perry Hilltop. Her specialty is world politics and macroeconomics. It’s a popular double major...

For over a decade the accepted number of illegal immigrants living within our borders has been 11 million. This has been repeated by the liberal media and picked up and parroted by politicians and taken as gospel by those who can’t substantiate that on their own. We are told that...

While Joe Biden was hiding in his cellar during the pandemic, it was President Trump who initiated Operation Warp Speed. Please do not think that Biden had anything to do with expediting the vaccine. Give credit where it is due. Thank you, President Trump! Jim Meyer Jefferson Township, Butler County...

First it’s some Dr. Seuss books being racist and pulled off eBay and publication being stopped, then it’s “Walk a Mile in Their His Her Our Shoes” (“Blackburn Center’s ‘Walk a Mile’ event gets new name, goes virtual,” March 1, TribLIVE) — what the heck? All this censorship/inclusivity is making...

The Republican senators who voted twice to find President Trump not guilty are a disgrace to our country. We will remember who you are in the next election. Because of your idol worship, you’ll not understand true justice at all. Remember, the godly care about justice and the rights of...

I believe the most important issue the Pennsylvania Legislature should deal with is election integrity. Without that, and along with open borders, you have no country. The following suggestions seem appropriate: • No ballots received (not postmarked) after midnight on Election Day will be counted. • Voters must be registered...

A park ranger is your friend. He is the embodiment of the law in the park. His presence keeps you safe. He enforces the rules and sees to it that others keep the rules, too. Our park is a better place because he is there. A ranger treats everyone with...

Nothing is real anymore, and everything is illusory. We can’t have a border fence, but we can have a razor-wire fence around our Capitol. We have to wear masks and social distance, but we allow infected illegal immigrants to be caught and released back into society. We have a trillion...

An incremental raise in the minimum wage should be considered a payback to whatever was left of the foundation of our economy, since 70% of our economy is supported by the taxpayer. Remember, 70% of economic support comes from the taxpayer. As a result, the burden on the taxpayer placed...

It all started about a year ago. People began wearing masks in their cars driving alone. Many workers were required to wear masks during their whole shift. I absolutely believe that breathing in your own unfiltered, recycled air is causing some people to develop psychological problems. Then this issue began:...

How much does the average Pennsylvania resident know about the fracking industry and the resulting health detriments it causes? The article “Fractured: Harmful chemicals and unknowns haunt Pennsylvanians surrounded by fracking” in Environmental Health News, about a Washington County family, is a must-read for those who have not been following...

It is very strange that so many people are still entranced by President Trump. At least a year ago, he began complaining that the election was going to be rigged. He continues that fanciful story even today. Not a shred of evidence of election fraud has been presented in over...

What happens when conservatives get “woke”? I believe the next four years will awaken conservatives, if they’re not already, and force them to stop sitting on their hands. For most, though, they prefer prayer to activism. Like a CIA false-flag op, unfounded accusations and hateful identity politics awakened and manipulated...

I must vigorously disagree with letter- writer Carole Briggs (“We should make voting easier, not harder,” March 16, TribLIVE) and her support of House Resolution 1. This bill is full of legislation that will cement many of this past election’s questionable voting practices such as mail-in voting, no voter ID, counting...

I am so tired of hearing about people worried about their second covid vaccine. What about us senior citizens with health issues who can’t get the first shot? Don’t we count? I think it’s only fair that we should get one before second doses are handed out. It’s a joke...

I just made my very first donation to a political cause. In a previous letter to the editor I cautioned that donations to political parties only fuel the partisan divide. My opinion has not changed, but this recent donation was made to support the fast-growing national movement to initiate term...

I was truly saddened by Michael J. Kardell’s letter “Toomey should be thrown out of Republican Party” (March 12, TribLIVE). “They” don’t think exactly like me, so “they” are my enemies. The fact is that no one else thinks exactly like we do in all things. (Even Sen. Pat Toomey’s...

Have you seen and heard enough yet? I certainly have. I never thought that we would witness big tech silencing free speech or de-listing books whose subject they disagree with. A “woke” administration and Congress that appear more intent on advancing socialism and rewarding their friends than helping to make...

I have spent a lot of my lawyering years practicing and teaching civil rights. The Second Amendment is something I know a great deal about. That the Westmoreland County commissioners, or any county commissioners, should pass a resolution in support of the Second Amendment strikes me as a rather meretricious...

The allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo involving sexual misconduct, intimidation and coercion are only symptoms of a boys-will-be-boys mentality that pervades our culture, excuses sexual discrimination, justifies degradation, minimizes assault and protects predators. It’s why so many turned a deaf ear and blind eye to President Trump’s obscene...

Liberalism always achieves the opposite of its stated intent. Proof is ever more government spending that yields less in return to taxpayers. This also is true for their politically correct, racial sensitivity ruse in terms of the “fairness and diversity” they claim to seek. Consider your pantry and grocery store...

I hope everyone got a chance to see the latest reality TV show from the U.S. Senate, the theater of the absurd, Part II, also known as the acquittal of President Trump. I think it was the most brainless, spineless, gutless performance in the history of television. The vote was...